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A fresh-faced Drizzy Drake returned to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to talk all things SNL. During the in-depth interview, Drake discussed preparing for Saturday Night Live and how he landed his acting role on the television show Degrassi (let's just say he wasn't exactly sober)...

Chris Brown was arrested in October after allegedly assaulting a man who photobombed a picture Brown was taking with fans at four in the morning in Washington, D.C. Brown last week rejected a plea deal in the case, and now some discrepancies in the police report have caused D...

Showcasing their athletic skills while sporting their favorite sneakers to ball in, these NBA players had the best sneakers on the NBA court this week. Dropping buckets while scoring style points, these players had on many of the sneakers you see on the street today...

Topaz Jones returns with another well-executed, cinematic visual titled “Gasping For Breath." Throughout the video, directors Simon Davis and Jason Filmore Sondock (who were also behind the rapper's last video, “Coping Mechanism”) employ a combination of trippy, intriguing effects to create surreal, artfully-crafted scenes which mirror Topaz's tale of escalating paranoia during a night out w

T-Pain’s “Up Down (Do This All Day)” has rejuvenated his career. The song has been making its way up on the Billboard charts, and now Pain is prepping to deliver a huge remix. Pain previewed a new beat to the DJ Mustard-produced track on Instagram. Shortly after th...

Last month, Jay Z announced a partnership with Cohiba Red Dot to launch his own line of cigars. Today, Hov released a video on his Life & Times YouTube channel giving viewers a closer look at the step-by-step process behind curating each Comador cigar. Ch...

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Perhaps it was a faux pas or just something taken out of context, but Queen Latifah took to her Twitter platform in the middle of the night to negate the rumor where she claimed André 3000 and Big Boi were already working on a new album.   ...

With almost 20 years in the game, Common has carved out a unique niche for himself: the MC's MC whose stardom has eclipsed his music. Words: Ben Detrick Photos: Steven Taylor ON A SUNNY OCTOBER DAY, COMMON ROLLS UP TO CHICAGO’S WEST LOOP ATHLETIC CLUB TO SHOOT HOOPS. HE L...

Mac Miller took to Instagram to reveal he's dyed his hair a color that would make Cam'ron proud. Possibly drawing inspiration from his upcoming Pink Slime collaboration with Pharrell, the Pittsburgh native now has hot pink hair. Talk about creative control, let's see what else Mac has in store for us after leaving Rostrum Records...

According to Action Bronson,  New Yorkers should thank his 2013 XXL Freshman Classmate, Trinidad James, for more NYC hip-hop being played on local radio stations. The "All Gold Everything" rapper infamously claimed Atlanta ran NYC back in October, and ever since Bronson believes stations have been showing more love to local artists. ...

With today marking what would be the 35th birthday of passed on icon Aaliyah, XXL gathered up a bunch of photos in celebration. With pics of the princess of hip-hop with everyone from Jay Z to Naughty By Nature, XXL presents "Aaliyah, The Princess Of Hip-Hop...