Kanye Delivers Heartfelt Apology to Taylor Swift on Jay Leno [Video]

Sep 14th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  28 Comments

Seems like Kanye West is genuinely sorry for interrupting teen star Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at last Sunday’s (September 13) MTV Video Music Awards. Before performing his verse on "Run This Town" alongside Jay-Z and Rihanna on Jay Leno’s new prime ...

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Crash

Sep 14th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  30 Comments

You know being from the south gives you an opportunity to see how the racial profiling dynamic “really” works. Now….now….before errbody goes and thinks this is the moment I go all “Huey” (Newton or Boondocks), it isn’t (that ain’t ...

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FEATURE: Yo! Bum Rush the Show

Sep 14th, '09  •  News  •  by XXL Staff  •  26 Comments

Stage crashing seems to be the latest hip-hop trend. Earlier this summer, T-Pain waltzed into Jay-Z's set as he was performing "D.O.A (Death of Auto-Tune)" during Hot 97's Summer at Giants Stadium. Last night's MTV Video Music Awards featured not one, ...

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Cam’ron Gets Tatted Up

Sep 14th, '09  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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What was Kanye thinking?

Sep 14th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  56 Comments

This weekend began with me missing that Jay-Z 9/11 "tribute" concert on Fuse, and it ended with me missing the VMAs last night on MTV. In between, I worked a couple of shifts at the BGM and gorged myself on ...

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Kanye West to Appear on Jay Leno Tonight

Sep 14th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  34 Comments

After his tirade at last night’s MTV VMAs, Kanye West may have a chance to defend his actions on the premiere of Jay Leno’s new show. Jay-Z is scheduled to play on tonight’s debut episode (September 14) and he is set ...

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Las Vegas Weekly: Shecky Green Remembers DJ AM

Sep 14th, '09  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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Infinite

Sep 14th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  19 Comments

In the XXL office, there’s a wall that has almost all of the covers the magazine has ever done posted in chronological order. That includes the multiple or split covers we’ve done, but none of the first 12 issues—that’s a ...

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FEATURE: Time To Build

Sep 14th, '09  •  News  •  by XXL Staff  •  20 Comments

Jay-Z is no stranger to success. For all intents and purposes, his career started on June 25, 1996, when he released his seminal debut, Reasonable Doubt. By September 10, 2001, he was one of ...

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