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, ...

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 ...

On this day in 2004, Chicago rap icon Twista released Kamikaze, his fourth studio album and a landmark in his storied career. Marking its 21st anniversary, Kamikaze remains Twista’s most successful ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — When Twista made his debut 13 long years ago, it seemed only a matter of time before the Midwest motor-mouth would be a platinum success.Twista\'s wicked, rapid-fire style garnered him so ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...