Snoop Dogg Lends Voice to GPS, XXL Has Copy for Giveaway

Nov 30th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  9 Comments

"Take a lizzeft, biatch!" Snoop Dogg has partnered with voiceskins.com to launch his own GPS system today (November 30) and XXLMag.com is offering one lucky reader the chance to win one. The application formats your GPS system to deliver directions in ...

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Hits For Days (Inside XXL‘s Internet Issue)

Nov 30th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  12 Comments

There’s nothing like a great win. Just shutting haters up with a victory. Leaving it to where they can’t really say anything at all. 50 Cent knows those haters. And he knows those wins. He just had a big one ...

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FEATURE: 50 Cent, War Games

Nov 30th, '09  •  News  •  by XXL Staff  •  32 Comments

Photography by Clay Patrick McBride 50 Cent has just discovered his next big thing. The multimillionaire MC/mogul is commanding attention inside Manhattan’s Drive-In studio, where he’s shooting cover images for XXL's double issue, gearing up for the release of his fourth album, ...

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TI Might Be The Gulliest Rapper Of All Time

Nov 29th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  57 Comments

Inspired by the homie Tony Grands and my dude from down under, Robbie of Unkut fame. I was surfing the Internets last week when I read a post about how TI is supposed to be getting out of jail soon. Plus ...

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The Ron Artest Show

Nov 25th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  27 Comments

This may be Captain Obvious moment of the year, but that aspiring rapster Ron Artest is an enigma to me. He consistently exhibits the behavior of a nigga who fucks with the Leon Isaac Kennedy; that Sherman Hemsley; The Love ...

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Shakur the video ho is underrated

Nov 25th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  23 Comments

When it was announced that XXL readers would be allowed to vote for this year's Video Ho, ahem, Eye Candy of the Year, I was hoping it would be between Rosa Acosta and Shakur. Between the two of them, they've changed ...

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50 Cent’s BISD Sells 159K in First Week

Nov 25th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  225 Comments

50 Cent has officially hit a career low. The G-Unit General landed on The Billboard 200 this week at the no. 5 spot—his lowest debut since 2007’s Curtis came in at second place below Kanye West’s Graduation. As expected, the disc ...

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FEATURE: Wiz Khalifa, Let’s Make a Deal

Nov 25th, '09  •  News  •  by XXL Staff  •  16 Comments

At the ripe age of 22, Wiz Khalifa has gone through more hoops and hurdles than the average rap rookie. The army brat, who claims Pittsburgh as his home turf, dropped his first mixtape back in 2005, which was followed ...

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Reebok Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the PUMP! Pt. 2

Nov 25th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  3 Comments

Filmed in Boston, MA, "The History of the Pump Technology" is a 22-minute film that documents the story of the Pump by those who know it best. Below are the trailers for the movie, which will be released on ...

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