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Birdman And Bravado Partner Up To Launch “YMCMB” And “Rich Gang” Clothing Lines
Adding another job to his already active roster, Cash Money CEO, Bryan “Birdman” Williams is now gearing up to launch two clothing lines teaming with music merchandising company Bravado and Lil Wayne. Titled "YMCMB" and "Rich Gang", both brands will launch at the Agenda Trade Show.
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Former Intern Files Lawsuit Against Bad Boy Entertainment
Want to work for Diddy? Well Rashida Salaam, a former intern of Bad Boy wants nothing else to do with the the mogul as she has now filed suit against Bad Boy Entertainment claiming she was mistreated during her gig. Citing coffee errands, making deliveries, and answering phones as exploitation, it seems the former contractor was not aware of what normal intern duties entail...
New Video From Sonny Bonoho “Concubine Juicy”
Taking a different approach to this thing called rap, Sonny Bonoho adds an Asian flare to the hip-hop game. In efforts to pay homage to his culture, the rapper crafts up quite an interesting eastern inspired visual for "Concubine Juicy"...
Best Hip-Hop Videos Of The Week, 8/11- 8/17
This week was a busy one for hip-hop. Not only did the release of "Control" take the hip-hop community by storm but the visuals arrived to many long awaited tracks including Meek Mill's "Levels", Big Sean "Beware", and Chief Keef's "Citgo"...
Best Hip-Hop Tweets Of The Week, 8/11- 8/17
Big Sean's "Control" pretty much consumed twitter this week. Whether it was fellow emcees congratulating the lion hearted rapper or people coming for his head, all in all Kendrick Lamar was the topic of conversation on the social network...
Calling All Up And Coming NY Rappers: Send XXL Your “Control” Responses
All this talk about the king of NY has us wondering what the "up and coming" have to say about the matter. XXL would like to hear from the newbies with a reply to Kendrick's controversial "Control" verse.
Send in your verses to XXL@XXLmag...
Big Sean, Lil Wayne, And Jhene Aiko’s New Video “Beware”
Following yesterday's performance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live", Big Sean unleashes the visual to the Jhene Aiko and Lil Wayne adorned cut "Beware". Big Sean crafts up a trippy video for the cautionary love tune in which Jhene and Wayne also make a cameo...
Big Sean And Jhené Aiko Perform On ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’
Thursday Big Sean hit up "Jimmy Kimmel Live" with assistance from Jhené Aiko, performing "Beware" on an outdoor stage. As the crowd tossed around blue beach balls both Def Jam signees created quite a scene at the L.A performance.
“I’m exhausted man… Been going non stop,” tweeted Sean following the show. The G.O.O.D Music rapper also ...
Lyfe Jennings Stays Out Of Trouble, Prepares New Album
Lyfe Jennings has had a hell of a few years. After his meteoric rise to fame off the strength of collaborations with Nas, Raekwon and Rick Ross, Jennings has struggled through getting in trouble with the law for the past half-decade, resulting in his most recent incarceration in 2010 after an altercation with his baby's mother...
Chris Brown’s Hit-And-Run Case Dismissed
After a hard week, Chris Brown can finally take a load off as his hit-and-run case was just dropped. Although prosecutors did not easily agree with the ruling, the singer managed to strike a civil agreement with the victim causing her to withdraw her plea...
Goodie Mob Calls On Janelle Monae For “Special Education” (Video)
Goodie Mob takes it back to the school days in "Special Education". Calling on a bunch of mini versions for the occasion, the group along with Janelle celebrates the acceptance of being different.
The John Colombo directed clip takes place at a high school starring the group, Janelle, and an abundance of kids...
New Video From E-40 With ScHoolboy Q And Danny Brown
The Bay is written all over this one as E-40 links with ScHoolboy Q and Danny Brown manifesting his iconic sound on the cut. Surrounded my some dope graffiti art in "All My Niggas", the three rappers go ham on the cash driven track.
The record will appear on E-40's upcoming album, The Block Brochure: Welcome To The Soil 4, 5 & 6. ...