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Monster, the world leader in high-performance personal audio, announced today a collaboration with emerging visual artist Slvstr in time for Art Basel - SCOPE Art Show Miami. Monster and Slvstr have collaborated on a limited edition, Slvstr-designed, version of the MonsterDNA PROthat will be exclusively available during the art event this week...

Blank on Blank takes journalists' saved interviews with iconic figures that few people ever got to hear and animates the interview. Pretty cool stuff. Their animated interview series is "produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios."  For the lat...

XXL is giving away two tickets to Lupe Fiasco: Tetsuo and Youth Preview Tour at Irving Plaza in New York City on Dec. 9. Lupe Fiasco is taking to the road in support of his highly anticipated fifth album, embarking on the “Tetsuo and Youth Preview.”  The 32-city trek ...

They say NY hip-hop is dwindling, well the Empire State's newbies have teamed with the vets to make sure that doesn't go down. As the A$AP Mob linked with Method Man on their latest visual indeed breathing life into that old school NY hip-hop...

Last night, Chamillionaire let us know that he’s an H-Town legend. Produced by GL Production, this firestarter finds the Grammy Award-winning artist staking his claim as one of the best. Cham’s still got plenty of heat in the cannon. Listen bel...

Cambridge, MA based premium boutique Concepts has uncovered its “Ugly Sweater” collaboration with Nike SB. The sneaker pack consists of a two colorway deliver of the Nike Dunk High Pro along a number of different apparel pieces. The first colorway is delivered in an all black silhouette featuring a gold Nike swoosh with an ugly Christmas sweater design aesthetic. The second...

Stemming from the Chris Brown-Frank Ocean brawl outside an LA recording studio last January, Frank's cousin has slammed Chris with a $3 million lawsuit. Citing pain and suffering as the reasoning, Sha'Keir Duarte is attempting to hit Breezy where it hurts demanding a huge lump sum...

Young Money artist and Toronto bred rapper Drake took to instagram last-night to announce his partnership with Brand Jordan. Drake released several photo's of OVO-edition Jordan X's and XII's all of which are sample packs that will never see the shelves of retail...

The Walking Dead had its mid-season finale titled “Too Far Gone,” where fans witnessed Rick and The Governor go head-to-head against each other. This was a doozy of an episode and was filled with huge moments. XXL hopped on the phone with P...

It's no secret that every 5 seconds Jay Z appears on your Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter non-stop. Well with today marking the popular guy's 44th birthday, it's only right to once again highlight these well known photos. Don't be shy, scroll through...

New York rapper Salomon Faye is building buzz for his introspective tracks, as well as his honest portrayal of the city he's from. Faye's ready to take the independent rap game by storm. Standout: "Alchemy" Also check out: "Fool's Gold" And: "Brooklyn, NY 11233" Name: Salomon Faye, member of THEillUZiON Age: 20 Hometown: Born in Paris, Raised in Harlem...

Yesterday, Jay Z made a big announcement for a new project in the works. He’s going vegan. On a letter posted on Life + Times, Hov explained his 22-day challenge of going on a “semi-vegan, plant-based diet.” The cleansing system, which is designed by Marco Borges, will have food consisting of no gluten, soy or diary. He also takes “d...