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On this past Sunday there were a whole lot of superstars on that Summer Jam stage including Nicki Minaj. Her set was one of the most anticipated of the evening and she stacked the deck to deliver for the fans. Drake, Lil Wayne, Young Thug, Lil Herb, and Soulja Boy joined her to make it a memorable night...

Amerigo Gazaway announced his project of combining Mos Def and Marvin Gaye a few months ago fittingly titled Yasiin Gaye. Today, Gazaway unleashes the second installment of his Soul Mates blend project, which gives more new mashups of the pair's songs...

Previously: T-Pain Sings The ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Theme T-Pain’s Auto-Tune By the Numbers T-Pain: “I Changed Music Completely” T-Pain Working On Auto-Tune Phone App

Jennifer Lopez made her triumphant return to her hometown, the Bronx, last night for a homecoming concert. The crowd, an estimated 25,000, was treated to continuous string of her hits like "Love Don't Cost A Thing", "If You Had My Love" and "Waiting for Tonight"...

Earlier this week, Houston based MC Lecrae announced via Twitter that he is releasing his seventh studio album, Anomaly, in August. After making the announcement with a tweet that read, "My name is Lecrae and my new album Anomaly drops August 2014," NFL player Justin Tuck and NBA player Jeremy Lin showed support of the album by sending out their own messages (as seen in the gallery above

The phenomenon that is the "Migos flow" has swept hip-hop as everyone from Drake to J.Cole has used some variation of the style. When 2 Chainz said that Migos got their flow from Three Six Mafia in an interview and on the Freebase EP song "Trap Back", the upstart MCs took offense and went after Chainz via Twitter. During an intervie...

Next up on XXL Freshmen 2014 invasion of Reddit’s Ask Me Anything Session is Jarren Benton. Benton answered fans questions about Funk Volume, his album and his appreciation for FV fans. Check out some selected Q&A’s from the AMA session. Who do you think is the best...

With Chicago's drill scene thriving more than ever, Bandman Kevo has been grinding hard to become the next talent to watch out for. Growing up in Chicago's southside area, Bandman has aligned himself with the likes of ZMoney and more to build his name...

After three months of anticipation, Dr. Dre and his wife are now the proud owners of a 18, 700 ft. Los Angeles mansion, previously owned by quarterback of the New England Patriots, Tom Brady and his supermodel wife Gisele Bündchen. According to reports, Dre was able to purchase the house for $40m, that's $10m lower than the original asking price. ...

When video recently surfaced of a young Justin Bieber telling a racist joke stars like Floyd Mayweather and Soulja Boy came to the pop stars defense. After it was followed up with the remix it would be assumed all bets were off, right? Wrong...

California based brand, Hall of Fame, returns with their 2014 summer lookbook. Ready to knock out the competition with their new collection, HOF followed professional boxer, Zach "Kid Yamaka" Wohlman through a day in the life of his training camp at Wild Card Boxing Club, better known as the home of boxing coach, Freddie Roach...