Killer Mike

Last year, many high-profile artists released highly anticipated album, including Kanye West's 'Yeezus,' Jay Z's 'Magna Carta Holy Grail' and Pusha T's 'My Name Is My Name.' The BoomBox Fan Choice Award for Hip-Hop Album of the Year is going to an alternative act, however. Run the Jewels -- the pairing of El-P and Killer Mike -- snatched 45.38 percent of the vote with their self-titled album. Read

Killer Mike and El-P’s fantastic rap album, 'Run the Jewels,' has graced every major year-end list (including our 10 Best Hip-Hop Albums roundup) in 2013, so you would think they would be jolly this Christmas. Well, not quite. In their new holiday video for 'A Christmas F---ing Miracle,' not everything is full of fun and yuletide glee.

One word instantly comes to mind when you think of hip-hop in 2013: busy.

It’s men versus man as underground heavyweights from N.Y. and ATL go against an indie hip-hop crew that’s become a Bay Area institution. Run the Jewels, the group comprised of El-P and Killer Mike, is new. Its members, however, are anything but new to the game...

Missed out on tickets for Big Boi's 'Shoes For Running' tour? Don't kick yourself, because Daddy Fat Sax gives us the virtual experience of his live show in the new video to 'Thom Pettie,' off last year's 'Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors' album.

Killer Mike and El-P’s self-titled debut as Run The Jewels, as first blush, sounded like a re-up of the grittiest, toughest NYC rap records of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s blended with the sinister tag-team approach of Madvillain. This was intentional, of course, because the two chose the name Run The Jewels based on a line from LL Cool J’s ‘Cheesy Rat Blues’ off 1990’s ‘Mama Said Knock You Out.’

Know this: If you mess with Mr. Killums, El-P and Killer Mike's the mischievous mascot, Run The Jewels will come for that ass. Want proof? Just watch the darkly comedic video for their song '36" Chain.'

While we're busy trying to glean meaning from Kanye, J. Cole and Mac Miller's record sales underground heavyweights El-P and Killer Mike have just dropped their eagerly anticipated collaborative album 'Run The Jewels' for the low price of free.99 via Fool's Gold records.

Vanilla Ice has finally found a job that's just the right fit – construction. As CBS reports, the "Ice, Ice Baby" rapper will appear on the upcoming DIY Network show "Vanilla Ice Goes Amish." The premise of the show? Van Winkle gets his manual labor on, building stuff for the god-fearing people of an Amish society. You ...

Grandparents have a special place in the hearts of their family members. Many times they can be directly credited with stylistic influence, especially when it comes to an artist's signature sound. While many grannies may not understand the concept of hip-hop, the genre certainly tips its hat to the community elders from time to time...