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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Pretty Ricky’s Spectacular Ice Jewelry Co. Commercial [RMC VIDEO]

Jun 2nd, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  24 Comments

Sexy Spec is an awntra-pra-newer! Questions? Comments? Requests? Need that Dragon Ball Z piece in ya life? ron@ronmexicocity.com...

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Is Eminem getting gay in his old age?

Jun 2nd, '09  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  70 Comments

I get that Eminem isn't sweating what the hip-hop community thinks. He's looking past us. There's no way he could have sold 600,000 albums in a week, in 2009, trying to appeal to the kind of people who know who ...

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B-EZ Radio & Getserius.com Present Serius Jones: Why So Serius?

Jun 2nd, '09  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  6 Comments

Unless you’re a straight commercial hip-hop consumer, the name Serius Jones should ring more bells than Anita Ward in the '70s. For the past few years the New Jerus native’s made a name for himself by ripping mics and MCs ...

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J Dilla: Jay Stay Paid

Jun 2nd, '09  •  Reviews  •  by XXL Staff  •  6 Comments

J Dilla Jay Stay Paid (Nature Sounds) In his last years, James “J Dilla” Yancey’s MPC3000 must’ve acted like a respirator. Since losing a three-year battle with lupus in February 2006, the legendary producer’s unreleased material has proved fruitful enough for four posthumous ...

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