50 Cent Settles Lawsuit Against Taco Bell

Nov 24th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  19 Comments

A settlement has been made in a lawsuit filed by 50 Cent against Taco Bell, who used the rapper's name to promote its products without proper authorization. Without notifying 50, Taco Bell launched a national campaign last year in which they ...

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REVIEW: Pill, 4075: The Refill

Nov 24th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  8 Comments

Pill 4075: The Refill Beats: XL Lyrics: XL Originality: XL On his debut mixtape, 4180: The Prescription, Pill pulled no punches. The Atlanta newcomer served up a deeply personal introduction as potent as the product he claimed to be pushing. By packing the same ...

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Creative Control: Mos Def Previews new Track With Ski Beatz [Video]

Nov 24th, '09  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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REVIEW: Birdman, Pricele$$

Nov 24th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  28 Comments

Birdman Pricele$$ Cash Money/Universal Beats: XL Lyrics: L Originality: M Birdman has certainly paid the cost to be the boss. After spending the last two decades at the helm of Cash Money Records, his fourth solo album, Pricele$$, showcases the lucrative fruits of his labor. Featuring ...

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XXL VIDEO: Dorrough, Putting In Work

Nov 24th, '09  •  XXLtv  •  by XXL Staff  •  5 Comments

The Texas MC explains why for him the sky's the limit...

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Before My Condom Self-Destructs

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

I’m sorry. I’ve got to give it to Big Green on this title. “50 Cent’s Condom Campaign Bursts”? Wowsers. That is SOHH fuckin funny! Even funnier is how they describe the campaign as “long-awaited”. Word? Is that what happened with ...

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ThisIs50: Behind the Scenes of Eminem/50 Cent’s AMA Performance [Video]

Nov 23rd, '09  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  31 Comments

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Vote for XXL‘s 2009 Eye Candy of the Year

Nov 23rd, '09  •  Eye Candy  •  by XXL Staff  •  101 Comments

Photography by Ellen Stagg For the first time ever the competition for XXL’s our annual Eye Candy of the Year honors was so intense that we wound up with co-winners. In one corner, we have the lovely Dominican dime piece Rosa ...

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XXL’s blogs list: purposely offensive?

Nov 23rd, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  21 Comments

It just so happens that Vibe's list of the top 50 hip-hop blogs ran in one of the very last issues before karma was visited upon that magazine. It may have led, in part, to the weird situation where, when ...

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