Stack Bundles, Hip-Hop’s Savior

Feb 23rd, '10  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  29 Comments

Stack Bundles Hip-Hop’s Savior Red Carpet Music Group Beats: L Lyrics: XL Originality: L Though he never released an official album, Far Rockaway, N.Y. rapper Stack Bundles reportedly recorded hundreds of tracks in the years leading up to his tragic death in June 2007. So ...

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Young Jeezy’s Association With BMF Explored in New Book

Feb 22nd, '10  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  35 Comments

Be on the look out for BMF: The Rise and Fall of Big Meech and the Black Mafia Family, which is set to hit bookstores next month. Written by author Mara Shalhoup the tome examines the notorious drug-trafficking organization’s relationship ...

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That’s not a girl, is it?

Feb 22nd, '10  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  11 Comments

Confession time: A few weeks ago, I saw where World Star had posted a video by an artist that I was pretty sure was a tranny and didn't bother to label it as such, and I clicked on it to ...

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Jay-Z’s Role in NY Casino Deal Spawns Federal Investigation

Feb 22nd, '10  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  22 Comments

Jay-Z’s political ties are apparently stirring up a bit of controversy. The New York Post reports that the rap mogul’s involvement with the Aqueduct Entertainment Group (AEG)—the consortium chosen to run a multi-billion dollar "racino" (a combined racetrack and casino) at ...

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Nas Pleads Not Guilty to Contempt of Court

Feb 22nd, '10  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  19 Comments

Things are not looking good for the Illmatic MC. According to TMZ, Nas appeared in court recently to plead not guilty to charges of contempt of court after his estranged wife Kelis claimed that he hadn’t been paying child and ...

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I Wanna Be Down

Feb 22nd, '10  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  103 Comments

What up, XXLMag.com readers? I just got back from week-long vacay so I’ma lil' out the loop on rap news. But while I was soaking up the rays with wifey and some friends an interesting topic came up that ...

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WorldStarHipHop: Lil Wayne Shows off New Pearly Whites [Video]

Feb 22nd, '10  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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ItsTheReal: Charles (Hamilton) Discharged

Feb 22nd, '10  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  1 Comment

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Hood News: We Are The World (Hip-Hop Remix)

Feb 22nd, '10  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  1 Comment

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