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Rick Ross, Meek Mill Fight During NBA All-Star Weekend
Ir wouldn't be an official NBA All-Star Weekend without a fight breaking out right?
Rick Ross and Meek Mill were involved in a scuffle at an All-Star Weekend club event. A couple of guys tried to pick a fight with the MMG members and TMZ Sports obtained the video. Roz...
Stream OG Maco’s ’15’ EP
OG Maco released a new project. 15 is the latest EP for the Atlanta upstart.
The 15-track surprise EP featuring production from ATL’s producers like TM 88 of 808 Mafia, Metro Boomin’ and Brandon Thomas. The EP starts off strong with a tone down and introspective intro in "I'm Not Perfect" and a head-banging "Big Bucks." After releasing t...
MVP Russell Westbrook Leads Western Conference to Win NBA All-Star Game
The 2015 NBA All-Star Game was held in Madison Square Garden in New York City last night (Feb. 15). The night started out right with a fantastic performance from Nas' Illmatic-classic “N.Y. State of Mind” and Christina Aguilera singing iconic New York theme songs like “On Broadway” and Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York.”
Oklahoma City Thunder Russell ...
Kanye West Pops Up in SNL40’s ‘Wayne’s World’ Skit
Kanye West had a quick cameo in a special Wayne’s World skit during Saturday Night Live's 40th anniversary show last night (Feb. 15). Mike Myers and Dana Carvey became Wayne and Garth again for SNL40. In the skit, the two characters counted down the "top 10 things about SNL." Num...
Web Candy of the Week: Alina Raine
Tell us a little bit about yourself. What do you do when you're not modeling?
I'm a home body. I'm usually home with my family eating junk and playing board games.
How did you get into the modeling industry?
I started off singing , music led me into modeling throughout the years...
Nicki Minaj, Meek Mill, Ludacris and More Attend NBA All-Star Saturday
Day two of the NBA All-Star weekend went down last night (Feb 14) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. NBA All-Star Saturday featured the Skills Challenge, the Three-Point contest and the Slam Dunk Contest. The arena was packed with stars such as Nicki Minaj, Meek Mill, Ludacris, Rihanna and a whole lot more...
Valentine’s Day Advice From Nick Cannon, J. B. Smoove and Hannibal Buress
Today is Valentine's Day. A hectic day for men to prove to their significant other that there is no one in the world that is more special to them. After the NBA Celebrity All-Star game, XXL caught up with Nick Cannon, J. B. Smoove and Hannibal Buress to ask them for advice on how to make the Valentine's day perfect. Her...
Kevin Hart Retires From NBA All-Star Celebrity Game
The NBA Celebrity Game went down last night (Feb. 13) at Madison Square Garden in NYC. The packed arena was the place to be and XXL was there to watch the exciting game The participants were Common, comedic superstar Kevin Hart will take the court at Madison Square Garden for the Sprint NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, which airs live on ESPN at 7 p.m. Hart w...
5 Things We Learned From Drake’s New Mixtape
Drake released If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late last night (Feb. 12). He shared the link through his Twitter. A source from Drake’s camp has confirmed with XXL that the project is a mixtape and not an album. Twitter went ham with comm...
Kanye West Brought G.O.O.D. Music to New York City
The good folks at Roc Nation had the first annual Roc City Classic last night (Feb. 12) featuring a performance by Kanye West and hosted by 2014 NBA MVP Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Last month, the New York Post ran a story that the 45-minute concert is going “to paralyze Flatiron District” during The NBA All-Star Weekend. Parks watchdog Geoffrey Croft said ...
Grammy Amplifier Provides Emerging Artists a Huge Opportunity
Mark Ronson, Allen Stone, The Band Perry and Ziggly Marley are curators searching for emerging artists who are looking to make it big. From now through February 20, artist of all genres can submit their songs for the GRAMMY Amplifier program...
Twitter Reacts to Drake’s ‘If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late’
Drake released If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late last night (Feb. 12), a project that has been rumored for a while now. He shared the link through his Twitter. A source from Drake’s camp has confirmed with XXL that the project is a mixtape not an album. Earlier that day, Drizzy r...