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Popular restaurant chain Chipotle is suing Odd Future crooner, Frank Ocean claiming the entertainer backed out of an ad campaign after he was already paid for the gig. The Mexican eating establishment claims they paid Ocean $212,500 to contribute vocals to an upcoming commercial...

Young Dro pays homage to the late great Notorious B.I.G. on the 17th anniversary of the Brooklyn bar layer's death with the new track, "Notorious D.R.O." Channeling his inner Big Poppa flow, the Grand Hustle rapper spits over a version of Big's single "Hypnotize...

From everyone celebrating the 17th anniversary of the passing of Notorious BIG to Nicki Minaj taking some steamy shower shots, this week on Instagram was certainly all over the place. Check out that and a bunch more on XXL's "Best Hip-Hop Instagrams Of The Week...

As promised, Big K.R.I.T. closes out the week with his seventh new release in seven days. Today, we get a trailer for the Mississippi MC's forthcoming sophomore album Cadillatica which is slated to drop this fall. Also, check out the week's previous releases, below...

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...