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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...

Billboard Hot 100 Music Festival revealed the lineup to the their first-ever show. The Weeknd, Skrillex, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Axwell^Ingrosso and special guest Justin Bieber are schedule to take the stage at the festival. The concert takes place August 22 - 23 at New York's Nikon at Jones Beach Theater and surrounding beach areas. The Week...

A$AP Rocky, Tyler, The Creator, Danny Brown and Vince Staples are joining forces for a tour this fall. Starting Sept. 9 in Lowell, Ma., the four artists will travel from the East Coast to the Midwest then down South for a nine-city run, though more shows are likely to be added ...

Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" video broke records when it debuted a year ago and the clip will live on forever both on the internet and in wax figure form. Madame Tussauds wax musuem in Las Vegas unveiled a Nicki Minaj wax figure that portrays the MC in her very revealing "Anaconda" attire ...

The Weeknd's Beauty Behind the Madness drops August 28. Featuring 14 new tracks and only one guest feature in Lana Del Rey, The Weeknd's follow up t0 2013's Kiss Land is one of the most anticipated projects of the year. Check out the full ...