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Rae Sremmurd aren't wasting any time. After taking Billboard charts and high school house parties by storm with this January's SremmLife, the duo is already back in the studio knocking out a second LP. Now, the brothers' mentor and label boss, Mike WiLL Made It, has announced that the sophomore set will be an official sequel. Whi...

Last night (Aug. 5), at the Norwood Club in New York City, high fashion brand, Bally hosted a special and intimate cocktail party to help celebrate the J. Cole for Bally collaboration. The event was followed by the premiere screening of the short film, Off The Grid...

Looking to bring back another classic silhouette from Michael Vick's line with Nike, the Swoosh be rereleasing the Zoom Vick 3 in 2016. The sneaker made famous by Vick during his time with the Atlanta Falcons, is considered as one of the best from the Nike Football line...

When's the last time you listened to "Regulate"? We only ask because it's August, and if you've made it this deep into summer without hooking lefts on 21 and Lewis, you've done something terribly, terribly wrong. Plus, now, the canon's been expanded...

Detroit Pistons point guard Brandon Jennings, who recently said he's been an OVO loyalist for over half the decade, has vacated his social media accounts in an attempt to sidestep the hate from Meek Mill and Nicki Minaj fans. Jennings told a TMZ reporter that Meek's career was over and that he was "corny...

Well, this is a rigamarole. According to CBS New York, the rapper and actor was arrested last night (August 5) for getting into a fight at the Steel Gym at 143 W. 23rd St. in Manhattan. Apparently, the muscle-bound rapper got into a tiff with a fellow gym-goer (it's not clear over what) and launched a case of Lean Body Protein drinks at the guy. Bus...

Philly Freeway still moving out here.

The Game is in some trouble. The West Coast OG is being sued for $10,000,000 for sexual assault. TMZ reports Priscilla Rainey—a contestant on Game's upcoming VH1 reality show She's Got Game—filed the lawsuit in federal court in Illinois. Rainey said whi...

There's a new dance to learn, but this one's not too hard. What started as a regional down South adlib is quickly becoming a masterful maneuver in clubs and on street corners. It's called dabbin'. We all know in hip-hop, one slang word can have many different meanings...

If there's one young artist who understand how important visuals are, it's OG Maco. The 2015 XXL Freshman drops another stellar music video, this time for "Gang," which is off his EP Live Life 2. The film is mostly a mix of footage from one of his concerts and night escapades however the cinematography is pretty crisp...

Fans of Vince Staples who are used to the rapper spitting gritty street tales over dark production will be surprised by "Ghost," his collab with supergroup With You. Over a uptempo, house instrumental, Vince lays slaughter to the track showing off his versatility and why he was an obvious choice for this year's Freshmen class ...

Last night (Aug. 4), XXL got an opportunity to get get advance screening of the highly anticipated movie, Sneakerheadz. Dedicated to the sneaker culture, director/producer/screenwriter, David T. Friendly and Mick Partridge do an amazing job of capturing the essence of a sneakerhead and the cultural influence of the lifestyle...