Joell Ortiz

Rap trifecta Talib Kweli, Chris Webby and Joell Oritiz blast wack rappers on the head-nodding track 'Purest Heart.'

With fall approaching, long-awaited album releases are here. These projects from Chris Brown, Joell Ortiz and Freeway should be what you're listening to next.

Joell Ortiz does an exclusive freestyle for our 16 Bars series and talks about his first cypher and levels of MCing.

The Boombox is back with your brief but very potent dose of info on the music you need to know about in the newest episode of New Music Minute.

Joell Ortiz dons a robe at the kitchen table while detailing his struggles in the rap game in the new video for 'House Slippers.'

Joell Ortiz is a new man. The Slaughterhouse rapper has shed over 50 pounds and reshaped his entire body.

Slaughterhouse -- comprised of Joe Budden, Royce da 5'9", Joell Ortiz and Crooked I -- are gearing up for a big 2014. The group releases a new track and announces a nationwide tour.

It hasn't even been 24 hours, but we already have our first response record to Kendrick Lamar's firestorm of a verse on Big Sean's 'Control.' Joell Ortiz has officially stepped up to the plate over the Compton rapper's claim that he's the "king of New York."

The men of Slaughterhouse -- Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, Crooked I and Royce da 5'9" -- are beyond proving their rap skills to doubt-filled keyboard gangsters. In fact, when asked directly about feeling the need to set new standards with their latest mixtape, On the House, Budden offers an emphatic "No...

Slaughterhouse's debut album, Our House, has finally received a release date of Aug. 28. While the foursome of Crooked I, Joell Ortiz, Royce da 5'9" and Joe Budden celebrate the fact their work as a rap collective is coming to fruition, they're also releasing a brand new track: "Throw It Away...