Joell Ortiz

Kxng Crooked is ready to go on a solo run.

Listen to Lin-Manuel Miranda's benefit single for PR.

The hip-hop and R&B community are sending prayers to former NBA star Lamar Odom, who was hospitalized on Tuesday (Oct. 13) after he was found unconscious at a Nevada brothel.

Rapper Joell Ortiz and producer !llmind join forces for the new album, 'Human.' Read on as the pair give some insight on what to expect from the 11-track effort.

Who doesn't love when hip-hop forces join together? The lyrical beast that is Joell Ortiz is teaming up with producer !llmind for the Human Tour in celebration of their new joint album, Human.

Perhaps one of Brooklyn's most underrated rhymers is Joell Ortiz, who makes up one-forth of the supergroup Slaughterhouse. The rapper turns 35 years old today (July 6).

Things are also looking up for R&B. Hip-hop will still remain hot. July will be lit. Let's look at the upcoming album releases.

The Boombox decided to look back at the rappers and singers who made it to XXL’s prestigious Freshman Class. Find out where they are now and see what they have been doing in their careers since their recognition from the magazine.

Be careful what you go searching for because what you find may have damaging results. That's what Joell Ortiz conveys in his new video for 'Phone,' off his solid, but slept-on album 'House Slippers,' released in September 2014.

Eminem, Yelawolf, and Slaughterhouse remind the world that some of the best bar-for-bar rappers around call Shady Records home in this nearly 19-minute video.