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Rumors of the release for the adidas Yeezy Boost Low have steadily picked up within the last few weeks. The sneaker, first seen during the adidas x Kanye West fashion show in New York City, was recently shown in detail by Kanye's longtime friend, Ibn Jasper...

Vince Staples drops a new track featuring Desi Mo titled "Get Paid." The 2015 XXL Freshman released this new party track as a surprise for fans. The production on the track makes you want to get up and get right and Staples' bars only add to that effect. The Long...

Directed by Travis Satten (@travissatten) Produced by ApK (@weareapk) Fetty Wap is one of the 10 MCs on XXL‘s 2015 Freshman list revealed Wed., June 3. All this month we’re 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. Today (June 15), we kick ...

Northie's growing up fast.

On this day, June 15, in hip-hop history… 2010: Drake is one of those special cases who didn't fall under pressure and exceeded expectations. When the Toronto MC was coming up, he was embraced by hip-hop heavyweights such as Lil Wayne, Clipse and Bun B. 2009’...

Today is a good day.

The saga of Chris and Karrueche seems to never end. After breaking up for the umpteenth time, Chris Brown and his on-again off-again girlfriend, Karrueche Tran, exchanged choice words on Instagram today and this time, they held nothing back...

"Make It Nasty" was one of the songs that jump started Tyga's career, but at this point one must ask, was it all worth it? The video for the song has been marred with multiple lawsuits of which T. Raww is still dealing with to this day, apparently...

Nicki Minaj has been announced as one of the artists performing at this year's BET Awards. Minaj has been nominated for six awards including best female hip-hop artist and video of the year. She ties Chris Brown with he most nominations at this year's show...

Bankroll Fresh is one of Atlanta's most buzzing indie artists as he hit the ground running with his breakout single "Hot Boy" from the mixtape Life Of A Hot Boy, last year. Steeped in sounds and flavor that appeared purposefully scraped from a gumbo bowl of New Orleans' Cash Money era, it seemed like it would only be a matter of time before linked up with the original Hot Boys... Read Mo

For some reason, Kanye West has a lot of opposition for his upcoming headlining show at Britain's annual Glastobury Festival. A petition has been started by salty concertgoers who claim Yeezy is an "insult to music fans all over the world...

Lil Wayne has the Internet going nuts with the recent announcement that he has signed a deal with Jay Z. But what does it really mean? Indications point to either a label deal with Hov's Roc Nation or some sort of a new partnership with Tidal...