Drake Involved In “One Of The Biggest Bidding Wars Ever,” Allegedly Offered $2 Mil

Jun 3rd, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  77 Comments

Toronto MC Drake, arguably the most talked about up-and-coming artist since Kanye West and 50 Cent, is involved in a serious bidding war between at least three major labels according to Billboard. As XXLMag.com reported last month, Drake is close to ...

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Variety: 50 Cent Turns Informant In New Cop Drama

Jun 3rd, '09  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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Eminem Moves 211K, Red & Meth Top Busta In Second Week On The Charts

Jun 3rd, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  105 Comments

Eminem continues his reign on the Billboard 200 sales chart in his second week with releases by Redman & Method Man and Busta Rhymes sliding down the ranks. Relapse, Em’s first new solo disc since ‘05’s Encore, followed up its ...

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Tough Break

Jun 3rd, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  47 Comments

Just one of them days, everyone has them. Regular folk, superstar, aspiring star, it doesn’t matter. Hip-Hop is chock full of stories of coulda beens and shoulda beens. Everyone is human and makes mistakes but sometimes you ...

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Stretch Armstrong Speaks On Career

Jun 3rd, '09  •  Affiliate News  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

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Akon Unsure Of Link Between Producer’s House Robbery & Suge Knight Beatdown

Jun 3rd, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  18 Comments

While authorities are looking into a possible connect between Suge Knight catching a beatdown during All-Star weekend and the robbery of Akon's producer Details's home by alleged Knight associates, the crooner has chalked up the link as "speculation," when speaking ...

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Eminem’s Hotel Room Robbed Night Of MTV Movie Awards

Jun 3rd, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  32 Comments

First he got a face full of Sacha Baron Cohen’s behind and now it has been revealed that Detroit superstar Eminem’s Los Angeles hotel room was robbed the same night. According to New York's Daily News, Shady’s hotel room was broken ...

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FEATURE: Mos Def, Quiet As Kept

Jun 3rd, '09  •  News  •  by XXL Staff  •  19 Comments

Photography Matt SalacuseReadying the fourth album of his enigmatic career, reclusive rapper-cum-actor Mos Def has things to say that people need to hear. But you gotta listen close. Mos Def sounds like a grandpa when he speaks. He mutters. He grumbles. Tinged ...

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Big Pooh: Delightful Bars

Jun 3rd, '09  •  Reviews  •  by XXL Staff  •  8 Comments

RAPPER BIG POOH THE DELIGHTFUL BARS (NORTH AMERICAN PIE VERSION) (HALL OF JUSTUS/TRAFFIC) Few rap duos are truly ambidextrous. Half of the pair is either purely pedestrian or just pales in comparison to the other. Little Brother’s Big Pooh finds himself somewhere in ...

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