XXL Mag

Last night at New York City's Best Buy Theater, the 2015 XXL Freshman Class took over for a performance that was memorable for plenty of reasons. Shy Glizzy opened the show rocking the new Yeezy 350 Boosts and performing with his puppy on stage; K Camp led a singalong with the whole crowd to some of his biggest hits; Tink impressed everyone with her lyrical master class; Vince Staples rocked the m

Q-Tip's Last Zulu album has been in the works since 2012 and despite numerous delays, the A Tribe Called Quest MC claims he is still working diligently on the project and it is hopefully coming by the end of the year. During an interview with Billboard, where Tip touched on the project's features and production credits, he revealed that rumors of Kanye West scrapping his album SWISH are just that

If 50 Cent's Instagram is to be believed--and when isn't it?--the famously fit rapper and actor will appear on the cover of the July-August issue of Muscle & Fitness. Little else is known about what will appear in the issue (the cover teases details of 50's "exclusive workout"), but if there's an interview involved, it's sure to be colorful. While h...

#tbt shoulder lean ... @asiiah A photo posted by Kid Ink (@kidinkbatgang) on Mar 19, 2015 at 1:13pm PDT Congratulations are in order for Kid Ink and his new fiancee, Asiaz Azante. The rapper apparently proposed to his future wife while overseas last month and the duo made it public via social media today ...

In case you missed out on the last Air Jordan 1 "Shattered Blackboard" release then you may be able to pick up a pair of the upcoming Air Jordan 1 sneaker. Releasing in a AJKO version, the next Air Jordan 1 will feature the popular colors made famous by Michael Jordan during his time with the Chicago Bulls...

Pharrell drops the music video for his new track, "Freedom," in conjunction with the launch of Apple Music. Skateboard P previously premiered the song at Glastonbury this past weekend. Now, he releases the full song and visual to fans, more specifically, those who subscribed to Apple's new music screaming service. In the v...

Rick Ross is a free man. TMZ reports that the MMG head honcho was released from jail after he paid his $2 million bail. He used a couple of collateral to cover the bill: $1 million equity from the ex-Holyfield mansion he owns, and another GA property, $500,000 surety bond (from a bail bondsman) and $500k in cold hard cash. He will also turn ...

The partnership between Jordan Brand and Marvin The Martian can be dated back to the first Air Jordan VIII silhouette. Today, the partnership continues once again with the announcement of a new Marvin The Martian-inspired sneaker. Using Blake Griffin's Super...

Hip-hop fans of a certain age (or those with a knack for research) remember Talib Kweli as one of New York's most incisive lyricists, a Rawkus star when Rawkus was an unimpeachable brand. He starred on his joint album with another revered Brooklyn MC, Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are: Black Star, and on his joint album with producer Hi-Tek as Reflection Eternal, Train of Thought. As the '...

Cam'ron and Sen City deal with crazy ex-girlfriends in their latest offering, "Fuckin Hater" (a play on words on "hate her").  The video kicks off with Sen City being chased around the mall by his ex-woman before Cam'ron is confronted by a former flame who runs up on him while he's sitting in a Bentley and proceeds to give him an earful. The ...

Last month, YG was shot while recording in Studio City, Los Angeles. He and his entourage drove to the hospital--they crashed the first car, made the trip in a second--and the Def Jam rapper seems as if he'll make a full recovery. With that in mind, YG turned around and used his hospital bed to position his sophomore set (tentatively called Still Krazy) and to declare, "I'm hard to kill."