Jay-Z’s Ex-Associate De-Haven Reheats the Beef With Hov [Video]

Jan 4th, '10  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  1 Comment

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Shawty Redd Arrested on Murder Charges, Awaiting Court Date Next Week

Jan 4th, '10  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  15 Comments

Young Jeezy’s longtime producer Shawty Redd was arrested and charged with murder last Friday (January 1) according to the Associated Press. The 28-year-old beatmaker, born Demetrius Lee Stewart, is being accused of shooting Damon A. Martin, 35, during an argument in ...

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Vote For The Best XXL Cover of 2000 [DAY 1]

Jan 4th, '10  •  News  •  by XXL Staff  •  50 Comments

Happy New Year! While everyone is ready to win for 2010, XXL wants to take one last look back on our decade of dominance. Anyone’s that had the opportunity to walk through our hallowed hallways will notice a wall with every ...

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Combat Jack’s Top Ten For ’09

Jan 4th, '10  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  47 Comments

Twenty Ten bitches! New year, new decade. I peeped how every other site and they mam's (no typo) had a best of the decade list. That's cool. I'm too lazy busy for all that going back ten years and such. ...

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Guitar Hero: New Jack Swing Edition

Dec 31st, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  35 Comments

In case you are not aware, this Twitter exchange is in response the ghetto news story that saw Teddy Riley—umm—discipline his child(ren) with a Guitar Hero controller. Basically, the nigga went Quick Draw McGraw/El Kabong on at least one of ...

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A History of Violence

Dec 30th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  31 Comments

I guess Kid Cudi isn’t done addressing the criticism he took over his Canadian bitch nigga moment. I would blame Kanye West’s influence, but I know the Cudi type all too well. He exhibits the same dangerous combination of Eastern ...

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I for one welcome our new pink toe overlords

Dec 30th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  40 Comments

Black men and white women already share a mutual desire to make sweet, passionate love to one another. Now we have rap music to bond over as well. The number one song in the country right now is by a white ...

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Young Money Racks Up 142K in First Week Sales, 127K Eminem Fans Order Refill

Dec 30th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  89 Comments

Both Young Money and Eminem made a huge impact on The Billboard 200 this week, putting hip-hop back on the top of the charts. We Are Young Money, the debut album from Lil Wayne’s protégés, landed at the no. 9 position ...

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Never trust a man in retro tennis shoes

Dec 29th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  40 Comments

Do companies like Nike come up with new designs for shoes anymore, or do they just re-release shit from a long time ago? I only ask this because I accidentally clicked, on Twitter, a link to a post on Complex about ...

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