50 Cent Tours to Promote New Power Cologne

Nov 5th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  13 Comments

50 Cent will kick off a brief five-city tour today (November 5) at New York’s Macy’s Herald Square to celebrate the launch of his first cologne, Power, reports Thisis50.com. Fif is also scheduled to appear at Macy’s stores in Atlanta, Chicago ...

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Yung Joc Released From Block Entertainment

Nov 5th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  19 Comments

Yung Joc is officially free of his contractual obligations with former label Block Entertainment. The Atlanta rapper confirmed the news with ballerstatus.com. “I just got my release and one of the terms of the release was a defamation clause, so ...

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R.A. the Rugged Man Talks Boxing With Bernard Hopkins

Nov 5th, '09  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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50 Cent’s Full Interview With Nightline

Nov 5th, '09  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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Alterna-Rap Jack

Nov 5th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  21 Comments

Remember I told you I’m a music dude. Guess what, music dude’s like alterna-rap. (So do white guys, I’m one of those, too—a jewish one if you haven’t heard you anti-semitic bastards, HA HA). Anyway when it comes to alterna-rap—probably ...

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Too late to ‘pologize

Nov 5th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  35 Comments

[Note: I've gotta pull a double tomorrow at the job I work to subsidize hip-hop journalism, and the guy who was gonna teach me how to set these posts to publish at a later date doesn't work here anymore, so ...

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Songs in the Key of G

Nov 4th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  42 Comments

“They want the hard music from me. They want what I fell in love with from KRS-One and Criminal Minded… And, I understand it because what they would say is wrong with a 50 Cent record is what they enjoy ...

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Just Blaze & The Alchemist Face Off at Beat Battle in ATL [With Video & Photos]

Nov 4th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  14 Comments

Count Mistah FAB, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Killer Mike and Diamond D among rap notables who headed to Atlanta’s Opera nightclub on Tuesday night (November 3) to witness a phenomenal night for hip-hop culture; the RedBull Big Tune Finals. Last night’s events concluded ...

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Oh, so that’s why Beanie Sigel dissed Jay-Z

Nov 4th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  47 Comments

Leave it up to 50 Cent to shed some light on a situation. When I heard "What You Talkin Bout," I figured Beanie Sigel may have been broke, and this was his sizzurp-addled, fresh out the joint way of looking for ...

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