Hip-Hop Props for Prop 8?

Nov 10th, '08  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  37 Comments

Shortly after checking the mailbox for my Obama prize Thursday afternoon (and realizing it's probably just coming on CPT), I came across the following music video/proponent of California's hotly-contested Proposition 8. As you likely already know, Prop 8 stipulates the unconstitutionality ...

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Styles P: Coming Soon

Nov 10th, '08  •  XXLtv  •  by XXL Staff  •  3 Comments

Styles explains why the Lox hasn't released a new album in eight years...

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Mos Def Wanted For Vegas Robbery

Nov 10th, '08  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  16 Comments

Mos Def is a wanted man. Las Vegas Police recently issued a warrant for the rapper/actor's arrest regarding an alleged fight with a photographer this past August. The photographer, Volker Correll, contends that a scuffle ensued when Mos ripped a camera ...

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DJ Whoo Kid & Cookin’ Soul Presents:Night of The Living Dead

Nov 10th, '08  •  Reviews  •  by XXL Staff  •  2 Comments

Anyone who knows me knows I’m a huge Biggie fan. And I’ve been known to bump some Biggie blends here and there whether it was Rap Phenomenon or something that DJ Snicka threw together. But a time came when dudes ...

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Mr. Len “Giggle Cookies”

Nov 10th, '08  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  No Comments

Len provides some comic relief for today's edition...

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FEATURE:The Next Next?

Nov 10th, '08  •  News  •  by XXL Staff  •  17 Comments

Skyzoo Gov’t Name: Gregory Skyler Taylor Age: 25 Reppin’: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn Notable Releases: Cloud 9: The 3 Day High (with 9th Wonder), 2006; Corner Store Classic mixtape (with DJ Kay Slay and Mick Boogie), 2007 Currently Working On: The ...

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E-40 Talks Album Titles: “I Had Verbal Vomit, But That Might Have Went Over People’s Heads”

Nov 10th, '08  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  31 Comments

E-40 has received great feedback for the title of his forthcoming album, The Ball Street Journal, but it almost never was. The slang master initially toyed with a few other titles. "I had the title Verbal Vomit at first," 40 told XXLMag.com. ...

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50 Cent Becomes Party Monster For E! Network

Nov 10th, '08  •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  18 Comments

50 Cent is apparently enjoying Reality TV. On the same day (11/06) he premiered 50 Cent: The Money & Power on MTV, the G-Unit general and his crew flew to Cabo, Mexico to take part in E!'s Party Monster. For Party ...

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Change we’re not supposed to know about

Nov 7th, '08  •  Bloggers  •  by XXL Staff  •  31 Comments

The other day, I received an email from some woman talking about how the Knux had talked shit about Rick Ross in an interview. As it turns out, one of the guys in the Knux used to work as a prison ...

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