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Back in April, Meek Mill was sued by a Beverly Hills landlord for trashing his rented home during Grammy weekend. Instead of settling with the property owner, TMZ reports that Meek is fighting the lawsuit and attendees Justin Bieber, Khloe Kardashian, Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown and French Montana have been added to the suit. The pros...

Hip-hop counts among its fans legions of purists who would no doubt turn up their collective nose at anyone who employs ghostwriters. And still, Meek Mill has had a tough time winning any modicum of public support during his very public feud with Drake...

As 50 Cent continues to go through the bankruptcy proceedings in a Connecticut court, the true nature of his financial status is coming to light. Yesterday (Aug. 5), reports surfaced that G-Unit Records and associated G-Unit Brands had lost 50 Cent over the pat three years and that his monthly expenses were estimated at $108,000 and today, Buzzfeed has released the official bankruptcy documents t

Old habits die hard, and while being sucked back into a feud that started more than a decade ago seems petty and foolish, sometimes it's just the kick start you need. Ja Rule has spent the week refuting Meek Mill's claim that the beef he has with Drake is similar to what Ja had with 50 Cent in the early- and mid-2000s...

Rich The Kid is a free man, but nothing in this video is. Earlier this summer, the Atlanta was arrested alongside the Migos when cops raided the rappers' respective camps during a show at Georgia Southern University. He ended up paying $25,000 to walk out, but the 23-year-old is back at it, this time teaming up with Fetty Wap for "Keep It 100...

Gunplay's debut album for Def Jam, Living Legend, is finally out and in stores, and today XXL premieres the fourth installment in his five-part Living Legend interview series. In this segment, which you can watch above, the Maybach Music Group MC opens up by naming 2pac as an example of someone who achieved the status of "living legend." "The...

That Kevin Gates is one of the best rappers on Earth right now is a matter of fact to many hip-hop fans. The four mixtapes he dropped in the calendar years 2013 and 2014--both installments of his Luca Brasi series, plus Stranger Than Fiction and By Any Means--are deeply unsettling, disarmingly honest, tireless. But this is 2015, so th...

He's damn-near a New York monument.

Can you ball in a straightjacket? This is among the fundamental ways French Montana makes us question the world in which we live. Max B is probably never getting out of prison, and while French's style is decidedly more terrestrial, it shares his old partner's sense of controlled chaos, where you stumble through life's trials with minks and models...

@meekmill fires back on the #pinkprinttour says Lil Wayne, Birdman & Tyga "don't fuck with" Drake. A video posted by XXL Magazine (@xxl) on Aug 4, 2015 at 7:04pm PDT A day after Drake performed at OVO Fest in front of a screen filled with Meek Mill Memes, Meek responds with a freestyle in North Carolina while on The Pinkprint Tour. While in Charl...

D.R.A.M. celebrates his birthday by reconnecting with Donnie Trumpet of The Social Experiment and remaking "$," which is a song that is originally off of the Virginia rapper's #1EpicSummer EP. Over a Gabe Niles' & Bub Ruth-enhanced beat, the recent Show and Prove MC croons poetic bars, stating on the hook about "This be that shit that make a nigga get off his ass and get money.&

Classic '90s cartoon sweater vest enthusiast Doug Funnie made his return to pop culture recently. YouTube's Adam Schleichkorn (aka Mylo the Cat) mashed Fetty Wap's hit single "Trap Queen" with clips of the beloved '90s-era cartoon show. "Trap Queen" is, at its...