XXL Mag

This weekend, a video surfaced on YouTube of a White police officer brutally grabbing a Black teenage girl by the neck and pushing her towards the ground, then drawing his gun and pointing it at two unarmed Black teenagers—who understandably turned and ran—at a community pool in McKinney, Texas. The origin...

Word out of Summer Jam is 2015 XXL Freshman DeJ Loaf is dropping an EP later this month. Detroit's la femme petite performed on the festival stage earlier, reportedly diving into the crowd during her set, making for a lively introduction to the Summer Jam scene...

The 22nd edition of Hot 97's Summer Jam is upon us. And what better way to get the hot months of 2015 popping than at one of the biggest hip-hop/R&B concerts of the year? The annual spectacle has been home to some of the most epic moments in rap show history and the 2015 version looks to add to the litany. ...

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T-Pain is hard at work trying to reclaim the top spot among rap crooners. With a new album in the works, a new mixtape The Iron Way in rotation and a documentary to boot, the Tallahassee artist is grinding like '08. Today, we get a new banger from Mr...

It's almost time to saddle up. Travi$ Scott's long-awaited LP Rodeo: The Album is complete and is just waiting for its day to be disseminated to the public. Could that day be tomorrow? Scott recently took to his Twitter account and posted the tweet, "MONDAY JUNE 8th http://Travisscott...

Kid Cudi and Power 105 radio personality Angie Martinez got into a brief Twitter spat early this morning. It all started when Cudi, who was apparently looking through some old videos, felt slighted when seeing an old interview he did back in 2009 with Martinez and DJ Enuff and decided to type something about it...

Childish Gambino is working on a new album but he might not want you to know about it just yet. Confirmation of work being completed on the project came via tweets of a "vocalist" named Aaron Michael Gutierrez who claimed to be in a studio session in Los Angeles working on the album...

Nod slowly in agreement if you're anticipating Slum Village’s new album, Yes! Due out June 16, the group's eighth studio LP is set to feature appearances from De La Soul, Black Milk, Phife Dawg, Jon Connor, BJ The Chicago Kid and more with the majority of the production handled by the late great J Dilla. Toda...

It looks like the Internets social media deciphering skills have proved wrong again as a rumored to be breaking up Nicki Minaj and Meek Mill both performed side-by-side at the 2015 X Games in Austin, Texas. Nicki headlined the event performing at Super Stage at Circuit of The Americas...

Newly crowned 2015 XXL Freshman Vince Staples is ready to get the summer of 2015 popping with his upcoming debut album Summertime '06. After revealing the quiet cover art for the LP a week ago, VS has some more revelations about the project...

The bad news continues to pile on for Suge Knight. Already up against murder charges for a hit-and-run in one incident and robbery charges in another, the former Death Row CEO is now facing a lawsuit from the woman he allegedly robbed. Last October, Knight and Katt Williams were arrested on the suspicion of stealing a camera from a female photographer in an incident that occurred a month prior...