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After a brawl broke out during 50 Cent's set at Summer Jam, he seemed cool as can be. That's because he didn't see a thing according to him. The leader of the reunited G-Unit, who stopped by Hot 97 to talk with Angie Martinez and DJ Enuff for his first post Summer Jam interview, says he missed the beatdown that happened a few feet behind him during his set...

Cam'ron and Dipset are back (man, it really does feel like the early '00s with Dipset and G-Unit dropping music) and for the first time in a decade, Cam returned to London for a show. What was supposed to be an epic night ended in chaos as Cam'ron never made it to the The Forum in Kentish Town's stage...

After dropping State of Mind back in April, Dizzy Wright comes back with loose single "Spark Up The Flame." As the title suggests, the FreezeOnTheBeat-produced single is dedicated to partying and blazing up. "Spark Up The Flame" features a bit of hyphy-style bounce and more of Wright's effortlessness despite the urgency of the beat. "You nig...

50 Cent and G-Unit are back in early 2000's form but unfortunately the predicted album sales of Animal Ambition don't match the millions sold by Ferrari and Co. back in the day. Despite a massive promo campaign that saw Fif throw out a now infamous first pitch at a Mets game, pop up on on Good Morning America, and co-headline Hot 97's Summer Jam, the G-Unit frontman is slated to sell between 30-35

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...