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With the year coming to a close, Kurupt wants to make sure he delivers his fans a treat. His new mixtape, Moon Rock, is slated to drop December 10 and he provides us with the visuals for his new single, "Something That You're Not." No phonies allowed...

One of New York City's rising stars turning heads is GS9's very own Rowdy Rebel. The Brooklyn MC has been the right hand man of Bobby Shmurda since "Hot Nigga" went viral and is beginning to step into his own spotlight. Rowdy sent XXL exclusive videos of himself discussing who he is as a person and as an artist. In ...

It's been a minute since we heard any news about X-to-the-Z Xzibit and unfortunately, today's bit about the west coast MC is anything but positive. According to TMZ, Xzibit was arrested on his wedding night when he decided to drive drunk after celebrating at the reception. The ...

Normally, 50 Cent is the one igniting beef or is threatening others. Now, it appears there has been some sort of role reversal, as Webbie is the one pressing 50 Cent. According to TMZ, Webbie is lashing out at 50 for owing him $1 million after losing a boxing bet back in April...

Co-founder of The Hundreds, Bobby Hundreds teased some major news earlier today via his Instagram account. Bobby revealed to his IG followers an image of the adidas logo inside of The Hundreds bomb logo with the caption "Next." No further details have been announced about the partnership, but we're sure that a very dope collaboration will come out of this pairing...

Locked up for the past 5 months, Meek Mill has been sincerely missed in the hip-hop game by both his fans and his peers. Being that the hip-hop mega-star was released today (Dec.2), almost about every rapper chimed in to welcome their comrade home...

Lil Uzi Vert and Rich The Kid team up for an electric track that will have your hands pumping in the air with reckless abandon. "BustDown" is an auto-tune heavy, ad-lib laced head pounding adventure that will probably be on your pre-game friday playlist...

Meek Mill is officially out of jail, reps from MMG confirmed to XXL. The Philly rapper has been locked up since July on a probation violation stemming from a 2009 drug and gun charge. MMG just posted the following Instagram welcoming Meek home. XXL...

Kevin Gates is capping off the strongest year of his career with Luca Brasi 2, a Gangsta Grillz mixtape that is shaping up to be full of bangers. With the Dec. 15 release date right around the corner, Gates unleashes his latest leak "John Gotti." Fe ...

As rappers are often admired and just as commonly made fun of, it's always great to come across an MC that doesn't take himself too seriously. Gathering up a few cases where rappers joined in on the fun, clowning themselves too, scroll down and have a laugh...

On what would have been Big Pun's 43rd birthday, a previously unreleased track featuring Pun, Shaq, Fat Joe and Easy Mo Bee hit the web much to the delight of hip-hop fans across the board. Fortunately for Big Pun fans, the leak wasn't just a loosie and an official Pun project is scheduled for a Dec ...

Update (Dec. 2, 8:37 p.m.): Roc Nation tweets about a Kanye West Tour in 2015. Bid on the @KanyeWest Tour Experience: VIP tix to 2015 tour, meet & greet, and more: http://t.co/LdoCt49UHy #GivingTuesday — Roc Nation (@RocNation) December 2, 2014 ---- Original Story: As time wears on, Kanye West evidently has less and less patience for the conventional promotional cycle. He carri...