FEATURE: Crooked I, The Freestyler[Definitive Dozen]

Aug 14th, '09  •  News  •  by XXL Staff  •  11 Comments

[Editor's note: For our 12th-anniversary celebration, XXL speaks with 12 artists who’ve come up, and blown up, with the magazine. 50 Cent, Baby, Shyne, Dame Dash, Crooked I and more reflect on how we’ve affected their careers—and how they’ve affected ...

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BLOG: Rule #3489 – Don’t Diss Your Boss

Aug 14th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  42 Comments

As a rapper, Drake is pretty sorry. Sure, his rhymes are strong, but I’m losing count of all his apologies in just the past two months. There was the BET Awards fiasco, the Kanye West-directed soft-core music video and most ...

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The Smoking Gun: Transcript of Alfamega’s Informant History

Aug 13th, '09  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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XXclusive: New Beanie Sigel CD is “Like a Mixtape,” Says Label, Full-Length With Freeway in the Works

Aug 13th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  24 Comments

News recently hit the 'net that Philadelphia rapper Beanie Sigel is gearing up for a new release in September, catching fans by surprise, as it had little promotion. While the project is new, XXLMag.com has learned that the CD, titled ...

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Where Is Barack?

Aug 13th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  30 Comments

“Where is Washington? Where is Barack?!” –Germaine Miller Barack is probably somewhere fucking up a health care proposal—I mean, chasing down Mexican pork. I mean—working diligently on making our country better. Please forgive the man if he doesn’t have time to ...

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TMZ: Suge’s Former Vegas Hideaway Up for Grabs

Aug 13th, '09  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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The real reason Oprah loves Jay-Z

Aug 13th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  36 Comments

It didn't make sense why Oprah would be hanging with Jay-Z in the Marcy Projects to work on a story for O: The Oprah Magazine, or whatever it was they were doing the other day, until I saw a video ...

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Jim Jones Slams Competition at B-Ball Tournament [With Exclusive Video]

Aug 13th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  27 Comments

Celebrities and invited fans alike gathered in downtown Manhattan on Wednesday for the first annual Converse Band Of Ballers Tournament, hosted by Hot 97’s own Miss Info, Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg. Dipset Capo Jim Jones, suburban sensation Asher ...

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Jim Jones’s Acceptance Speech At B-Ball Tournament [Video]

Aug 13th, '09  •  News  •  by XXL Staff  •  3 Comments

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