XXL Mag

CyHi The Prynce barreled onto most rap fans' radars five years ago, when he appeared alongside Jay Z, RZA and Pusha T on Kanye West's "So Appalled." That cut, from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, seemed as if it might be a harbinger of things to come for the Atlanta rapper, who quickly signed to West's good music. However,...

Meek Mill and Nicki Minaj are definitely in the honeymoon stage of their relationship. If you have any doubt in that, just look at the amount of excessive PDA the rap couple's been exhibiting on tour lately. As the Philly MC joined Nicki on the North American leg of her Pinkprint Tour this summer, having her boo as a supporting act has proven to develop added benefits for Nicki...

With Diddy and Hov on the mind, Harlem's own, Bodega Bamz, drops the video for "Money Changed Me." While some claim that success won't change them, Bamz is the complete opposite; Papi let's it be known that the money did indeed change him ...

Paying homage to the 20th anniversary of the Air Max line, Nike has decided to commemorate the legacy of the shoe by a releasing a special "Platinum" pack. Available for both, men and women, the "Platinum" pack will feature a black and grey silhouette...

Fans who have seen Nicki Minaj on her Pinkprint Tour have come back with rave reviews--but some thought they might have a little more information than others. At several recent concerts, Minaj has reportedly referred to Meek Mill, the former Philadelphia battle rapper and current Drake antagonist, as her "baby father." Fr...

With Trapavelli Tre due out this Thursday, Aug. 13, 2 Chainz unleashes "Everything I Know" in preparation. With Nard & B behind the boards providing a booming soundtrack, Chainz lets listeners inside his education at the School of Hard Knocks. Peep the tra ...

Migos stopped by DJ Whoo Kid's "The Whoolywood Shuffle" to discuss their debut album Yung Rich Nation, the difficulties of Offset still being locked up in prison and much more. The first topic discussed was the Dab Daddy dance. Quavo an...

Key! gives the people five new tracks while we wait for the Screaming Dreams mixtape. As one of the many emerging artists coming out of Atlanta right now, Key! taps into his network for the Screaming Dreams Prelude and brings along other bubbling artists like 21 Savage and Sonny Digital alongside established producers Metro Boomin and Zaytoven. XXL Freshmen ...

There are kids out there right now, sitting down with a spiral notebook and a pencil, deliberately writing their first rap song. A good handful of these people will refer to "haters," to those who doubt them and want to hold them back. The blessing and curse of high school is that no one cares about you as much as you think they do, so most of these would-be MCs will skate through unscat