50 Cent & XXL Holiday Giveaway [DAY 1]

Dec 7th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  9 Comments

50 Cent is in a giving frame of mind. XXL’s December/January cover boy is playing Santa this week as he dropped off a bundle of holiday goodies off at the XXL offices for five lucky fans. Included in the giveaway are ...

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BET: Jay-Z Trying to get 50 Cent & Nas for “Empire State of Mind” Remix?

Dec 7th, '09  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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Update: Big Boi Not Relocating to Def Jam, Says Rep

Dec 7th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  7 Comments

Back in July, OutKast rapper Big Boi announced that he would be leaving his longtime label Jive Records and joining the Def Jam roster under the tutelage of his former boss, L.A. Reid. Last summer, the Atlanta MC told Toronto’s Eye ...

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The Significance Of Being The 40-Year-Old Rapper

Dec 7th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  73 Comments

Last week saw Shawn Carter, p/k/a Jay-Z turn 40-years-old. As has been pointed out, Jay isn't the first relevant rapper to reach that age, but he is most definitely the most relevant. Other rappers have been successful in turning the ...

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Snoop Dogg, Empire State of Mind [Feature]

Dec 7th, '09  •  News  •  by XXL Staff  •  15 Comments

Photography by Kenneth Cappello Snoop does not use Grecian Formula. Stretched out on a black leather couch in a cavernous Hollywood photo studio, he appears at a glance forever young, resembling nothing so much as his own lithe image frozen mid-canine-morph ...

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Nas: Drunk [Driving] By Myself

Dec 4th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  47 Comments

Don't give me a hard time about the title. It was either that or “Purple (in the Front Seat)”. Though, by the looks of the leaked dashcam footage, we have a “Black Zombie” on our hands. Homie was definitely having ...

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Freddie Gibbs > N.W.A? (According to LA Weekly)

Dec 4th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  37 Comments

The above tweet exchange happened two days before the Freddie's LA Weekly cover came. And while I’ll still continue my trek through all 80 (!!!) of the songs on his new mixtape, The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs, and will still get ...

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G. Dep Speaks on Drug Addiction, Bad Boy [Video]

Dec 4th, '09  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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Q-Tip Rolls into Sundance With New Flick

Dec 4th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  3 Comments

Riding high off his recent Grammy nomination for the best hip-hop album of the year, Q-Tip will be appearing in a new independent movie set to premiere at the 2010 Sundance film festival. The movie, titled Holly Rollers, is based on ...

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