Here’s a new video from Ali Vegas, The AV Theme

Jan 12th, '07 • XXL Magazine • by XXL Staff • No Comments

New bangers from J-Dilla, Jadakiss, Joell Ortiz, Mistah F.A.B. and Lyrics Born, and Common are up now!

Jan 12th, '07 • XXL Magazine • by XXL Staff • No Comments

Check out some behind the scenes footage from the set of Saigon’s video for Pain In My Life

Jan 12th, '07 • XXL Magazine • by XXL Staff • No Comments

Blogging isn’t enough

Jan 11th, '07 • Bloggers • by XXL Staff • 17 Comments

My interview with Snoop hit newsstands today. You can read it here. ...

“The audience becomes like a booty call”

Jan 11th, '07 • Bloggers • by XXL Staff • 35 Comments

I had a chance to catch up with Cube last week, and the godfather of gangsta rap had loads to say—sounding off on topics ranging from the young guns trying to take over the game, to the South, Oprah and ...

Sk8er boyz

Jan 11th, '07 • Bloggers • by XXL Staff • 77 Comments

The Pack are a group of young hyphy rapist-looking kids out of Berkely, California, home of the historically Asian University of California at Berkeley. I can't claim to know anything (or care much) about the area, but it doesn't strike ...

Teenager Sentenced to 30 Years in Slaying, Blames Crime Mob Song

Jan 11th, '07 • XXL Magazine • by XXL Staff • 67 Comments

The defense attorney for a Virginia teenager convicted of fatally stabbing another young man placed some of the blame for the incident on lyrics from Atlanta group Crime Mob’s record “Knuck If You Buck.” Defendant Marvin M. Parker, 18, was ...

Noreaga Testifies on Behalf of Friend Accused of Murder

Jan 11th, '07 • XXL Magazine • by XXL Staff • 13 Comments

Queens rapper N.O.R.E. testified in Manhattan District Court yesterday (Jan. 10) on behalf of friend Darryl Henderson, who is accused of murdering three people in order to steal 30 kilograms of cocaine, worth over $500,000. Assistant U.S. Attorney David M. ...