In honor of the five-year anniversary of Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s passing this Friday (November 13), XXLMag.com took ODB’s former A&R and longtime friend Dante Ross on a field trip to the Brooklyn Zoo, located in Prospect Park, to hear his ...
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The TIs must be done trying to inflict hipster rap on the populace. When it was announced, yesterday or the day before, that 50 Cent would be on the cover of XXL's Dec/Jan issue, it occurred to me that he was ...
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Sha Money XL, former president of G-Unit Records, recently signed a multi-million dollar music and film distribution deal with The Orchard, launching Dream Big Ventures. As it’s first project the new brand will debut the album Stantlanta from rapper Stat Quo. ...
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With no new rap releases this week, hip-hop is hard to find on the The Billboard 200’s top 40. And to add insult to injury for the first time in nine weeks, Jay-Z has finally fallen from grace. The Brooklyn legend’s ...
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Day 3: Win Tickets to the L.A. Screening of 50 Cent’s BISD
Tonight (November 11) 50 Cent is hosting a private screening of his directorial debut, Before I Self Destruct, in Los Angeles, CA at 8:30 p.m. The straight to DVD film will be available along with purchase of the G-Unit general’s ...
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Read MoreWas Big Pun Better Than Biggie?
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Aftershocks from the earthquake that was the break-up of the almighty Roc-a-Fella Records are still reverberating throughout hip-hop. Just ask Beanie Sigel, who a week and a half ago took out his frustration towards Jay-Z in public, unleashing a vicious ...
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