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The on-going Chris Brown assault case stemming from a brawl outside a D.C. hotel that landed Breezy in jail for over 100 days due to a probation violation seems to finally be resolved. During a plea hearing in the Nation's Capital, Brown apologized to the court and said that the case had derailed his career for the past year. ...

Yeezy season approaching? With fans everywhere waiting anxiously for Kanye's follow up to his critically acclaimed Yeezus album, and getting a taste of what will perhaps be the first single off of his next album, it is safe to say that fans everywhere rejoiced in unison when, during last night's (Sept...

Last week, former Death Row CEO Suge Knight was shot at a pre-VMA party at a club in West Hollywood, adding to what seems to be the rap executive's almost never ending trouble. Suge was shot 6 times during the incident last week, and had to be rushed to Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, where surgery was performed on him...

50 Cent bought his son a miniature Mercedes Benz for his second birthday. The G-Unit head honcho got his son Sire with a little black Mercedes-Benz convertible and shared pics of the present. No Big 50 and little 50 have matching cars...

P. Reign releases his new mixtape Dear America a week before he drops his EP next Tuesday. Guests include Drake, Future, Waka, Meek Mill, A$AP Rocky and more. Stream and download below.—Marvin Jules P Reign - Dear America

Update (Sept. 4 1:22 p.m.): G-Unit's The Beast Is G-Unit EP will be released in Oct. They made the announcement when they chopped it up with Hot 97. ---- Original Story: Last Sunday, to everyone's surprise, G-Unit released their first project in 7 years when they dropped their The Beauty of Independence EP, and pretty much everyone thought it was hot. The 6 tr...

Update (Sept 3 6:34 p.m.): A representative of Bobby Shmurda has contacted XXL to clarify this situation. The beat that was sent to Shmurda was sent months ago to Lil Bibby for Free Crack 2 and there is absolutely no beef/war between Shmurda's team and the current XXL Freshman. Shmurda didn't ...

The feud between on-again-off-again friends Floyd Mayweather and 50 Cent has escalated immensely in the past few weeks. After 50 challenged the undefeated boxer to read a full page from a Harry Potter book for $750,000, the noise from Mayweather's camp remained somewhat faint. Acc...

The hip hop community has remained anything but silent when it comes to the story of Mike Brown and the slew of unjust killings that took place in the past month. Newly independent artist, Trinidad James, has just released a track titled "Mr...

1017 Brick Squad artist Peewee Longway was arrested Sunday (Aug. 31) for illegal possession of a controlled substance and first degree possession of marijuana. The "Came In" rapper was expected to perform at The Luxe Bar & Grill, also known as Club Luxe, in Montgomery, AL. bu...

Lil Bibby has been hard at work since gracing our 2014 XXL Freshmen cover in March. Bibby landed two guest spots on Kid Ink’s “Main Chick (Remix)” as well as Juicy J’s new single “Low” featuring Nicki Minaj and Young Thug. The Chicago rapper has even perfor...

According to organizers from the Listen Out 2014 music festival, YG has cancelled all of his Australian tour dates which means he will not be attending this year's Listen Out. The Compton rapper was expected to hit the stage alongside Schoolboy Q and popular Australian acts like Flume and Chet Faker...