XXL Mag

With the release of his album, Seen It All, set for next week, the only thing Jeezy has unfortunately seen lately is the four walls of a jail cell. After being arrested along with five other men in California for possession of an AK-47 assault rifle, the Snowman, and the five other men, all pleaded not guilty to illegal possession of an assault weapon during their first court appearance. ... Read

Raekwon's #TBT series, which consists of The Chef taking a classic song and rapping over it, is now at it's 11th consecutive week, and he has not disappointed yet. This installment of the series finds Rae taking two classic Michael Jackson songs, “Got To Be There” and “The Girl Is Mine”, and spitting his smooth rhymes in a way only he can. Listen to it above.—Ma...

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Killer Mike has been one of the few outspoken hip-hop artists taking a stance on the events taking place in Ferguson, Mo. and the state of American culture. Earlier this week, Killer Mike joined DJ Envy, Charlamagne and Angela Yee on Power 105.1's ...

In reality, isolated areas lit aflame probably isn't the best place to rap. Flames burn, and there's no one around to assist if such a thing were to happen. They do make for some really dope visuals, however. Boaz's video for "Like This," directed by Matt Meehan, is another example of this. There ar...

Meet the unconventional rapper/singer who is representing a different side of the Atlanta rap scene. Co-signs still matter in hip-hop. And when the most popular rapper in the game right now remixes your song, it’s only inevitable that you are going to blow up. Drak...

Problem's upcoming mixtape, 354: Lift Off, is coming stacked with quite a few freestyles. One of them is over DJ Quik's "Dollaz & Sense" with Childish Gambino. The classic beat is the type you ride along to. The duo does just that with ease, combining confidence and punchlines for a breezy listen. Gambino gets kudo...

The bizarre Joe Budden saga that has seen a domestic abuse allegation, a robbery allegation, a manhunt, Budden turning himself in, and Tweeting from behind prison bars, just took another twist as Budden has formally been charged with robbery and grand larceny by the NYPD...

2014 XXL Freshman Lil Bibby has been on a roll ever since releasing his Free Crack mixtape late last year. Since then, the Chicago native has been hard at work, and is coming out with a followup mixtape entitled Free Crack II, tomorrow (Aug...

Chris Brown once rapped, "I don't fuck with broke bitches."  Young Thug seems to fall along the same line of thinking in his latest cut, "My Bitches Get Money." Again, Thugger's inimitable eccentricities are on display here. Gucci Mane lays do...

Are Hov and Queen Bey tricking us all? That's what Beyonce's father is saying. In light of Beyonce and Jay-Z's picture perfect moment at the VMAs last Sunday, Beyonce's father and former manager, Matthew Knowles, made the claim that the power couple were purposely circulating the rumors of a possible divorce in order to boost ticket sales for their On The Run Tour, a tour which concluded their No

On this day, August 28, in hip-hop history... 2009: DJ AM (Adam Michael Goldstein) was found in his New York City apartment dead at age 36 from an apparent drug overdose. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., Goldstein, who took his stage name from the initials of his first and middle name, was a respected member of the DJ community and was hailed for his innovative approach to music...