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Where most rappers' productivity tapers off as they wind their way through middle age, Ghostface Killah simply won't stop rapping. The Wu-Tang legend has stuffed his calendar with release after release--a 36 Chambers callback here, a BADBADNOTGOOD album there, the DOOM collaboration he swears is still coming. "Emergen...

After the celebration of another successful Air Max day, Nike unveils the 2015 iteration of the classic Nike silhouette. Featuring a clean, white and black canvas, the Air Max 2015 features an engineered mesh knitted upper with Nike's innovative Flywire technology on the shoelace area of the sneaker...

Trinidad James may have been dropped from Def Jam last year but that hasn't slowed the "All Gold Everything" rapper from putting out work. James recently released his Trips To Trinidad EP and is following it up with a photography book by the same title. "T ...

Curren$y is a perpetual motion machine. The New Orleans lynchpin has had a preposterously busy 2015: His marquee mixtape series, Pilot Talk, just received its third installment; he's teaming up with Pittsburgh superstar Wiz Khalifa for a collaborative mixtape called #2009; he contributed to Welcome to Los Santos, Rockstar Games' stunningly good rap compilation, produced and curated by Oh No and th

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Vanilla Ice defends Adam Sandler's upcoming Netflix movie, Ridiculous Six.  A group of Native American actors walked off set on Sunday (Apr. 26) in protest of sections of the script they found offensive. After the incident, the Dallas native, who plays Mark Twain in the movie, told TMZ that he didn't believe the script was written with foul intent. In his opinio...

Oakland native just dropped her album You Should Be Here today (April 28) and to help set things off, the sweet-voiced singer tapped Chance the Rapper for "The Way." A seductive love song, Kehlani shows off her vocal range singing about a crush who keeps her mind occupied all night ...

Acclaimed designer and artist Taka Hayashi concludes the spring 2015 season of Vault by Vans by introducing the TH Chukka Gore LX. Elevating the aesthetic of the Vans Chukka Boot with a deluxe material palette, Taka Hayashi presents his new Chelsea boot-inspired silhouette in two premium colorways...

Kendrick Lamar threw out the first pitch at the Los Angeles Dodgers' game against the San Francisco Giants Monday night (Apr. 27) and he did not disappoint. According to the announcer, the To Pimp a Butterfly rapper had a "nice form" and threw a "nice pitch." Co...

What's Happenin': Charles Hamilton Once chalked up as a waste of his considerable talent, Charles Hamilton is back with a new label deal and a fresh approach. Words Dan Rys Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Spring 2015 issue of XXL Magazine. Don'...

A heated exchange between Lil Wayne and audience members at Compound Nightclub in Atlanta last weekend may have led to Wayne's tour bus shooting this past Sunday (Apr. 26). According to TMZ, sources from the nightclub said Wayne got into an heated argument with several hecklers in the crowd while performing. Security eventuall...

L.A.-based crew Freestyle Fellowship dropped their sophomore LP 'Innercity Griots.'