MIMS Soars to the Top of U.S. Singles Charts

Mar 2nd, '07 • XXL Magazine • by XXL Staff • 48 Comments

Washington Heights, NY rapper MIMS soared to the top of the U.S. singles chart on Thursday when his hit record "This Is Why I'm Hot" took the no. 1 spot. The runaway hit jumped 31 spots, the third largest jump ...

Let the pile-on begin

Mar 2nd, '07 • Bloggers • by XXL Staff • 107 Comments

We're only about two months into 2007, but already there's been a PBS documentary as well as a CNN special about how hip-hop (rather than, say, steroids or the Arab community) is the worst thing that ever happened to this ...

Jay-Z to Induct Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five Into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 12

Mar 2nd, '07 • XXL Magazine • by XXL Staff • 24 Comments

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five will become the first hip-hop artists to be accepted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 12. Billboard.com reports that Def Jam president Jay-Z will induct the group at the ceremony ...

Just Blaze TV: Jean Nelson is mad

Mar 2nd, '07 • XXL Magazine • by XXL Staff • No Comments

Video: Cam’ron’s HP Commercial (Spoof)

Mar 2nd, '07 • XXL Magazine • by XXL Staff • No Comments

Timbaland to Host Fundraiser for Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton

Mar 2nd, '07 • XXL Magazine • by XXL Staff • 19 Comments

Famed producer Timbaland will host a campaign fundraiser for presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton in Miami on March 31 the New York Post reports. The event will cost supporters $1000 per person and the Senator's husband, former President Bill Clinton, ...

Judge Grants C-Murder Permission to Promote Upcoming Album

Mar 2nd, '07 • XXL Magazine • by XXL Staff • 17 Comments

Louisiana state judge Martha Sassone has granted Corey "C-Murder" Miller permission to promote his upcoming album Screamin' 4 Vengence and his new novel Death Around the Corner. The ruling marks a reversal of the judge's previous order barring the rapper ...