XXL Mag

On Tuesday night, June 9th, G-Shock celebrated two of its most coveted timepieces form their extensive catalogue. The event for 0the GA100CM and GDX6900TC in camouflage was held at Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood featured a private-invite party that themed around the watches colorways...

Future continues with the #MonsterMonday series, dropping the video to "Never Gon Lose." The track is featured on Future's DJ Esco-hosted 56 Nights mixtape that dropped back in March. Like his last visual for "No Compadre," "Never Gon Lose" seems to have been filmed in part while the Atlanta crooner was on the Jungle Tour with Drake. Directed by Spiff TV, F... Read Mo

It almost never got to this point. Two years ago Lil Durk was in jail, charged with unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, staring down a $100,000 bail and watching as his promising rap career evaporated in front of him. But sometimes the brightest sparks of creativity come from the darkest places, and on June 2 Durk finally released his long-awaited major label debut album, Remember My Name, via De

A few months back, adidas, the current NBA on-court and off-court merchandiser, announced that it would not renew its contract with the NBA after the 2017-18 season. Stepping in as the future merchandise provider for the NBA will be Nike...

MC Ren is not happy right now. The N.W.A biopic, Straight Outta Compton is set to hit theaters Aug 14. In the most recent trailer for the film, Ren was left out completely. This led the Compton rapper to hop on Twitter and vent his frustrations, airing out Universal Pictures and threatening not to promote the film. "Man fuc...

On this day in hip-hop history, Cormega dropped off 'The True Meaning.'

Freedom of speech!

On Wednesday (June 10), Nicki Minaj's ex-boyfriend Safaree "SB" Samuels released the snippet to a song entitled "Love the Most." SB opens up about his 12-year stint with the Young Money MC, claiming he deserved more credit for her career, among other things...

Happy Birthday, MF Grimm!

XXL stopped by Sirius XM to be on Sway in the Morning to discuss the 2015 XXL Freshman cover. This year's cover stars are DeJ Loaf, Fetty Wap, GoldLink, K Camp, OG Maco, Raury, Shy Glizzy, Tink, Vince Staples and the winner of the fan-voted 10th Spot, Kidd Kidd. Editor-I...

As the ancient Detroit maxim goes, there's nothing better than giving back. Big Sean is doing just that, with a little help from Adidas. According to Rap-Up, the GOOD Music rapper is making good on a promise to his alma mater, Detroit's Cass Technical High School. The...