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Gucci Mane's team makes sure the incarcerated rapper puts some new music in the air for the Fourth of July weekend despite his current lack of independence. Yesterday, Guwop released Trap House 4 to masses. Today, he adds another track you can toss in your Fourth festivities mix with a remix of the track, "Mr...

Problem has been punching his way back into the spotlight after a lull in solo records to start the year. After spitting over Drake's "0 to 100" last week, L.A. Leakers debuted some more new material from the Cali MC. Today, Prob drops a remix of the Migos ever-popular track, "Fight Night...

From Wiz Khalifa revealing the cover art and release date for his upcoming album, Blacc Hollywood, to the aftermath of the 2014 BET Awards, Twitter was popping this week to say the least. With 50 Cent also throwing a huge bash at his mansion this weekend, check out XXL's "Best Hip-Hop Tweets Of The Week...

King Louie wastes no time jumping into visuals for his recently released mixtape, Tony, the follow up to last year's Drilluminati 2. Here, he drops the video for the mixtape's intro track, "B.O.N." which finds the Chicago rapper tapping his inner Migo-flow over a haunting Jack Flash instrumental...

Kanye West's epic rants are starting to take their toll on fans who would rather see the entertainer perform than vent. West headlined day one of the Wireless Festival in London, last night. During his set, which spanned his catalog, including songs like "Touch The Sky," "Black Skinhead" and "New Slaves" (below), West went on an extended version of his usual over-the-

Juicy J offers a double-cup of new records releasing two tracks in one. The first, "Holy Ghost features 2014 XXL Freshman Lil Bibby. The second, is a Mike Will Made-It-produced track titled "You Don't Know." The Trippy one is currently working on Pure THC: The Hustle Continues the follow up to his successful 2013 solo release, Stay Trippy...

50 Cent's year has seemingly been filled with W's, but according to Webbie, Fif recently lost a $1 million bet to him, and the rap mogul refuses to pay up. The Louisiana rapper claims he was in L.A. last week for the fight between Terence Crawford (his homeboy) and Yuriorkis Gamboa, and says he approached Jackson (who manages Gamboa) and proposed the sizeable wager, putting his money on Crawford..

Is it 2003? G-Unit has been taking us back to the future with a continuous flow of new remixes since announcing their reunion at this year's Summer Jam. No song is safe. The bigger the better. Just like old times. Just this week, Fif, Buck, Banks, Kidd Kidd and Yayo have have tackled Future's "Move That Dope" as well as YG's "Who Do You Love...

Troy Ave has been the talk of New York in recent weeks with people asking a lot of questions about the Brooklyn rapper. Is he signing to T.I.? Or nah? Is the 2014 XXL Freshman The Big Apple's savior, or the rap game's George Bush. All questions will no doubt answer themselves in due time...

Chicago's King Louie has been rather quiet on the solo music tip, as of late. He's presumably been putting in work on today's mixtape release, Tony, which he announced back in April. The follow up to last year's Drilluminati 2, the Scarface inspired Tony contains 15 tracks featuring low-key appearances from Chi-Hoover, LeekLeek and Splitta...

The Fourth of July stands for independence for some, but for others it symbolizes the sacrifices that unfortunately must be made to maintain that freedom. For his latest visual, for the track "Fourth Of July," award-winning Chicago rapper and aspiring politician, Rhymefest, focuses on the latter...

There aren’t too many women in the world that look good and can kick your ass at a moment’s notice. Ronda Rousey is one of them.  Looking at her I honestly wouldn’t mind her putting me in a rear naked chokehold.—Nathaniel Mathison