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Kidd Kidd’s attorney, Scott Leemon, sent in the following statement to XXL dispelling the allegations that his client allegedly assaulted and strangled a woman in a domestic dispute. “The New York allegations are totally baseless. They were made 4 mon...

Statik Selektah is ready to move on. As the veteran producer has said numerous times in the run-up to his seventh studio album, Lucky 7 (due out, you guessed it, July 7), he's ready to move on to bigger, better and more challenging projects. Putting ...

This is incredible. Earlier today Stephen Colbert—former host of Comedy Central's Colbert Report and future host for CBS' Late Show—was on the Monroe, Mich's public access cable program Only In Monroe with Eminem (and you probably missed it). The interview appears to be an skit...

Apple is pulling out all the stops for the release of its digital streaming service. Apple Music, the culmination of more than a year of research, development and market testing after the electronics giant acquired Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine's Beats brand...

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...