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Bobby Shmurda, real name Ackquille Pollard, has been behind bars for the past four months on gang conspiracy, drugs and weapons charges. The Brooklyn native has gone from promising young star to just another statistic in a roller coaster year that saw his breakout hit make the Top 10 on the Hot 100 and nab him a deal with Epic Records...

J. Cole's ode to losing his virginity gets a creative twist as Cole tells the story through the eyes of two dogs. The clip opens with Cole walking his dog down the street as a leggy woman with a puppy of her own coming the other way. Instead of focusing on the blossoming relationship between the rapper and his soon-to-be partner, the camera pans down to the two dogs and shows the budding relation

The major label system can be a cold machine, and even a deal with the most commercially successful rapper of all time can't guarantee a path to success of your own. When Yelawolf's 2011 debut, Radioactive, failed to vault him to superstardom, he went back to the drawing board, retreating to the mixtape circuit that had first made him a commodity. Now...

Rich Homie Quan was the most recent guest on ESPN's Highly Questionable show, where he opened up about Young Thug's "Bitch Homie Quan" diss. "My first reaction was, ‘My brother called me bitch?'" Quan told hosts Dan Le Batard and Bomanis Jones. "To be honest,...

This Has Been My World Two decades deep and Raekwon is still on top. Interview Roger Krastz Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Spring 2015 issue of XXL Magazine featuring Meek Mill and Rick Ross on the cover. To withstan...

Magenta Skateboards and adidas have teamed up to release a limited edition heritage-style pack celebrating the bond between both brands in the skateboarding world. The adidas x Magenta capsule is being dubbed as the "A-League" collaboration...

Raekwon is getting ready to drop his highly anticipated Fly International Luxurious Art album on Apr. 28. In the meantime, the Wu-Tang rapper has been dropping singles off the LP, the latest being his collab with A$AP Rocky on "I Get Money." The lou...

Big Sean made a late night TV appearance on Monday (April 20) and delivered an emotionally charged version of "One Man Can Change The World" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Before performing the Dark Sky Paradise cut, Sean dedicated the performance to his late grandmother and said a few words about the amazing woman ...

One thing you can’t deny about Waka Flocka Flame is that the man is serious about having fun. Last night’s packed out show at Webster Hall in New York City was a perfect example of that statement. Waka’s ‘The Turn Up Godz’ Tour with DJ Whoo Kid landed in NYC right as the world celebrated the unofficial weed holiday known simply as 4/20. As apart of the show’s ap...

Audio Push releases their latest mixtape, The Good Vibe Tribe.  “The purpose of The Good Vibe Tribe is to produce good vibes,” says the rap duo in the project's trailer. “That’s what it’s all about at the end of the day. We just want to put quality music out here to th...

“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