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The 50 Cent promo train is still rolling. His latest stop was the couch at late night talker, "Jimmy Kimmel Live." In addition to the usual hyping of his new album and TV show "Power", 50 showed off his skills at drawing a laugh with a fake trailer for the new Angelina Jolie-starring Disney flick, Maleficent...

2 Chainz's recent video appearance on TeeFLi's "24 hours" featured him rapping and posing in a warehouse. He's essentially doing the same in the "They Know" video, except without the warehouse and the DJ Mustard production. He's in a darker atmosphere with Cap-1 and Ty Dolla $ign in the video to "They Know," a cut off the Freebase EP. Altho...

Nicki Minaj's "Pills N Potions" is getting the music video treatment. The Young Money queen has decided to premiere a sneak peak of the new clip for Good Morning America. This is looking like it's one of the trippier projects of Minaj's video discography. "Pi...

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When it comes to custom-made sneakers, Jake Ferrato the man behind JBF Customs, has been leading the pack as one of the most innovative and creative individuals in the sneaker customizing world. The Akron native is known for using snakeskin, crocodile leather, shark skin and other luxurious materials on a wide range of sneakers...

Ever since we unveiled the cover of the XXL 2014 Freshmen issue last month, we’ve been rolling out a ton of freestyles, behind the scenes photos, interviews, videos and plenty more with our class of 12 guys. But now that we’ve got a slew of stories and links for you to check out, it’s time to get down to the Freshmen Cyphers, one of the most anticipated aspects of the cover shoot. This year, we’ve

Beats by Dre has had a pretty big year so far. After closing a $3.2 billion deal with Apple, the rapid growing company is readying the release of their latest headphones, SOLO2. Beats released a star-studded, five-minute-commercial featuring big names like Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj to promote their latest product, as well as, the upcoming FIFA World Cup...

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Nicki Minaj may not be officially engaged, but that doesn't mean she hasn't put in any thought into what her dream wedding would consist of. In a recent interview with InTouch Weekly, the YMCMB rapper discussed her ideal outfits for her wedding and where she'd most like it to be held...

It's been a while since we've heard from Hi-Tek. The Ohio producer was last seen on Reflect Eternal's Revolutions Per Minute in 2010. Now, he's back with "Ohio Players," which features Bow Wow, Krayzie Bone and Bootsy Collins. The Midwest anthem finds each MC showing off their unique style over Hi-Tek's triumphant production...

Now this is a blockbuster piece of information. An unheard phone conversation has surfaced between Tupac and friend Sanyika Shakur aka Monster containing information on the 1994 Quad studio shooting in New York that Pac survived before his death in 1996...

Chicago's Alex Wiley is the co-headliner for Nitty Scott, MC's The Art Of Chill Tour. Before the two hit the road on their national tour, Wiley delivers some new music for fans who might not be up on him. Village Party is released through Closed Sessions and serves as his most ambitious project yet...