ZNI Debuts Crash EP In Concert

Aug 25th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

Rapper ZNI debuted his Crash EP Friday night (August 21) at Seattle’s Crocodile Café. Z was joined onstage by The Empty City for three songs, and The Saturday Knights, who came out for the show finale. About 250 people filled the ...

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Typed Witticisms…

Aug 24th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  25 Comments

I call the entries that I leave on TWitter "Typed Witticisms" as opposed to "tweets". Birds make the tweet sound. And bird ass birdbrains post tweets. Can it be so simple? Yes. If you miss those old days when Billy X. ...

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Attorney Urges Record Companies to Enforce Codes of Conduct

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

XXLMag.com attended Lauren Raysor’s press conference this afternoon (August 24), where the lawyer called for record labels to help regulate artists’ off-wax behavior. As previously reported, Raysor is the attorney who helped put Bronx rapper Remy Ma behind bars for shooting her ...

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Remy and the Raysor’s Edge

Aug 24th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  23 Comments

“Lauren Raysor, the lawyer responsible for putting Bronx rapper Remy Ma behind bars, is asking record companies to put a “morality clause” in their artists’s contracts.” –Elan Mancini, XXLMag.com Before we go any further, I must hand out our first NP ...

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T-Pain Speaks on Diddy’s New Album

Aug 24th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  15 Comments

Diddy has been previewing snippets of his new album, Last Train to Paris, on his new MTV reality show, Making his Band, but fans are still uncertain what musical direction he is going in with the disc. T-Pain, who is ...

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Singersroom: Melyssa Ford Denies Relationship With Nelly

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

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Jay-Z to Play Benefit Show on 9/11

Aug 24th, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  14 Comments

Jay-Z is expected to announce a hometown benefit concert later today (August 24), The New York Times reports. According to the paper, Hov plans on performing at Madison Square Garden on September 11, the day that his new record, The Blueprint ...

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New York Magazine: Gray-Z & Friends

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

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Droppin’ Cake on Drake

Aug 24th, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  54 Comments

It's no secret; the music industry is full of snakes, gossip-mongers and supposed stand-up dudes who actually sit down to pee. Still, there are plenty of good folks in the business and through it all I’ve realized that my word ...

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