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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...

Today, in honor of the stoners holiday, we sat down with the one and only Waka Flocka Flame to find out about his favorite songs, movies and munchies while getting high. The Queens native made sure to include in his small playlist of songs to smoke to, records by some of the biggest weed heads in the game such as Wiz Khalifa, Snoop Dogg, Redman and Method Man...

Fresh off of touring with Usher as a principal dancer and starring in Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda” video, Kaelynn “KK” Harris releases her debut single titled “Do That.” The Slikk Muzik-produced single written by T-Dot, is a sample for her upcoming debut EP coming out in July. She also plans to drop her debut album i...

Check out which rappers and hip-hop moguls have been named to the Time 100 Influential People list.