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Before tearing down New York City's Webster Hall on 4/20, Waka Flocka Flame made a pretty serious media run and touched on his relationship with Gucci Mane while talking with MTV News. After coming up under Gucci Mane, the relationship between the two fell apart in 2013 after Gucci dropped Flocka from the Brick Squad 1017 lineup ...

The last decade has been one of tumult for Young Buck. Ten years ago, the Nashville rapper seemed poised to ride the unstoppable hype train Interscope had built for G-Unit to a long, lucrative career. Instead, the period after his 2004 debut Straight Outta Ca$hville was marred by legal turmoil and unrest at his label and within the G-Unit ranks. Last nig...

You know how you teach your technology-challenged parent how to use their iPhone for the first time and they end up taking random front-facing selfies of their nostrils and sending you excessive, unnecessary messages? Well, apparently nobody schooled Scarface yet on Instagram etiquette...

Rico Love's list of songwriting and production credits is extensive with over a decade in the game working with big time acts. On May 19, Love will get his chance to shine with his debut album Turn The Lights On. With 12 tracks and limited features the producer/writer/singer will show once and for all that he is as talented in front of the mic as he is behind the boards ...

The Shady Music Publishing roster just got a little bit bigger with the addition of Astray, a Saginaw, Michigan rapper who was once an intern at Eminem's recording studio according to reports from MLive. Astray made the announcement via his Twitter and Facebook accounts and was later congratulated by Paul Rosenberg on social media ...

It's been a rough year for Dame Dash. The co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records is currently embroiled in a series of legal disputes, but the one that undoubtedly hits closest to home is his contentious divorce from ex-wife Rachel Roy. Now...

Curren$y closes out a busy week with a new visual for "Rhymes Like Weight," a track from Monday's Even More Saturday Night Car Tunes EP. Once again, Spitta proves that less is more as he maneuvers through the track with just a camera, some slick lighting and eye-catching art from various Stanley Kubrick films as the backdrop ...

Fresh off the release of his second major label effort, Love Story, Alabama's Yelawolf lets loose of the Eminem-featuring video for "Best Friend." The song, meant to pay tribute to and explain each artist's relationship with some sort of higher power, is the sole collaboration on Yela's sophomore set. For...

Pay Attention Two of hip-hop’s finest, Tech N9ne and Murs, chop it up before hopping on tour. Images Samantha Levi Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Spring 2015 issue of XXL Magazine. Don't miss our cover stories on Meek Mill and Rick Ross right here. While chilli...

DJ Sense is getting ready to drop his Trendsetter: The Album. In anticipation for the project, Sense drops a new cut, "Do Me Like That." Monica hops on to provide the vocals with Yo Gotti and Jeezy stepping in to drop their bars. The song...

Continuing with his Friday Masscre series, Jadakiss drops another freestyle. This time, the Yonkers native flexes over Big Daddy Kane’s 1989 classic, "Young, Gifted & Black," which originally appeared on Kane's It's a Big Daddy Thing. "Say it take a rea...