Rick Ross revealed Puff Daddy's (formerly known as Diddy) new album title. Puff has been teasing the title of his upcoming album for a while now, sharing the term “MMM” on pretty much all his social channels. Now we know what the acronym stands for. Money Making Mi...
Drake doesn’t only have to watch his back with rappers, but with rockers too. Black Lips guitarist Cole Alexander took his opinion of Drake and Macklemore to The A.V. Club's "HateSong" series calling one a “fake” and the latter racially insensitive.
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Girl Talk (aka Gregg Gillis) has a new collaborative EP with Freeway called Broken Ankles. Broken Ankles is coming out April 8th and features guest rappers Waka Flocka Flame, Young Chris and Jadakiss. Why Freeway? "I wanted to work close...
Bodega Bamz links with French Montana for the remix video to "Don Fransisco." With appearances from A$AP Ferg and Chinx, the Harlem rapper pays homage to his heritage all the while turning up in the club.
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Who gets the most entertaining interviews from the world’s biggest rap stars? Doot doola doot doo, Nardwuar.
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Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the July/August 2011 issue of XXL Magazine.
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Kanye West was spotted at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) by paparazzi and he made it through without any problems or conflicts. The last time Kanye was spotted at LAX he put a photog in a headlock. Kanye received 250 hours of community service, 24 months of probation, and has to undergo 30 days of anger management counseling from the LAX photog fight. However, ...
The Break's own Rich The Kid is readying the release of his forthcoming mixtape, Feels Good 2 Be Rich. For the first preview, the Atlanta rapper drops a track called "Finally Rich." It's a hard-hitting anthem made for the streets. Check it out above...
Add M.I.A. to the growing list of artists bringing their talents to your town this spring and summer. The citizen of Roc Nation announced 20 dates for her international Matangi Tour in support of her latest work. Joining her for the US dates is none other than A$AP Ferg...
Today, news broke that a fan was put in a Torture Rack by Action Bronson in Chapel Hill, N.C. This isn't the first and probably won't be the last that this will happen. Action hates stage interruptions by fans. Here are nine other times things got crazy on stage.
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Pharrell and his now infamous hat have made their way onto the cover of GQ magazine. His feature length interview for the mag’s April issue finds the award winning producer revealing his views on some interesting subjects. The hitmaking producer and recent Oscar nominee spoke with the men’s mag on the uproar created by his head gear choice at this year’s Grammys, competing with Puffy and Jay Z on