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Problem has released the tour dates for  The Separation Tour. The West Coast MC will begin the seven-stop tour on November 29 in Sacramento, California and end in Pomona, California, December 6. The tour is in support of his latest project, The Situation. ...

As today marks the 47th birthday of Adam “Ad-Rock” Horowitz, a legendary member of the Beastie Boys, it's only right to show some love. Gathering together a gallery of the group's top memorabilia for sale on Ebay, XXL presents "Beastie Boys Memorabilia You Need To Cop." BE...

There are so many ways to communicate through music—a driving backbeat, a clever lyric, a virtuosic performance—but in hip-hop especially, dynamics are largely underused. We tend to think of artists as one-dimensional, or almost as flat, these days; If Waka Flocka Flame were to come out crooning, for instance, or if A Tribe Called Quest turned up on a trap beat, we'd all be confused as Hell. It's

Today, E-40's winery is now officially open. The Bay Area MC announced that he is launching "Earl Stevens Selections,"  which is an assortment of white and red wine in three flavors: Mangoscato, Function Red Blend and Moscato. “I wanted to create my own wine because I’m a huge wine connoisseur." explains E-40. "I l...

It's murder! Today, newly formed group Serial Killers consisting of B-Real, Xzibit and Demrick, drop their debut self titled project. The group has a very solid collection of producers on the 14-song project including Futuristiks, DJ Khalil, Nottz, BINK, Statik Selektah, Sir Jinx, Green Lantern and others...

Can you come up with a funny quote? Place your caption in the “Comments” section below. The best caption will be announced today at 4 p.m. Happy captioning!

As celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the seminal hip-hop film, Wild Style, XXL is giving away one free copy of the famed film on DVD. Released theatrically in 1983 by First Run Features and now re-released on DVD by Submarine Marine Deluxe and Music Box Films, Wild Style is widely considered the first hip-hop movie and documents the growing hip-hop scene in the rough-and-tumble South Bronx i

Childish Gambino has not been shy on offering his admiration to Kanye West in the past. Last week in an interview on Power 105.1's The Breakfast Club, the rapper/actor explained why he's taken to call himself "The Son of Kanye" saying, "'Cause I am...

This isn't the way you want to wind up in the newspaper. Waka Flocka Flame and Wooh Da Kid roll out the new video for their track "Obituary." The track is off Waka's latest mixtape, From Roaches To Rolex.

Joell Ortiz and his Slaughterhouse crew are 90 percent done with their followup to last year's Welcome To: Our House, but right now he and the whole of Shady Records are focused on the impending release of Eminem's Marshall Mathers LP 2, which officially drops Tuesday. "MMLP...

Webbie is back. On November 19, the Baton Rouge rapper will release his fourth installment of his Savage Life series. So far, he’s giving us a taste with singles “Bad Bitch 2,” “Realest” and more. He’s also bringing along his Trill Fam with Lil Phat, Blake and Lil Trill. Check out the tracklist below. ...

It’s that trailer park hood shit. Hosted by DJ Whoo Kid, Yelawolf and DJ Paul dabble in their rock sides for Black Fall. The 5-track EP includes production by the legendary Three 6 Mafia member, as well as a feature by Strange Music’s own Rittz. ‘Bama bang...