XXL Mag

When you hear the name Kanye West, there are a few stand out quotes that come to mind. Let's remember, in addition to being a Grammy Award-winning rapper and producer, the Chicago MC also reveres himself as the inventor of the leather jogging pants, the purveyor of all dopeness and in general, a God among men...

New York-based retailer Opening Ceremony has partnered up with the leaders of headwear, New Era, for a brand new collaboration. Following up their previous collab, Opening Ceremony and New Era's new collection consists of two brand new snapbacks featuring a series of collages and colors...

Michael Christmas dropped a new track. "Home," which features Royal, is warm and delightful. This makes sense since he released it on his 21st birthday (May 12) while he was at his actual house in Boston. The different flows Christmas switches between is really sweet to hear in his second verse...

With 66,000 units of his Special Effects album sold, Tech N9ne comes in at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 chart* for the third time in five years. In 2011, Tech's All 6's & 7's album debuted at No. 4, and in 2013 his Something Else project also came in at No. 4 ...

Slum Village teams up with BJ The Chicago Kid and Illa J for a song that will make your soul smile. The beat for “Expressive" was produced by the late legend himself J Dilla. Over a funky base line and occasional strings, each MC raps about how they express themselves with lines about elevating their minds and detailing their sexual escapades. This is o...

Britney Spears has been making hits in three different decades. She was perhaps the biggest solo female star of the TRL era; more recently, she had one of the biggest pop residencies in Las Vegas. So what's left? Well, making friends with a Samsung-shilling alien. Her new ...

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While most thought that Kid Cudi's next album would be Man On The Moon III, Cudder threw us all a curve when he announced on Twitter that his next project will be called Speedin' Bullet To Heaven. Yesterday (May 12), Cudi posted a quick low-quality snippet of an upcoming track supposedly from Speedin' that he quickly took down ...

A song by Rich Homie Quan leaked online late last night (May 12) with what appears to be the MC rapping about raping a girl. When "I Made It" made it's rounds across the web the lyrics were picked up instantly. Quan raps: "Don't want your ho, just want that cookie from her/She tried to resist so I took it from her/How you gonna tell me no/You must not know who I am/Even if I'm on th

All geared up for the summer, Crooks & Castles unveils their summer 2015 lookbook shot by renowned photographer Nick Goldstein. The summer 2015 C&C lookbook features several garments that range from button-ups, graphic tees, snapbacks, bucket hats, and trousers...

#FACT #MMM JUNE 29th 2015 A photo posted by Sean Diddy Combs (@iamdiddy) on May 12, 2015 at 6:50pm PDT Diddy's Money Makin Mitch album is set to drop on June 29. The mogul took to Instagram to make the announcement by posting a picture of Michael Jordan with the "June 29" date written and the hashtags #FACT and #MMM ...