Update: Doctor Orders Lil Wayne to Cancel Canada Tour Dates

Aug 18th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  27 Comments

Lil Wayne’s America’s Most Wanted Tour dates in Canada have been canceled. “Lil Wayne, due to illness, was advised by his doctors to cancel the Young Money Presents: America’s Most Wanted Music Festival tour stops in Western Canada, " a press ...

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1 World x 1 Love x 1 Mic…

Aug 18th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  39 Comments

It is often the artists from the most disenfranchised, impoverished nations that can speak to the true nature of Hip-Hop. To combine all music, art, culture and people into one is the essence of Hip-Hop. With the use ...

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Update: 50 Cent Nixes Free Queens Concert

Aug 18th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  31 Comments

One day after news broke that 50 Cent was planning a free, secret concert in Queens, New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, said the rap superstar would not be performing. As previoulsy reported, Fif caused an uproar in his old Jamaica, ...

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Beanie Sigel Arrested for Drug Possession

Aug 17th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  28 Comments

Philadelphia rapper Beanie Sigel was arrested and charged with marijuana possession in New Jersey, early Sunday morning (August 16) reports the Burlington County Times. According to the paper, Beans was on his way to perform at a private event at local ...

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Eminem Car Crash a “Twitter Rumor” Says Manager

Aug 17th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  27 Comments

Earlier today (August 17) and yesterday popular social network site Twitter was abuzz with claims that rap superstar Eminem had died in a car crash. According to the Detroit Free Press, Eminem is in fact alive and well and the reports ...

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Cash Money Is an Army

Aug 17th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  39 Comments

I thought they didn’t allow pets in the Milli-terry, but Bow Wow’s apparently found a place next to a Tyga. I’m just wondering if that moves the money eater another place down on the depth chart or will Prince ...

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NBC Miami: Miami Rap Journalist Dies in Drive By

Aug 17th, '09  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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MTV: Bow Wow Signs With Cash Money

Aug 17th, '09  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  1 Comment

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BLOG: When S.H.E. Loved Me Back

Aug 17th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  43 Comments

My most personal “hip-hop” memory knows no competition in my thoughts. You would’ve thought the setting was some alternate reality version of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, where, instead of books, rap music was outlawed. My bedroom was turned into ground ...

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