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Lil B stopped by ESPN's SportsNation last night (June 15) and played a game of "Cursed or Not Cursed" with hosts Max Kellerman and Marcellus Wiley. During his six-minute conversation, The BasedGod was asked about a number of NBA players who may or may not have been damned by the young rapper. Starting with...

Directed by Travis Satten (@travissatten) Produced by ApK (@weareapk) DeJ Loaf is one of the 10 Freshmen on XXL‘s 2015 Freshman list revealed Wed., June 3. All this month we’ve been providing you with a behind-the-scenes look at the selection process, the photo shoot and the work it takes to pull it all together. Yesterday (June 15), we k...

All eyez on 'Pac.

XXL celebrates the life and legacy of hip-hop's Thug Angel on his 41st b-day...

2015 XXL Freshman and self-described industry plant Raury is back with a new song, "Devil's Whisper." The precocious artist opens the song with a chorus of young voice and a folk-nodding guitar line, before breaking into a crisp, clearly sung verse. The vers...

Picture via Instagram This could get weird. Donatella Panayiotou, a former MTV host and current British television personality, says that she had a romantic relationship with L.A. Lakers Guard Nick Young that overlapped with Young and Azalea’s. Azal...

Picture via Instagram Though Iggy Azalea and Lakers guard Nick Young announced their engagement just two weeks ago, the couple is already going through the tabloid wringer. Donatella Panayiotou, a former MTV host and current British television personality, alleges that she had a romantic relationship with Young that overlapped with Young and Azalea's. “Ni...

Chedda Da Connect grabs Fetty Wap, Yo Gotti, Boosie Badazz and Boston George for the official remix of "Flicka Da Wrist." The almost seven minute song notches another win on the belt for the Houston native. Chedda starts the record off with a new verse, "If you ain't catching planes than what you doing/Still dunkin' on ni--as, call me Patrick Ewing...

Nas’ daughter, Destiny Jones, is celebrating her 21st birthday today. The actress and owner of Lipmatic lip gloss has been posting onto her Instagram photos of her birthday celebration with friends and her famous dad. In the past, Nas has celebrated Destiny’s birthday by dedicating a full song on her behalf and releasing a visual paying homage to his only daughter. Unfortunat...

To this point, GoldLink has remained remarkably quiet. For someone his age--the upstart rapper says he's 22--he's unique for mostly eschewing the transparency and artist-to-fan interaction that the Internet affords. Though his first mixtape, The God Complex, owes its popularity to digital communities, the 2015 XXL Freshman has been remarkably quiet on social media and reserved in interview setting