XXL Mag

Ludacris dropped the video for "Beast Mode" today. Guest starring in the music video is Seattle Seahawks star running back and the man known as Beast Mode, Marshawn Lynch. The video is well done. It mimics Lynch's infamous Super Bowl XLIX "I'm just here so I won't be fine" interview. Reporters ask ridi...

Since his 2000 major label debut, Back For The First Time, Ludacris has consistently proven that he could flow alongside great MCs like T.I., Nas and Jay Z. With a motion flick, Furious 7, breaking records at the box office, the newly wed MC is back to prove that he can wax poetically with hip-hop’s new breed on his new studio album, Ludaversal. Ever since 2003's Chicken-...

It's not a secret that men love big breasts, and with today being Hump Day Wednesday, we pay tribute to the lovely ladies with the big ol' tiddays. Nice large breasts are known to look amazing under clothes or in a bra. The natural shape and soft feel of the breasts is attractive to a lot of guys, and liked by many on the different social media apps on the web...

Mick Jenkins is one of hip-hop's rising stars. The Chicago native, who dropped the critically-acclaimed The Water last summer, has been steadily building his buzz with tours and solid loosies and looks primed to explode onto the scene by the end of the year ...

During his lecture this afternoon (April 8) for Red Bull Music Academy, A$AP Rocky debuted a new song. It's is currently unknown if it's from his highly anticipated sophomore album, At.Long.Last.A$AP. The cut, called "M's," is produced by Mike Dean and The Honorable C.N.O....

Bodega Bamz sits alone in the back row of Theatre 80, a small, off-Broadway playhouse in New York City’s East Village neighborhood. While members of the Duck Down Music team and the venue’s staff run around preparing for the evening’s listening event, Bamz lounges in low-cut Nike Air Huaraches, white denim jeans, a black leather jacket and a backwards Tanboys snapback knocking out interviews with

Though beloved by many, Kanye West is a divisive figure above all else. Check the thinly veiled racism of the petition to keep him out of Glastonbury--actually, just refer to the comment section on any article posted about the man. But it seems as if one Florida man has taken things a step further...

Metro Boomin, known for his production for the likes of Rich Gang and Future, takes a dive into the underground to team up with promising New Jersey MC Da$H for "Mudd Walk." Da$H is in his element over the hectic instrumental from Boomin and comes correct with rhymes aimed at fake MCs and a hook about sippin' lean ...

The promotional run is a gamut for any major label rapper, full of interminable press dockets and the kind of phone interviews that make all parties involved reach for the Xanax. But Wale has a trick up his sleeve. As yesterday (April 7) showed, the D...

Need a feel-good pick me up for this hump day? SaveMoney's Towkio and Chance the Rapper have the cure for whatever ails you. The rising Chicago MCs have great chemistry on the track that will appear on Towkio's upcoming project .wav Theory which is due out April 28 ...

With 100,000 units sold, Wale's The Album About Nothing comes in at No. 1 on this week's Billboard 200 chart. The album is Wale's second straight No. 1 project, following 2013's The Gifted. The Jerry Seinfeld-inspired album has been received well by critics and fans and is the fourth hip-hop project to go No ...

Kanye West's love for his late mother is well documented--there's "Coldest Winter," the tear-jerking coda to 808s & Heartbreak. There's DONDA, the creative agency named for the woman who raised him in Chicago and instilled in him the values that would guide the first half of his wildly successful career. And now, a heartw...