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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 ...

After waiting 16 years for the follow up to 2001, Dr. Dre will make Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre available to stream on Apple Music one day before its scheduled release date. Starting at 6 P.M. EST / 9 P.M. PST on Thurs., August 6, Dr ...

Iggy Azalea's appearance at May's Billboard Music Awards had people wondering if the artist underwent some sort of plastic surgery after photos of her on the red carpet surfaced. Iggy is the cover girl for the Sept. issue of Seventeen and the former XXL Freshman opened up about getting plastic surgery and confirmed that she got a nose job prior to the awards show. "I'm not denying it," s