Rapper Joey Bada$$ recently cancelled his Dark Aura Tour with MCs Ab-Soul and Rapsody to his fans’ surprise. The reason, he divulged, is that the artist wants to focus on his mental health. During an ...

Netflix is revisiting one of the most notorious showdowns in mob history: veteran mobster John Stanfa vs. young newbie Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino. When longtime boss Nicky Scarfo's reign fell in the ...

Netflix's Mob War: Philadelphia vs. the Mafia outlines the battle for power among rival mafiosos in the 1990s. One of its subjects, Joey Merlino, was convicted on racketeering charges in 2001. He ...

The South Philadelphia native was a central mafia figure who now says he regrets ever having joined.

Organized crime in America is fairly fixed in its geographical associations, not counting the Corleones of Long Island. Chicago has The Outfit. New England the Patriarcas. New York the fabled Five ...

Hip-hop is most distinguished by its lyricism, which has become the most vital aspect of a rapper’s craft. Without it, the classic albums, celebrated songs and innovative wordplay that have been ...

Editor’s Note: This story appears in the Fall 2025 issue of XXL Magazine, on newsstands now and available for sale on the XXL website. Rappers often face a paradoxical situation when they take a break ...

Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody can agree on the solution to eat the rich. In Joey J. Haley’s political tête-à-tête Spies in Corsets, two secret agents argue about how to properly ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — A man admitted during a television interview to killing his parents and burying them in the backyard of their upstate New York home eight years ago, then was arrested as he left the ...

UAB coach Trent Dilfer believes Joey Aguilar is playing "significantly better" as the Tennessee football quarterback than Nico Iamaleava did in 2024. “The quarterback is playing, I think, better than ...

View post: NBA Announces Dillon Brooks Punishment After Timberwolves' Loss to Suns The Tennessee Volunteers took a big hit this offseason after quarterback Nico Iamaleava transferred to the UCLA ...