XXL Mag

Young Buck is serious about getting back to releasing new music. At the same time, Lil Scrappy has been behind the scenes working on his Reparations project, which hits stores Spring 2014. The first single is “They Hate Me,” where the two MCs throw barbs at the naysayers over a bombastic beat. Check it o...

Superproducer Dr. Dre is set to take Beats Electronics a step further with the introduction of Beats Music. The company founded alongside Jimmy Iovine plans to join the online music streaming market with their launch of the new service in January...

Kanye West visited The Rickey Smiley Morning Show and touched on multiple topics. A interesting part of the interview was Kanye expressing his love for Kim Kardashian. Yeezy answers why Kim Kardashian is perfect for him, stating "She just is. She...

Lil Kim is always making moves. The 39-year-old rapstress appeared alongside her new artist Tiffany Foxx to body their cypher performance at this year’s BET Hip-Hop Awards. Then, Kimmy Blanco made history at Power 105.1’s Powerhouse 2013 when Kendrick Lamar brought her out and unified the king and queen of New York hip-hop. She’s also...

XXL is giving away a goodie bag filled with items from TRUKFIT's Holiday 3 Collection TRUKFIT launched in December 2012 at Agenda Long Beach and has grown exponentially; it is currently sold at Macy's, Dillard's, Zumiez, Tillys, Karmaloop and hundreds of other stores across the nation as well as TRUKFIT.com. It i...

Looks like Chance The Rapper is featured on not one but two songs in Justin Bieber's #MusicMondays. Teasing the release of "Confident" this Monday at Midnight, both Chance and JB seem to be pretty excited about the new joint. “@chancetherapper we are next,” JB tweeted, with Chance responding, “it’s so damn good.” Justin also recen...

Performing for the first time in London, Chance The Rapper got quite a welcoming response. Putting on a sold-out show, the rapper shared a real moment with the audience sharing tales about his humble beginnings. Check it out!

Looks like Kanye's comments during last week's NY press run have gotten him in a bit of a hot seat. With the The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) now on his coat-tail, the group is demanding an apology calling Ye's words about the Jewish community extremely offensive and unnecessary...

Everybody’s waiting for Rich Homie Quan’s next huge single. “Type Of Way” dominated the summer, with stuttering rhythms and Quan’s choppy sermon of a hook. Fans are waiting with baited breath for his big move, the one that will take him farther than Atlanta and the Internet. For now, Quan continues to d...

Alchemist released the tracklist for The Cutting Room Floor 3  today and it boasts some major names. Nas, 50 Cent, Rick Ross, Mobb Deep, Meek Mill, and Raekwon are just some of the artists that are going to be on this 20-track project featuring a collection of current and unreleased songs. It ...

Not only is Nas getting a Harvard Fellowship (The Nasir Jones Hip-Hop Fellowship), he is also opening up a sneaker store in Las Vegas. The retail store will be in the The Caesars Casino Linq district in Vegas. The store will be called 12A...

With Rick Ross’ “No Games (Remix)” heating up the streets, the MMG leader recently called DJ Scream on his Hoodrich Radio show on Hip-Hop Nation to talk about Mastermind and his newest signees Tracy T and Fat Trel. The biggest piece of news during the interview is his announcement of pushing back Mastermind. “I’m still putti...