XXL Mag

The Beastie Boys an additional 1.7 million reasons to smile this morning. Their copyright violation lawsuit against Monster Energy has come to a close with energy drink company on the losing end of a $1.7 million judgement according to Billboard...

It's been quite some time since Lil Boosie and Webbie graced the stage together and ran through their cult classics from Ghetto Stories and Gangsta Musik. For the first time since Boosie came home from jail, the two picked up mics and shut shit down together while performing at the Dallas, Fort Worth Area's "97.9 The Beat's D...

It isn't Finals season until Rick Ross comes through. MMG dropped "Finals 2," the sequel to the 2011 cut, a day after the NBA Finals began. The track features coach Rick Ross; Wale, Gunplay, Rockie Fresh, Fat Trel and Tracy T as your MMG starting five; and French Montana as your MMG/Bad Boy affiliated sixth man...

New York based clothing brand, Lemar & Dauley have partnered up with FILA for a special collaboration. Lemar & Dauley x FILA have recreated the popular 90's basketball shoe, The Cage, giving it a suede composition in sea foam green. The in...

As the Harlem collective A$AP Mob gears up for the release of their much-anticipated album, L.O.R.D., the Mob has linked up with California retailer PacSun for a special capsule collection. In light of the upcoming release, PacSun and the Mob have released a video lookbook with the collective sporting the upcoming collection during some of their tour runs...

Chris Brown has been through a lot this year.  However, all is not lost as Breezy not only came home to a song that is ripping up the charts but a party last night to celebrate his return . Welcoming him home from his 108 day bid, Breezy partied in Beverly Hills with T-Pain, Big Sean, Tyga and Amber Rose, amongst many others. The "Loyal...

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