XXL Mag

After nearly six years of serving time in prison, Lil Boosie is focused on making a proper comeback. You’ll probably hear more new music soon, but here’s a start with “Same Game.” The track is off 3rdy Baby & Muzik Fene’s forthcoming mixtape, Leak Squad. ...

Since Lil Boosie was released from jail Wednesday, March 5, his social media followers have double on Twitter and approaching to double on Instagram. A screenshot was taken Wednesday night at 10 p.m. of his Twitter and Instagram page showing Boosie had 123K followers on Twitter and 165,440 followers on Instagram. As of 10 a.m. toda...

With the sudden rise of Iamsu! and his HBK Gang, the Bay Area is becoming a hotbed again for new talent. Clyde Carson—who was part of the Oakland-based group The Team—has been putting in work on his solo tip dropping street projects like Something To Speak About. Earlier th...

Show & Prove is our section in the magazine where we highlight which rappers are hot in hip-hop now. Many who have appeared in S&P have gone on to launch successful music careers. With the goal to bring our hand-picked selections online, here are excerpts of the stories from Lil Bibby, Chinx and Vic Mensa, as well as their entire mixtape discography. Our Ap...

On this day, March 7, in hip-hop history... 2011: Coming off of the success of his 2000 album, The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem followed up with the release of The Eminem Show two years later. Following a similar formula to his previous major label records, Slim Shady managed to further continue his reign in the hip-hop game...

Chuck Inglish of The Cool Kids is prepping his solo album, Convertibles, due out Apr. 18. Before The Cool Kids drop their first project together, he grabs Chance The Rapper for a dope record called “Glam.” Check it out above. ...

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City Morgue is a new NYC street-wear brand that draws influence directly from the streets of New York. Already being spotted on the likes of A$AP Rocky and Action Bronson, City Morgue, abbreviatedly known as CMKS, looks to pay homage to the streets...

Future is on the run. After a string of radio-friendly hits off Honest, the Atlanta rapper delivers the official visuals for his street anthem “Move That Dope.” In the Benny Boom-directed clip, Future Hendrix is on a mission to push some weight. Cameos inc...

Ace Hood teams up with Mavado for his new video "Buss Guns." With a real street feel and some sexy gun totting ladies, the guys warn off haters in the clip expressing that they're not to be tested. "Buss Guns" is off of Ace Hood's latest project Starvation 3...

Over the past couple of months Cash Money and Young Thug have been seen frequently with each other. Drake has showed that he is a big fan of Young Thug's music and was the one who encouraged Nicki Minaj to hop on the remix to “Danny Glover.” Bir...

It's been quite a year for Rick Ross. He's gone from a No. 1 hit to career-threatening exposure on the Internet to his current high-stakes beef with the biggest brawler in hip-hop's fight club. Still, on the eve of the release of his third album Deeper Than Rap, the big Miami boss is here, flaunting, taunting, feeding the fire...