XXL celebrates 40 years of Hip-Hop with 5 covers featuring 5 icons of the game: Jay-Z, Outkast, LL Cool J, Lil Wayne & Snoop Dogg.
The issue also includes year by year lists of the 10 most important albums and songs from 1973 through 2013, as well as stories on Nipsey Hussle, Strange Music and Karen Civil.
