Show Recap: Joey Bada$$ & Pro Era Bring “Beast Coast” To Highline Ballroom

Apr 19th, '13  •  News  •  by Sean Ryon  •  1 Comment

When a show is all ages, you can expect two things to happen: one, the show is going to end early so everyone can make it home before curfew, and two, the energy is going to get very high, ...

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UPDATE: Soulja Boy Threatens to Kill Chief Keef on Facebook, Says He Was Hacked

Apr 19th, '13  •  News  •  by Eric Diep  •  29 Comments

Complex spotted Soulja Boy allegedly plotting to murder Chief Keef. Yes, you read that right. A few weeks ago, Keef’s affiliate Ballout stole one of Soulja’s chain and then went on to Twitter to boast about his latest come up. “N.L.A. ...

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Mixtape Review: Chinx Drugz, Cocaine Riot 3

Apr 19th, '13  •  Music  •  by nmb  •  1 Comment

The nearly year long delay of French Montana’s Excuse My French debut has put Chinx Drugz’ career on the backburner, but the Queens-bred Coke Boy hasn’t just been sitting on his hands. Drugz has actually made a pretty convincing case ...

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Travi$ Scott Signs Record Deal With T.I.’s Grand Hustle

Apr 19th, '13  •  News  •  by Sean Ryon  •  No Comments

T.I. has announced that Travi$ Scott has joined his Grand Hustle imprint. In a recent interview with DJ Skee, Tip announced that 2013 XXL Freshman has inked a solo record deal with his label. This new deal will exist in conjunction with Scott's ...

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New York Nothing Releases Cam’ron “Glare And Wink” T-Shirt

Apr 19th, '13  •  Hip-Hop Fashion  •  by Eric Diep  •  No Comments

Cam’ron was the rapper who made it cool to wear the color pink. Back in 2003, Cam dressed up in all pink everything and somehow maintained his Harlem swagger at the same time. To commemorate his former glory days, New ...

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Watch Ab-Liva’s Dope Dealer Story in “Re-Up Gang Motivation” Video

Apr 19th, '13  •  Bangers  •  by Eric Diep  •  No Comments

Pusha T’s Wrath of Caine is still a tape we bump regularly in the XXL offices. Re-Up Gang’s own Ab-Liva made his presence felt on “Re-Up Gang Motivation.” In the video released earlier today, Ab-Liva depicts his dope dealer story ...

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Styles P Breaks Down His Five Favorite Weeds

Apr 19th, '13  •  News  •  by Sean Ryon  •  1 Comment

Many rappers are known for their love of that loud—now, Styles P breaks down what he's been smoking. The LOX member recently stopped by XXL's offices to discuss his collaborative album with producer Scram Jones Float, to be released on April 20 via ...

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Artwork: Young Scooter’s “Jugg House”

Apr 19th, '13  •  News  •  by Eric Diep  •  1 Comment

Young Scooter is preparing the release of his upcoming album, Jugg House, with an official trailer. Normally, these trailers can get a bit redundant, but Scooter ups the ante with shots of a new music video and more. You can ...

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In the Cut: XXL’s Song Picks of the Week 4/19

Apr 19th, '13  •  News  •  by Dan Buyanovsky  •  No Comments

What a fucking week. Sure, there was a lot of music news and things going on in our insular world of hip-hop, but there was a lot of more-important things going on in our world these past few days. On ...

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