The hip hop battle of the year has an official magazine cover, thanks to Rolling Stone.

The Stone stays true to form by buying into every last drop of hype from rap's two biggest artists and caves by featuring them on a Monday Night Football-worthy cover.

Anyway, the "showdown!" begins next Tuesday and in anticipation, Rolling Stone has excerpts from its stories on both artists. Also, they've promised behind-the-scenes videos from the photo shoot later on this afternoon.

Head over to the Rolling Stone blog for more.