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With Zaytoven behind the boards, OG Maco channels his inner Gucci Mane for their OG Zay mixtape. Maco, who is celebrating his birthday today (April 23), was undoubtedly influenced by Gucci coming up and based on his current pace, is looking to match the incarcerated rapper's output ...

Yesterday, producer and founder of record label The Inc., Irv Gotti took to Instagram to announce the start of a new lifestyle company named MXV, a brand created by Gotti's sons, nephew and rapper Ja Rule's sons. Although very little information on the MXV brand has been revealed, the company brand was named after Ja and Irv's individual companies...

Common's music has always dealt with the ethereal--good vs. evil, right vs. wrong, Lonnie Lynn Jr. vs. the kids who robbed his grandmother. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the rapper-turned-actor-turned-rapper-again has signed on to star in Suicide Squad, the Warner Bros.-produced...

Killer Mike was invited to attend the White House Correspondents' dinner this Saturday (April 25). That is the day after he is schedule to give a lecture at MIT about race relations. He's going to the dinner on behalf of The Huffington Post. Cecily S...

Stay True After working his way through the underground hip-hop scene, Action Bronson is now ready for the big leagues. Interview Ernest Baker Images Andrew Link Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Spring 2015 issue of XXL Magazine. Don'...

Cleveland native Ray Jr. returns with the remix to his "Same Crew," having enlisted a litany of today's most SEO-friendly MCs. The natural connection is to Machine Gun Kelly (he and Ray each hailing from Cleveland, and ray appeared on the Bad Boy rapper's Lace Up mixtape), but he also taps fellow Midwesterner Dej Loaf, New York's Troy Ave and Memphis up-and-comer Young Dolph. It's Dej...

THE original MONEY TEAM, you gotta love it. My brother ready,may 2 don't get scared now. #FRIGO #EFFENVODKA #SMSAUDIO A photo posted by 50 Cent (@50cent) on Apr 23, 2015 at 4:27am PDT The original Money Team is back. After a year of back-and-forth that hit some pretty low levels, 50 Cent and Floyd Mayweather have patched things up and are back on the same page. Fo ...

Though King Los very publicly left Bad Boy, he is still staking his appeal on merging verbose, nose-to-the-grindstone lyricism with genuine star quality. The new video for "War," which features Marsha Ambrosius on the hook and Los on the porch, conspiring with a friend, is from the cinematic school of rap clips, building tension and hinting at impending peril...

Vic Mensa shook up the game yesterday (April 22) when he officially signed to Roc Nation. Before the ink even dried, Vic was up at LA's Power 106 and gave the scoop on the deal to Justin Credible and the LA Leakers."I've been the hugest Jay Z fan my whole life and even past just being a fan, I have a lot of faith and belief in how they do things at Roc Nation," said the Chicago MC ... R

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The Nike Classic Cortez was reintroduced to sneakerheads in 2015 with the release of the OG Cortez Classic in its original colorways. Now, the Swoosh will be dropping the classic silhouette in a black and white colorway. Keeping the model of the Cortez sneaker in original format, this Nike Classic Cortez SP will feature a an embroided Nike check, corduroy hind panel and suede material on the toe

T.I. and and Kap G were on CNN discussing the context in their new song "La Policia (Remix)," which also features David Banner. The song expresses their frustration with police after the deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner and many others like Freddie Gray and Eric Harris. "I th...