XXL Mag

XXL Freshman Class of 2014 has finally been revealed. Our seventh anniversary lineup includes 12 artists who are breaking new ground in hip-hop. XXL‘s Dirty Dozen: Chance the Rapper, Isaiah Rashad, Ty Dolla $ign, Rich  Homie Quan, Vic Mensa, August Alsina, Troy Ave, Kevin Gates, Lil Bibby, Jon Connor, Lil Durk, and as voted by YOU, our 10 spot winner and the People’s Champ, Jarren Benton. The XXL 

Chants from the shoulder-to-shoulder standing crowd of, “Iggy, Iggy, Iggy,” turned into, “What the fuck? What the fuck?” as they waited for Iggy Azalea come to the stage and perform for her scheduled 9 p.m., sold out show. The rapper, dressed in...

Growing frustrated with his album delays, Ab-Soul has been taking to social media to voice his qualms and give updates on his album and future mixtapes. Threatening to leak his own album, TDE CEO Top Dawg put his fut down via Twitter and shot down any possibility of Soul—or any TDE member—leaking their own album. Yesterd...

Getting Lloyd Banks on camera for an interview has been as hard as getting a refund for a lap dance at strip club. The G-Unit member has been camera shy until now. He recently traveled to French Guyana for a show with Tony Yayo and a video crew caught up with them...

As with every year, the most beautiful celebrities, influencers and tastemakers attended the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute's annual high-fashion event last night. And because you couldn't be there, we've rounded up a gallery of the hottest gals at the Met Gala 2014...

A Bathing Ape teams up once again with Champion for a summer 2014 collection: AAPE. Inspired by the game of bball, the collection includes a jacket, jersey, polo shirts, t-shirts, shorts and a gym bag. Each item is co-branded and features the iconic green camouflage pattern all around the garments...

Busta Rhymes is building buzz for his new artist O.T. Genasis, who signed with The Conglomerate Records last year. Today, Busta Buss grabs his crew to remix Wiz Khalifa's viral single "We Dem Boyz." O.T. starts it off, and then J-Doe raps an impressive verse that showcases his budding talent...

Suzy 6 Speed and his HBK cohort Skipper build anticipation for Su's Sincerely Yours with a new freestyle. The two hop over Vinylz and Boi-1da's beat for "May 13th." Which one do you like better? Lil Wayne/Drake on "Believe Me" or this one from Iamsu...

The tensions between Tyga and Lil Durk have been brewing for a few weeks now. After previewing his diss at the Chicago rapper last weekend, T-Raw went ahead and released "ChiRaq to LA" featuring Game. As expected, the Last Kings leader doesn't hold anything back on "ChiRaq to LA," calling him "small" and reiterating the fact that he's a Grammy-nominated artist... Rea

Travi$ Scott unveiled his collaboration with Big Sean at SXSW called “Don’t Play.” Now, we get the official version to hold us down. This track isn’t as momentous as anything on his debut mixtape Owl Pharaoh, but it’s a good sign that he’s in the lab making new music. Listen above....

Rapsody tosses some lyrical bombs over production by Khrysis on "Roses." At about two minutes long, Rap spits a fiery freestyle that sounds motivational. There a plenty of quotable lines (the Andre 3K line is clever), including one that addresses her omission for the 2014 XXL Freshman class...

We are proud to present the much anticipated XXL Freshman Class of 2014. Our seventh anniversary lineup includes 12 artists who are breaking new ground in hip-hop. It's what you all been waiting for, ain't it? It's XXL's Dirty Dozen: Chance the Rapper, Isaiah Rashad, Ty Dolla $ign, Rich Homie Quan, Vic Mensa, August Alsina, Troy Ave, Kevin Gates, Lil Bibby, Jon Connor, Lil Durk, and as voted by