Play-N-Skillz Nab Label Deal With SRC

Sep 2nd, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  10 Comments

Play-N-Skillz, the Dallas production duo known for crafting such hits as Chamillionaire’s “Ridin’,” Lil Wayne’s “Got Money” and Kia Shine’s “So Krispy,” recently signed a deal with SRC Records. The Grammy-award-winning brothers, Juan "Play" and Oscar "Skillz" Salinas, told XXLMag.com that they ...

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MTV: Eminem, Rick Ross to Pay Tribute to Def Jam at VH1′s “Hip Hop Honors”

Sep 2nd, '09  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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Beam me up, Scotty

Sep 2nd, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  34 Comments

What is it about crackheads and sweatpants, anyway? I hardly own any sweatpants myself, both because it's not like I'm playing a lot of sports and because I've always been kinda prematurely aged. There isn't anything I do in the course ...

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Sneaker Fiends Unite!

Sep 2nd, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  25 Comments

Rap music fans have been treated to some rare air over the last few weeks. I've listened to the latest Raekwon the Chef and Jay-Z albums. I also sat in a session for the debut Kid Cudi CD. ...

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Jay-Z Details Near-Death Experience to Oprah

Sep 2nd, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  39 Comments

In a recent interview with Oprah Winfrey, Jay-Z revealed that he nearly escaped death as a youth, during a shootout. The rap superstar sat down for a highly publicized conversation with Oprah in Brooklyn's Marcy Projects last month. During the intimate ...

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Queen Latifah Fails to E.N.D. Black Eyed Peas’s Reign on the Charts

Sep 2nd, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  19 Comments

Queen Latifah may have made her hip-hop return, but fails to top the Billboard 200 in her debut week. Latifah’s seventh LP, Persona, took no. 25 on the charts this week. Anchored by Cool & Dre’s production, the album sold 18,400 ...

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XXL VIDEO: Cory Gunz, Graduation

Sep 2nd, '09  •  XXLtv  •  by XXL Staff  •  17 Comments

Cory talks about his debut album...

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O Magazine: Books That Made a Difference to Jay-Z

Sep 2nd, '09  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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Update: Fatal Amount of OxyContin Found in DJ AM’s Stomach

Sep 2nd, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  10 Comments

Five days after DJ AM was found dead in his Manhattan apartment, authorities investigating the case have revealed that the celebrity spinmaster was found with an excessive amount of undigested painkillers in his stomach. According to People magazine, AM, born Adam ...

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