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MMG's Rockie Fresh unleashes the new video for "What Ya Used To" off the compilation Self Made Vol. 3. In the clip, Fresh shows a female the finer things while cruising on the coast. Hit-Boy on the beat. Dre Films behind the camera.

Papoose is staying very busy these days. Today, we get the visual treatment for his freestyle over Drake's "Pound Cake." Directed by Just Watch Mafia. Pap's latest mixtape, Cigar Society is out now. If things go as planned, the Brooklyn rapper will be releasing a new mixtape every month...

Oh, what could have been. Today marks the 17th anniversary since the death of one of hip-hop's most revered artists, The Notorious B.I.G. To commemorate the life and times of Biggie, !llmind put together a remix of Jay Z's "Picasso Baby" with bars from the late legend using Wallace's verse from "Sky Is The Limit...

Ed. Note: This story originally ran in the March 2012 Special Tribute Issue of XXL, commemorating the 15th anniversary of the March 9, 1997 death of The Notorious B.I.G. Today, March 9, 2014, marks the 17th anniversary of that tragic day. To ...

After a long delay, and name change, Future's sophomore album Honest is finally close to being released. How close? The album is now expected to hits shelves April 22. The ATL rapper recently revealed the cover art for the LP, above, which was initially titled Future Hendrix...

Now that the air is clear, Chief Keef delivers another new track entitled "Either Way." Sosa goes hard with the auto-tune on the Ace Bankz-produced cut. Keefy has multiple projects on deck including Bang 3, Bang 4 EP and an upcoming project with Fredo Santana...

Time to put that work in. Local-Mu12, an global collective of artists and producers, has released their LP, Labor Day. Members Stryfe (Detroit), TJ (California), Moods and Vibrations (DC), Real McKoy (North Carolina) RP (NY), The 17th (CT), Broadway Barrett (New York), Fokis (New York), James Moore (PA) and Juellz (Switzerland) use strength is numbers as the project boasts guest appearances from

Dom Kennedy recently wrapped up the first leg of his Get Home Safely Tour after over a month on the road. Today, he shares some of the happenings of his jaunt in a recap of the traveling show. Over a soundtrack of "Dominic" cameras capture highlights of the successful tour including guest appearances from Kendrick Lamar and Casey Veggies...

Remember back in 2011 when Lil B Twitter jabbed NBA scoring champ Kevin Durant, by downplaying the perennial All-Star's hoop game after Durant expressed his distaste for the Based God's music, causing a brief beef. It took three years, but The Pack rapper just upped the ante with a new video "F*ck KD...

As Rick Ross dropped his sixth studio album and Lil Boosie was released from prison, as one can imagine twitter was quite eventful. As Nicki Minaj also agreed to grant a 5 year old cancer patient's wish via the social network and much more, Twitter was certainly the hot spot this week...

After running into some trouble at customs while trying to leave the country for his Blood Money, European Tour, last month, Game has made his way across the pond. Chuck recently stopped by Tim Westwood's famed radio show where he and his artists L...

As day six of the Week Of K.R.I.T. commences, Big K.R.I.T. keeps the new music coming right on schedule. Today, we get the new track "Steps" featuring Big Sant and Smoke DZA along with the short documentary of the same name. Also check out the previously released tracks, "New Agenda," "Conscious Effort" "Lac Lac," "Wolf On Wall Street" and "E