XXL Mag

After wanting to be "Rich", the boy Kirko Bangz returns to his roots with a new auto-tune filled record. This time, he brings along The Beatles of rap to join the party. Stunting is permitted. Kirko's Bigger Than Me is coming soon. Related: Watch Young Marqus And Kirko Bangz’ New Video “She Got It”

After the behemoth that is Kendrick Lamar provided a dope performance on SNL, Nicki Minaj will now have the opportunity to topple her fellow peer. On Dec. 6, Saturday Night Live will turn into Nicki Minaj's personal playground. That's right, the "Anaconda" rapper will be back for the second time around in lieu of the release of her third album The Pinkprint...

As Termanology gears for his upcoming new album Shut Up And Rap, he lets loose “I’m Good” featuring Boston MC and Michael Christmas and rapper/actor Astro (have you watched Red Band Society yet? you should) with awesome cuts by Statik Selektah.  Shut Up And Rap...

Tommy Records released the third single off Ghostface Killah's upcoming album 36 Seasons and it's hard. "Double Cross" has Ghostface dropping two gems while AZ closes out the song strong. Ghost raps in his Ironman alter-ego as AZ plays the character of a rogue police officer who has double-crossed Starks. Thi...

ALIFE brings in the holidays with a brand new collection just in time for the season. The collection consists of several ALIFE branded patterns, American-themed outerwear and baseball influenced garments. ALIFE puts together a great set of garments on their holiday collection release...

Girl power in effect. With Tink and Dej Loaf climbing up the ranks of respectability in rap, people have been monitoring their meteoric rise closely. The Detroit product has garnered a lot of recognition for her single "Try Me" and her new mixtape $ell Sole...

Hip-hop legend Queen Latifah can add yet another accomplishment to her illustrious career; according to a report from Billboard, Queen Latifah will be hosting the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize concert. "I'm thrilled to be a part of this year's concert and to help celebrate such amazing individuals who have each worked so hard on behalf of children's rights to education," says Latifah... Read M

This year, Washington D.C. has seen a handful of young artists starting to turn heads. Fat Trel was signed dropped his impressive MMG debut in April entitled Gleesh. In just one summer Goldlink went from unknown artist to one of the brightest young stars in hip-hop after releasing his debut mixtape The God Complex...

D.C. meets ATL with "These Ni**as." Fat Trel and K Camp team up for a record that should get many replays. K Camp croons a very catchy hook about not messing with anyone who's not about money and his love for women. Trel snaps on song, rapping about his stain and how he's good in every city "I can walk the streets of Chicago with no vest...

Billboard continues to make progressive strides into the digital market. In late May, they announced their partnership with Twitter  to form a tracking system called the Billboard Twitter Real-Time Charts that will rate America's most popular songs as quickly as possible, based on what's being shared on the social networking site. Billboar...

Public media and fans alike were in shock when news broke that Bow Wow (Shad Moss) was dating former video vixen and reality star Erica Mena. So when Bow Wow announced the two were engaged in late September, people went nuts. Well, on Nov...

Theophilus London recently dropped his project Vibes and in honor of the album, the Brooklyn MC and fashion tastemaker links up with streetwear brand Stussy for a special collection themed after his latest release. The capsule collection consists of 4 items - two graphic tees, a vintage-looking denim jacket with the Vibes logo above the right jean pocket, and a denim washed snapback...