XXL Mag

When news broke that Spike Lee will remake Korean director Park Chan-wook’s 2003 film, Oldboy, the pressure was on. Well, Lee delivers a knockout with his reinterpretation of the cult classic. Lee's version is a grisly, blood-filled thriller of revenge and regret that ditches some details and reshapes some components from the original, while keeping intact the essential framework of the dark road-

Trinidad Jame$ isn’t getting away that easy. After the former XXL Freshmen stated his opinion about Atlanta running New York music, the birthplace of hip-hop hasn’t been too friendly to him. He’s already said he won’t apologize for his comment, so everyone from Maino to N.O.R.E. has defended the...

E-40 is closing in on his release date for The Block Brochure: 4, 5, & 6, due out on December 10. Just in time for the holiday break, the good folks at Young California decide to give away “Chitty Bang” featuring Juicy J and Ty Dolla $ign. The leaders of...

Produced by Big Jerm and P. Fish, Larry Fisherman a.k.a. Mac Miller drops a smooth offering called “I Come In Peace.” Just vibe to this.

Jeezy’s back with the product. On Thanksgiving Day, hip-hop’s trapper releases Its Tha World 2 featuring new music from his CTE gang. Many of these songs—“Foul Play,” “Birfday” and “Benihana”—hit the Internet weeks prior. However, Jeezy does give us some cuts such as “In My Head”...

With the holiday right around the corner, XXL thought it appropriate to celebrate family. Gathering together a bunch of rappers spending time with their loved ones, XXL presents "Rappers Who Are Secretly Family Guys."

Back in October, Cali MC Casey Veggies hinted that he and MMG rapper Rockie Fresh were going to drop a project together. Today we get the first taste of it with the song "Sacrifice," which will serve as the first single from it. Veggies also unveiled the project's artwork via his Twitter, which shows that the mixtape will be presented by Puma...

Meek Mill hit Philadelphia to provide meals for the less fortunate this holiday. Giving away turkeys to nearly 600 families, the MMG rapper kicked off his first Dreamchasers Turkey giveaway. Watch the clip above.

Cee-lo and Big Gipp took to national television last night to perform their ode to white women. The song, "Amy," was featured on Goodie Mob's Age Against The Machine album, which dropped a few months ago, and was performed by the duo on NBC's The Voice...

Why waste your time standing in line on Black Friday to spend money when Society Original Products and XXL want to give you a chance to win an Orange Friday Prize Pack.  So Think Positive! That’s right, no sleeping bags, or long crazy lines that just leave you with empty pockets.  All you have to do is follow the conte...

With many in the giving spirit this holiday, Big Sean has also decided to give to those in need. Teaming with comedian Mike Epps, the G.O.O.D Music rapper handed out turkeys alongside his mother to his hometown of Detroit. “Me and @ bigsean giving back in Detroit on the turkey drive ,what a great city!” twe...

For those who know hip-hop, they know its music is much more positive and thought provoking than the mainstream media gives it credit for. Still, rappers do get in trouble sometimes, like Wu Tang affiliate Killa Sin did yesterday, when he was arrested for attempted murder...