XXL Mag

AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted participated in America’s pastime.Last night after addressing the crowd and throwing up a “W” at the Dodgers’ game versus the Detroit Tigers, Ice Cube took the mound to deliver the ceremonial opening pitch. The Dodgers’ Organization...

Last week, 2 Chainz was charged with felony drug possession stemming from his arrest at LAX 10 months ago when authorities found codeine on his person. Chainz, who is facing up to three years in prison, had his arraignment yesterday in an L...

Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz—who also is the Executive Producer of MTV 2's Off The Bat From The MLB Fan Cave— writes a letter to one of his favorite rappers, Drake. In this episode, Ortiz thanks Drake for writing "Started From The Bottom" and asks the OVO head honcho if he can go into the studio with Drizzy so he can add his ad-libs. Off The...

On The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Fallon and his special guest Anne Hathaway did a Broadway rendition of some of hip-hop's biggest songs. Watch how these two do a rendition of “Gin And Juice,” “In Da Club” and “B*tch, Don’t Kill My Vibe” below. ...

Chance The Rapper drops another new track on the Internet, but we don’t know exactly what project it is for. According to HipHop-N-More, its produced by Apollo Brown, and the instrumental perfectly fits his style. Are we seeing Chance in album mode for his rumored The Social Experiment project? Chec...

Watch Freddie Gibbs' new video "On Some G Shit" featuring G-Wiz. The clip feature an action packed scene from True Detective. "On Some G Shit" was produced by G.O.O.D. Music’s Lifted. Press Play.

Yesterday (April 7th), Chris Brown’s bodyguard, Christopher Hollosy, confessed to punching a D.C. man outside of the W Hotel last October, according to police Detective Kimberly Metivier, thus eliminating the singer from the altercation. ...

A study has emerged dubbing alcohol references in rap music as the reason behind teenage alcohol consumption. Claiming that the frequent mentions of alcohol pressure teens into drinking and driving more so than their peers, the study sites Jay Z, 50 Cent, Diddy and a host of others...

Lord Jamar has frequented the VladTV couch more times than one can count and he’s back again, this time targeting Kanye West’s recent assault case against a man who called his fiancé Kim Kardashian a “ni**er lover.” “Your man Kanye just paid $25...

Despite all the criticism and heat Anna Wintour and Vogue received after they unveiled Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's cover, the issue is on pace to outsell Beyonce's and even the First Lady Michelle Obama's Vogue issues.  According to the New York Post, the April issue is set to sell around 400,000 copies. Beyonce's cover so...

Los Angeles' own KR, who we featured on The Break, delivers a strong solo release titled “Pray For Me.” Produced by Natural Disaster, the smooth-sounding track will be part of his highly anticipated I$0lyf3 3 mixtape. Check it out above. ...

Iamsu! debut album, Sincerely Yours, will be released on May 13. Today he reveals the album artwork, created by famed artist Slvstr along with the Tracklist.  The album will be available for pre-order on April 22. The featured artists include Too $hort, E-40, Wiz Khalifa, 2 Chainz, Kool John and Sage the Gemini while producers include The Invasion, Tha Bizness, Jake One, Trackademicks and Chase N.