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Ludacris continues to warm up the crowd for his official return. The Atlanta wordsmith has been on a streak of consistent remix and freestyle releases with his Ludaverses. Today he continues his run with a freestyle over Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé's "Feeling Myself" track off Nicki's The Pinkprint project. The b...

Nike unveils a new upcoming colorway of their popular silhouette, the Nike Air Foampostite Pro. The forthcoming sneaker is being dubbed as the Foamposite Pro "Aqua" and will feature a navy and aqua colorway. The shoe is scheduled to drop in Asian retailers within the weeks to come, while the "Aqua" Foamposite should see a U...

As promised, Chinx makes sure snow is in the forecast for your holiday listening pleasure. After spending the days leading up to Christmas giving to needy families, Chinx offers up some new music to his dedicated fans dropping the fifth installment in his Cocaine Riot mixtape series...

Beyoncé has had the clubs on smash with her up-tempo Detail and Bobby Johnson-produced banger "7/11" from the BEYONCE: Platinum Edition LP, closing out another strong year. As 2014 officially winds down, the song's co-producer Detail decides to give the song a revamp by enhancing the beat and putting in vocals from French Montana. The B...

It's a strange time to be Lil Wayne. His proteges, Drake and Nicki Minaj, are among the biggest rappers in the world; Wayne's own name still carries enough weight to give fans and critics heart palpitations when loosies pop up on the web. Yet...

It's Christmas, and the long slow dirge of year-end lists continues. This time, we're focusing on the artwork that defined a year, for better or for worse. Whether it was Nicki Minaj stamping her thumbprint on the hip-hop world once and for all, YG showing the planet that he put his money where his mouth was or Young Thug plastering his face on the body of Wiz Khalifa—wait, what?—here...

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This has been a great year for XXL’s Web Candies. We had plenty of gorgeous women on our site. So we complied a list of the Web Candies Of The Week with the most views. Hope you enjoy and happy holidays! Web Candy Of The Week: Key Jones Feb. 10 Stats M...

It's been some two decades since it was established that the South has something to say; if nothing else, 2014 proved that Atlanta has taken hip-hop by the throat. Between Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan, Future, and a host of others--not to mention Outkast's reunion tour--Georgia was home to some of the most vibrant, forward-thinking rap music this year...

It's the most wonderful day of the year and rappers are spending in all different fashions. From Snoop Dogg bringing in the holiday smoking on a joint, to Tyga gifting his son, King Cairo, a Christmas with enough presents for five kids; check out how Cam'ron, Lil Twist, 2 Chainz and more are spending their holiday...

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Fabolous may hate Christmas, but he has something for your stocking after all. Earlier this morning (Dec. 25), the New York mixtape champ released The Young OG Project, his sixth LP--and first since 2009's Loso's Way. The album features "Lituation," as well as guest spots from Rich Homie Quan, French Montana, Chris Brown, and even Kevin Hart...