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Jay Z was never really a coke rapper. He was also never really the club rat, the jeweler's best friend, or the menacing kingpin. What he was was a carefully constructed latticework of all those things, borrowing bits and pieces of other archetypes and putting them over the day's most forward production...

Common and John Legend are in the headlines again. The two recently won an award for their collaboration on Selma's "Glory" at this year's Golden Globe Awards (Jan. 11 ). The Chicago native and smooth R&B singer are now among this year's Oscar nominees. Just this morning, The...

Hanni El Khatib & Freddie Gibbs form the tag team of the year on this new track. "Satin Black" is a track that's part of Converse's CONS Free EP Series, bringing unique artists together to create a song. Hanni produced and played all of the instruments on the track. Th...

In support of 2 Chainz's Tru Jack City mixtape dropping Jan. 27, he releases "Road Dawg," a head-banging track that brings Chainz back to his trap music roots. Tru Jack City will be the first tape off of Tity Boi's new independent record label, The REAL University. The...

Producer 9th Wonder celebrates his birthday today, Jan. 15.

Want to know what went down today on Instagram? XXL’s got it for you. Scroll down! LONELY FLIGHT! #DREAMSdoComeTRUE #keepDreaming A photo posted by Sean Diddy Combs (@iamdiddy) on Jan 14, 2015 at 1:38pm PST Buying some old jaunts

Rayven Justice has released the video for his latest single, "How I Do It" featuring Pleasure P. The track is featured on the Oakland, California native's latest project, I Have A Dream, which was released last year. Right after the album dropped, the"Slide Thru" singer signed a management deal with Waka Flocka Flam's 36Brickhouse. In ...

One of the most successful Nike models in recent years has been the Nike Flyknit. Since its debut in 2013, the Flyknit has sold out for the most part in every colorway its been released and now with the two latest versions of this model, we're sure that sneakerheads will embrace these two colorways...

Beanie Sigel and Jahlil Beats are collaborating on a mixtape, Still Public Enemy. Jahlil sat down with Nah Right to discuss the upcoming project, which will be a follow up to Sigel's Public Enemy #1. According to the super producer the project will feature sampled 90's throwbacks, including this snippet of "Kick in the Door" that he recently shared on his Instagram. The Philly nati... Re

"This is what music is about." Sometimes you just have to let the moment wash over you. That's what Young Zee did yesterday (Jan. 13), when he finally got that Instagram response from 50 Cent. The Outsidaz star's original comment may have been lost to the ether, but right around the turn of the new year, Zee posted a screenshot, wherein Fif responds to the rapper with a simple "oh y

Mike WiLL Made It dropped the visual for his song "F*ck You Expect" featuring Jace of Retro Sushi and Two 9. The track is featured on the Atlanta producer's recent mixtape Ransom, which dropped on Dec. 15 of last year. The video, which is under two minutes long, features the pair acting like goons through the streets of the city. With a bottle...

Rome Fortune drops the visuals for "5 Second Rule." The video was by GoldRush. While staying at The Patch Rome was inspired by his experience to create this video. The Patch is a house in Brooklyn for up-and-coming artists to stay while on tour that was created by the Sour Patch Kids. Recent, ...