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“Diary of a Madman” is the first memoir of hip-hop superstar and founding member of Geto Boys, Brad “Scarface” Jordan. The book is written by the Houston rapper along with Benjamin Meadows Ingram. In the book, Scarface reveals the truth about how hip-hop changed his life as a kid and his raise to the top of the rap game. We teamed up with Dey ...

Young Buck has always been G-Unit's wild child, the original quartet's lone Southern rep with a flow as unpredictable and diverse as Busta Rhymes and Ol' Dirty Bastard before him. But he's also been the member of 50's record-breaking crew who has faced the most adversity over their now-decade-plus run, getting kicked out of the Unit live on Hot 97 in 2008 (with the infamous crying tape), being rai

Ice-T is preparing to host his inaugural Art of Rap Festival. According to Rolling Stone, Ice is referring to the event as "the most prolific and essential hip-hop festival ever" and it will be held over the course of two days in California. Ice-T and The Game will...

Three albums in, The Beastie Boys got their groove.

Dame Dash has lost custody of his two daughters to his ex-wife Rachel Roy. According to TMZ, both Dash and Roy were seeking full custody of 15-year old Ava and 6-year old Tallulah, but it was Roy in the end who was awarded sole legal and physical custody of the girls. Damon and Rachel a...

Today, the music landscape is changing rapidly, but that's nothing new. Where the biggest upheavals in the music world were once shifts from one physical format to another, around the turn of the century, it became an arms race for labels and manufacturers trying to stay ahead of the online bootlegging game. Wha...

Happy 4/20! As informal as it is, April 20 has come to be known as International Weed Day. The infamous 4/20 marks the date when weed smokers from around the world can light up in celebration of their lifestyle. While there are plenty of stigmas associated with smoking weed, the plant has now been decriminalized in Colorado, Oregon, Alaska and Washington and hip-hop's biggest names have long since

Earlier today, Waka Flocka Flame stopped by the XXL office to speak on his favorite pastimes while smoking weed and drop facts on his drug of choice. Along with dropping some knowledge on the drug known as cannabis, Waka went on our Insta gram and helped us find out some of the hottest ladies smoking weed on the popular social media app...

To celebrate 4/20 Lil Wayne drops the music video to "HollyWeezy" via Weedmaps, a website where medical marijuana patients connect with other patients in their geographic region to freely discuss and review local cannabis co-operatives, dispensaries, medical doctors and delivery services...

Instagram was crammed with chatter regarding the arrest of Migos' Quavo, Offset and Takeoff.The trio was arrested last night at their concert at Georgia Southern University and are currently being held in Georgia’s Bulloch County Jail. Afte...

Nearly a third of the way into the year, Future is responsible for two of 2015's finest projects. One would more accurately be credited to DJ Esco--56 Nights, which borrows its name from the musician's stint in a Dubai jail, is technically only hosted by Future Hendrix...

Glasses Malone links up with Kendrick Lamar for "Thuggin." The song is a banger. While being a hard street record"Thuggin" is thought provoking and calls out a lot of things that are happening in not only hip-hop but in media. Tupac is once again the inspiration behind another West Coas rapper's new music. The...