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You remember when Buffie The Body hit the scene in Tony Yayo's "So Seductive" video? The video vixen stole the show with her assets and was a fixture in music during that period. Now she is out the game and all about fitness and health. But we will never forget Buffie The Body. ...

Two people were and killed outside of a Rich Homie Quan show in New Orleans last night. As this marks the third shooting to occur at the rapper's show in four months, it seems that these acts a violence are forming a pattern and Rich Homie may need an urgent boost in security...

Closing arguments wrapped up Tuesday, Mar. 4, in the murder-for-hire trial of the former Game manager and CEO of Czar Entertainment, James "Jimmy Henchman" Rosemond, and co-defendant Rodney Johnson. Henchman, 49, is facing four counts—including murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit murder—for the September 2009 shooting death of G-Unit affiliate Lowell "Lodi Mack" Fletcher i

ScHoolboy Q was forecasted to debut at No. 1 with Oxymoron. As predicted, ScHoolboy holds the top spot with 139,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan via Billboard. Q’s major label LP is the first No. 1 for Top Dawg Entertainment. Prev...

The selection for the XXL Freshmen 2014 is kicking into high gear, and yes, you should be as excited as we are here in the XXL office. In preparation for this year's class, we let some possible candidates tell us why they think they deserve to be part of XXL Freshmen 2014...

In a recent interview with Billboard where the Chicago rapper was profiled as one of 31 female MCs to change the game, Shawnna expressed her desire to see female rappers break the stereotype and start working with each other more. "At this point in time, in hip-hop, the list goes and on and on with successful male hip-hop artists but you can count the successful female hip-hop artists with on

HBO hired 10 hip-hop and latin-music artists to rap about the popular TV series Game of Thrones. With the increase popularity of Hip-Hop and it's huge influence on pop culture, the network believes that these artists will increase their popularity and encourage more rap fans to watch the show. The...

Beats Music bought Topspin Media this week, according to a report at Billboard. The acquisition, terms of which were not released, doesn't come as much of a surprise; Beats Music's CEO Ian Rogers had served as CEO of Topspin from 2008 until January 2013, when he moved to Beats...

10.Deep and Timberland have collaborated on a joint venture and the 10.Deep x Timberland Euro Hiker "Nomads" pack is the result of their efforts. The brands have come together following 10.Deep's "Internationally Known" collection for Spring 2014 with two pairs of premium suede "Nomads" Timberland Euro Hiker boots...

Last month, Ross and Jeezy made headlines by squashing their past beef and linking up for "War Ready," a cut off his recently released album Mastermind. Now Rozay reveals that the two superstars made another track that should be coming out soon...

Kid Cudi stopped by Chelsea Lately last night for an interview that wasn't with Chelsea Handler. He discussed making music for the last 15 years, his foray into the business and how "Day N Nite" was created while he worked a security job with his producer Dot da Genius when he first moved to NYC. Watch...

New Orleans veteran Turk is attempting to keep his name buzzing with new music. The former Hot Boy drops Reflamed, which finds him rapping alongside names like Trae Tha Truth, Project Pat, Rich Homie Quan and plenty more. The 20-track effort should keep you occupied until the next one...