XXL Mag

Last night (June 3) Pharrell took over Harlem's Apollo Theater accompanied by T.I. and Busta Rhymes. Standing by his notion of embracing all types of people, the "Happy" crooner managed to represent just about every ethnicity on stage, all the while effortlessly unleashing his massive catalog of hits...

Word on the street is a Rugged Man flow will "fuck your head up." That may also be true for the video for "Definition of a Rap Flow." The video, directed by R.A. the Rugged Man himself, makes pop culture references to Eddie Murphy's Delirious, the video game Asteroids and Run DMC, in addition to plenty others. The...

brightcove.createExperiences(); 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 ...

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Leon Thomas' transition from teen sitcom star to R&B singer seems to be going smoothly. After teaming up with Wiz Khalifa on "Hello How Are You," Thomas returns for a solo effort with "Show Us." Thomas switches up the tempo a bit from a pop-leaning song to a bedroom jam, complete with slowed guitar picking and seductive vocals. Th...

Joey Purp is part of Chicago's budding crew called SaveMoney consisting of 2014 XXL Freshmen Chance The Rapper and Vic Mensa, as well as Kami De Chukwu, Tokyo Shawn and Caleb James. Purp is coming up next from the bunch and is ready to take off real soon when his highly anticipated projects drop. "I... Read More ...

Remember when Papoose released the diss record "Jive-Ass Turkey" last November and went in on Trinidad James for taking a shot at New York and their artists? Well VladTV sat down with the Brooklyn rapper to find out what caused him to go after Trinidad James, and the events he think led to the "All Gold Everything" rapper's outburst...

Can the much-delayed Neon Icon become the best hip-hop album of the month? That's always a possibility, but for now, we have Riff Raff's and Mac Miller's collaboration. "Aquaberry Dolphin" also comes with the beat produced by Mac Miller as Larry Fisherman...

Yesterday, we announced that 50 Cent and his G-Unit crew are back in the studio working on a new project. “We got no dates, we working,” said Young Buck during the after-party for the screening of Power. “ in the studio. Stay tuned.” ...

Nitty Scott, MC has been on her grind. The Michigan-born, Florida-raised rapper moved to Brooklyn at 17 years old, where she pursued a career in hip-hop and wanted to make a name herself. Within the past few years, Nitty’s buzz has grown tremendously from ill songs like "Auntie Maria's Crib" and it’s only going to get bigger. Nitty, ...

Justin Bieber has been getting a ton of backlash after people discovered an old clip where he used the N-word in a racial joke. Despite apologizing, the Pop heartthrob has been receiving a lot of scrutiny. Still, he has gotten his fair share of support...

There is a new sherif in town and her name is Ms. Damn. After watching some of her videos, your reaction will explain her choice of handle.—Nathaniel Mathison