Joell Ortiz

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.

After Kendrick Lamar's world-altering, social media-enflaming performance on 'Control,' artists like Fabolous tweeted that he was trying to find a studio, apparently to record a response to the Compton rapper's "king of New York" line. Numerous other rappers were called out by Kendrick, but none of them debuted any material. However, one lyricist who wasn't named in the track did: Joell

Happy birthday, President Obama! What better to celebrate Barack Obama's born day (Aug. 4, 1961) than to honor him with a top 10 list of rap songs that mention his name. Most rappers have been inspired by our 44th president. However, there are a few outspoken emcees who have expressed their condemnation of him...

In 2012, Slaughterhouse's sole Brooklynite, Joell Ortiz created his own ode to his hometown. 'Brooklyn in the Building' and its busy production serves as the perfect setting for Ortiz to go in lyrically as he's been known to do. From touching on some of his personal battles as a kid growing up without a father to name-dropping some spots you could find him in, Joell made this song more than just a

As a tribute to the late Notorious B.I.G., who died 16 years ago this month on March 9, 1997, New York rappers Lil Cease, Joey Bada$$, Uncle Murda, Maino, Fred the Godson and Joell Ortiz spit bars during a BET cypher.