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A$AP Rocky And MTV Security Get Into An Argument
Looks like there may have been a little drama on the VMA Red Carpet as footage has surfaced of A$AP Rocky getting into an argument with event security. Chanel Iman was also involved in the mix as she broke up the altercation hauling her boyfriend away...
Here’s Some Behind The Scenes Photos Of The VMAs
Each year all the viewers see what's presented on TV from the VMAs but here at XXL we decided to do a little behind the scenes digging. Finding photos of Miley's pre-performance to Iggy Azalea chowing down on some food, seems like quite a lot was happening behind the scenes...
Asher Roth’s Newest Video “Apples & Bananas”
"I like to eat eat eat apples and bananas". Asher Roth goes back to his school days with his latest visual, "Apples & Bananas". The animated clip features a cartoon version of the rapper indulging in various mischievous activities.
Directed by Ryan Maloney the track is off of his latest mixtape The Greenhouse Effect Vol. 2....
2013 MTV Video Music Awards Winners
Many are nominated but few are lucky to nab a moonman each year the VMAs. This year Macklemore and Justin Timberlake were of the lucky bunch, each taking home three or more awards. The stars were also aligned for Bruno Mars that night with the singer taking home two trophies...
Rico Love Steps Into The Spotlight, Prepares New EP
Originally introduced to the music world as the Grammy-winning producer behind hits like Usher's "There Goes My Baby," Beyonce's "Sweet Dreams" and Mary J. Blige's "Mr. Wrong," nowadays the multi-faceted singer/songwriter/producer Rico Love is setting his sights on a solo career of his own...
Best Hip-Hop Videos Of The Week, 8/18- 8/25
Along with Robin Thicke dropping the visuals to the Kendrick Lamar and 2 Chainz assisted "Give It To You", Snoop Lion also delivered a family featured video for "The Good Good". This week YG also unleashed the video for "Sprung" featuring TeeFlii and Ty Dolla $ign called on label head Wiz Khalifa bringing forth a desert themed clip in "Irie"...
12 Best Hip-Hop Instagrams Of The Week
This week in the world of hip-hop on Instagram: We have Drake getting pulled over by cops, Eminem making a weird instagram debut, Riff Raff comparing his ablum cover to Drizzy's, Birdman snapping flicks at XXL Industry night, Ab- Soul paying homage to hip-hop legends, ScHoolboy Q posting baby pictures of Macklemore, T.I ce...
Best Hip-Hop Tweets Of The Week, 8/18- 8/24
Twitter was quite eventful this past week from 2 Chainz detailing an encounter with Oklahoma police to Drake announcing he will perform at the 2013 MTV VMAs, the social network was buzzing all week long. Many rappers also took to twitter this week to vent frustrations, Joey Bada$$ most mentionable tweeting that his city lacks love for him and has blacklisted him from NYC radio...
XXL Industry Night Photo Gallery With Birdman, Meek Mill & More
XXL's Industry Night, sponsored by SMOKE, brought out all of the music industry's top dogs Thursday night. With everyone from Rihanna to YMCMB in the building, this XXL event will be known as THE pre-VMA party of the 2013. For those of you that missed it, not to worry. XXL
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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Sign Deal With eOne Entertainment
After seven years, Bone Thug-N-Harmony is set to return to the Koch records family. Following ventures with both Interscope and Warner Bros. Records, the Ohio based group will kick things off once wrapping the "Everything's 100 Tour" with Ty Dolla $ign.
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August Alsina Is A Huge Fan Of Cash Money And Lauryn Hill
Just dropping his debut EP Downtown: Life Under The Gun , August Alsina took some time to get personal with XXL. Telling everything from the inspirations behind the project to unveiling an admiration for Lauren Hill, August makes it clear that this was undeniably the life he was built for...
Eminem Gets Instagram, Posts Odd Picture
Following the release of "Survival", Eminem is now fully out of hibernation as the rapper has now joined Instagram. However, debuting with a quite mysterious photo, Em has his followers wondering what exactly he's up to.
Not only did the release of his new single take fans by complete surprise, but the dark picture of himself with two middle fingers up also has fans extremely puzzled.