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Murs takes a stand against black-on-black violence and police brutality in the video for "No More Control," a cut from his latest project Have A Nice Life. The politically charged video features a young black male out promoting a "Black Lives Matter" rally and dealing with harassment from police on the street and growing up around drug dealers at home...

We Be On It With legal drama behind him, a new album and the baddest chick in hip-hop on his arm, Meek Mill is the man of the moment. Words Vanessa Satten Images Zach Wolfe Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Spring 2015 issue of XXL Magazine. I...

The Air Jordan XIII is one of the most renowned silhouettes from the Air Jordan line and since we're in the spring season, the Jumpman has decided to release the XIII in a low retro version this upcoming weekend. The sneaker will be part of the Jordan Remastered series and will feature a white textured leather on the upper meshed with a navy blue colorway on the tongue, heel, and midsole... Read

It may be safe to say that Drake is the lead hip-hop artist at the moment. Rap Genius released their page view statistics for the first quarter of 2015 and Drizzy's name tops the list for most viewed artist and most popular song with "Know Yourself," amassing 1, 865, 000 page views. Fetty Wap com...

Though his 2014 debut album, 10 Summers, was packed with high-profile collaborators--Boosie Badazz, Nipsey Hussle, Lil Wayne, YG, Big Sean, Rick Ross, 2 Chainz, Wiz Khalifa, Jeezy and on and on--DJ Mustard has turned to new faces for his latest single, "Mr Get Dough." Th...

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Although Meek Mill only began to rise to prominence on the hip-hop scene in late 2010/early 2011, with his induction into Rick Ross' MMG label, the Philly rapper had long been freestyling on the internet. From the days of Myspace's reign and rap DVDs, Meek has been tossing bars and slinging rhymes way before he even had a sip of super stardom, and YouTube can prove it...

Curren$y will be dropping the third installment to his Saturday Night Car Tunes series on Apr. 20. In honor of National Weed Day (4/20), the NOLA native will be blessing us with Even More Saturday Night Car Tunes. Spitta hopped on Instagram yesterday (Apr. 14) to announ...

Rising Windy City MC Lucki Eck$' drug-influenced, chopped not slopped style is a far cry from drill artists like Chief Keef and alt-rap artists like Chance the Rapper. Eck$ proves once again that Chicago is producing arguably the most versatile acts in rap right now and "What I Wanna" shows the young rapper's growth as he flows effortlessly over the Boathouse produced beat ...

Last night, Spanish Harlem rapper Bodega Bamz celebrated the release of his new album, Sidewalk Exec, in front of a packed house at S.O.B.s in New York City. From the time the doors opened at 10:30 PM, the multi-cultural crowd filled up the popular New York venue...

TM88 dropped his Sacii Lyfe mixtape. Pronounced sah-chee, the 16-track project is full of bangers, with appearances by Project Pat, Peewee Longway, Tracy T, Lil Uzi Vert, Metro Boomin and many more. While speaking with Fader, the producer said that Sacii Lyfe is full of beats that not just any rapper can spit on. "It's differe...

Three 6 Mafia rapper Crunchy Black has been arrested. TMZ reports that Crunchy was walking the streets of Las Vegas early Tuesday morning (Apr. 14), when he was stopped. Apparently, Black walked into an intersection at a "do not cross light," which officers found to be a little strange. Upon sto...