It sure would suck if all of the hard work Kanye West has put into keeping his name hot in the streets for the past umpteen weeks now was all for naught, because his album sprung a leak, because that new Kid Cudi album (which you can actually buy in stores) sucks balls, even compared to the first one, and because he got pwned by George W. Bush, who's got a book he's trying to promote. That seems to be what's happening. If you've been on the Internets ever since you rolled off of the couch three hours ago, chances are ...

I know, I know. But I have an excuse! I showed up a little bit too late to see Due Date, and I guess they've got ...

Man’s penchant for boasting can lead to the downfall of man. That’s the feeling I get each time I sporadically check the various social networks. Not ...

Image by Perou After the last issue, I wasn’t sure what we were going to do. We were all wiped out from Kanye West and crew ...

I’m pretty sure y'all remember a couple months ago when I talked about women in hip-hop, and how we get no respect because everyone seems ...

Hello XXLMag.com readers, my name is Joseph “JP” Patterson and I’d like to welcome y’all to my new monthly column, where I'll be reporting on ...

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I spend too much time sitting around in my underwear researching, alternately, pr0nography and the Illuminati to think that it's a mere matter of coincidence ...

“Nobody loves me but my mother/And she could be jiving, too.” That B.B. King lyric cuts deep! I grew up in the crack era. I ...