XXL Mag

Rock The Bells, the traveling hip-hop festival celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, announced last week that they are canceling their final two shows in Washington, D.C. and the New York City area. Rock The Bells released a statement regarding the cancellation of the final two weekends of its tour. According to the s...

Wale sets the scene in the only place seen fit for "Golden Salvation", the church. As the entire video is seen through the eyes of Wale, the rapper plays a pimp fighting off the world's ever present temptations. Check out the video off of Wale's third studio album, The Gifted...

Big Boi Remembers OutKast's 'Aquemini' 15 Years Later

Young Dro will release his latest full-length on High Times on October 8 and he just dropped the cover art and tracklist for it. In addition to the hard-knocking single "F.D.B." the Hustle Gang-affiliated rapper has unleashed another new track, "Strong," produced by California super-producer DJ Mustard, who brings his chilly, minimalistic touch to the song...

Street-wear label Standard & Grind is set to unveil their 2013 Fall/Winter Collection. The collection features a strong delivery of camo, forest twill, woodland prints through both tops and bottoms. The delivery consists of a hand full of logo tee's, coach jackets, camo printed down jacket and sweat-shirts.  C...

When did Jay Z become Jay Z? For some, the answer is as simple as when he took his name. For others, he emerged fully-formed on his tough-talking debut, Reasonable Doubt, or on his glossier Bad Boy-assisted follow-up, In My Lifetime, Vol...

With only two mixtapes under his belt, Chance The Rapper has garnered acclaim that some rappers with catalogs would kill for, including being tapped by Lil Wayne to appear on Dedication 5, having his mixtape, Acid Rap land on Billboard charts and getting his own North American tour...

B.o.B has an album on the way and along with that, the rapper is adamant that other goods are also in the works.  Unveiling that he is in the midst of recording a Hustle Gang compilation album alongside T.I., B.o.B details the approaching project all the while giving the scoop on his upcoming LP in an exclusive interview with XXL. ...

Kanye West Fashion Choices

Seven years after the release of his gold selling debut, Best Thang Smokin,' Young Dro is almost ready to put out his oft-delayed sophomore effort High Times. Today, 3Krazy offers up the album's cover art which plays on the theme of High Times magazine...

ATL’s own Scotty paints a heartfelt story in his video for “Fuss N Fight.” Scotty, with his featured guest Lecrae, let the lyrics carry the visuals as it depicts a riveting tale of a kid going through some troubles. The ending is particularly powerful, addressing the concerns of young people who lose their lives to senseless violence. Scotty’s #FA...

Last week, Forbes released its annual "Hip-Hop Cash Kings" list of the richest hip-hop celebrities in all of music. For the first time in the list's eight-year history, the "Cash Kings" list was topped by Diddy after several years of falling just short after being ranked at No ...