XXL Mag

Today, Joey Bada$$ releases the retail edition of his Summer Knights EP, which features the entire original tracks and two new ones (“My Jeep” and “My Yout”). To keep the momentum going, Joey drops a video for “My Yout.” Summer is apparently not ov...

The debut mixtape from the newly formed Serial Killers—a California super-group featuring B-Real, Xzibit and Demrick—doesn't drop until Halloween, but the crew is looking to get the festivities started a little early. Today they've premiered with XXL a new track, "Wanted," which builds on the uncoiled intensity and visceral energy of early track "The First 48." Over a sc... Rea

On this day, October 29, in hip-hop history... 2002: Before the release of the Eminem’s semi-biographical film, 8 Mile, the highly anticipated soundtrack was released.  Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture 8 Mile featured the movie’s star, Eminem, his co-star Taryn Manning’s band BoomKat, Jay-Z, Nas, 50 Cent, D12, Obie Trice, Macy Gray, Xzibit, Freeway, Gang Starr, Rakim and Young Zee. T

Drake is performing at the Barclays Center for his Would You Like A Tour? Tour in New York City. During intermission, Drake’s DJ Future The Prince wanted to give the Brooklyn crowd a special gift for the occasion. He premiered the Hit-Boy-produced “Trophies” that didn’t appear on Nothing Was The Same. Backed by some brass h...

This weekend Redman released a video for "Pump Ya Breaks," an infectious ode to responsible driving, and along with the video he also dropped a full mixtape packed with remixes. The 20-track compilation, logically titled Remixxes, finds the rapper spitting over old and new instrumentals, bringing that classic Redman flow...

Compton rapper/producer DJ Quik made a surprise announcement today that he was selling of all his production equipment and would not remix or engineer material going forward. If the legendary Cali artist is planning to formally retire from music, it would be a huge blow to L...

Shot on location in the California desert by photographer, Quang Le, the look book features the Holiday 2013 Collection from Pink+Dolphin. This collection showcases a category expansion into outerwear made from high quality, long-lasting materials, as well as, Denim in Slim Straight Fit and an assortment of Engineered Sweatpants and Crewnecks...

Eminem and Rihanna attempt to make chart history once again. After their 2011 single “Love The Way You Lie,” the pair returns with the new single “The Monster.” Produced by Frequency, the song finds Em tackling his inner demons, while RiRi supplies a catchy hook written by Jon Bellion. Em’s The Marshall M...

Depending on your point-of-view, the downfall of legendary rap label Death Row Records can be attributed to a confluence of many different factors - diminishing star power, financial mismanagement and the incarceration of key figures. However, Compton rapper/producer DJ Quik blamed the demise of the label to one man, Travon Lane, a Death Row associate and an alleged gang member surrounding the lab

When it comes to trapping, 2 Chainz insists that no one knows the term better than himself. Explaining the origin of the term on Jay Z's Life+Times "Decoded" series, the rapper stakes claim to the saying, claiming that the hoods of Atlanta were the founders of the trap movement...

Got a question for the "Rap God?" Eminem will be participating in a question and answer session with fans on November 4, the day before his album Marshal Mathers LP 2 hits shelves. Dubbed, “SiriusXM’s Town Hall with Eminem,” the friendly interrogation will be moderated by Shade45's Sway In The Morning host, Sway Calloway. Find out th...

The game may be fictional, but the numbers are certainly real: $800 million in sales in one day, 13 million copies sold in 24 hours, a billion dollars earned in three days. Rockstar Games' GTA V immediately celebrated the highest-earning video game launch in history after it dropped September 17, with everyone from Danny Brown to Tyler, The Creator reveling in the release. But those ...