XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment: Jan. 27, 2004: Twista dropped Kamikaze, his fourth and most successful studio album to date on Jan. 27, 2004. Kamikaze was a commercial and ...

Twista recently wrapped up shooting the video for his first single "Slow Jamz," from his long awaited solo set, Kamikaze. The video and song features producer Kanye West and actor/comedian Jamie Foxx, ...

After more than a decade of lyrical wizardry, Twista, hip-hop’s fastest rapping anomaly, will headline his first House of Blues Chicago show this weekend. The performance marks the release of the ...

Twista knows about patience. The pioneering Chicago rapper had to wait 13 years to become an overnight sensation. Thanks to his current hit, the old-school R&B; homage “Slow Jamz” -- produced by and ...

Like Great Britain, Chicago has birthed, nurtured, and influenced a slew of musical genres without making contributions to hip-hop proportionate to its size or importance. For both the U.K. and ...

In the wake of his exploding record in "Kamikaze" (Atlantic), Twista will tour U.S. theaters this spring, before heading overseas. "Kamikaze" has sold more than 700,000 units in four weeks, according… ...

Today in Hip-Hop history, Twista released his Kamikaze album, the Chi-Town MC’s fourth studio LP, in 2004. As Twista’s only platinum release, it was his most successful album to date. During this era, ...

Fueled by hit single "Slow Jamz," Twista's "Kamikaze" bows at No. 1 on The Billboard 200, giving the Chicago-bred rapper his best week ever on the big chart. The Atlantic album sells 312,000 copies… ...

In Webster’s Dictionary, a “kamikaze” is described as “an extremely reckless person who seems to court death.” If you listen to Twista spit his trademark voracious lyrics in his usual reckless, yet ...

In the liner notes of his new disc “The Day After,” an angry-looking Twista is pictured taking a record executive hostage. He’s got a shotgun, a suitcase filled with dynamite and a getaway car. It ...

Since springing onto the scene in 1991, Carl Terrell Mitchell, known by most as Twista, has continued to stand up to the test of time. Just like his flow, time has progressed quickly yet he continues ...

To much radioplay and success worldwide, Twista donned the deserved cool of a pimp graciously extending the perks of his fame to a love interest with 2004’s “Overnight Celebrity.” But in many people’s ...