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Lil Wayne's Trukfit will launch a Trukfit Juniors line. Weezy will link with actress and female rapper, Chanel West Coast, who will serve as the model for the line. Chanel is a recording artist signed to Lil Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment label who recently released Now You Know. Fans will be able to purchase...

DMX may be making headlines for anything other than his music, but this should turns things around. Today, Darkman X drops “Don’t Call Me” featuring Rakim. While the God MC fires off his exceptional lyricism, X comes in with some reflective lines about his life so far. On the hook is s...

"Pull up in that You Can't Afford This / Only rap bitch on the Forbes list," Nicki Minaj raps on Rich Gang's "Tapout" earlier this year. It's not surprising to hear that Nicki Minaj showed up again on Forbes' annual Hip-Hop Cash Kings list which came out today—what with her myriad endorsement deals with Myx Fusion and Pepsi, her judging role on American Idol and her perfume and

In preparation for his upcoming inaugural Gangsta Grillz mixtape, Crenshaw, Nipsey Hussle hops in the Benz and gives CivilTV a tour through his hometown. "This is my area. This is my home town. This is really like where I spent a lot of my time as a youth," said Nip...

West recently sat down with BBC 1′s Zane Lowe and  discussed a number of topics. He had some very epic and incredible quotes from this interview that shouldn't go unnoticed. So XXL compiled a list of his best quotes from Part 1 and Part 2 of the interview. Check out his ...

Today, Drake officially drops his highly anticipated third studio album, Nothing Was The Same, in stores nationwide. NWTS leaked onto the Internet last week, allowing fans to get an early listen of the project; however, a few days later, Drizzy hinted at some additional songs that he's itching to drop. Tak...

Leon Thomas Interview

Today, Drake's new album, Nothing Was The Same, will officially be released in stores. XXL is offering our insider prediction into how much the album will sell in it's first week. You can check out what the staff thinks will be the final SoundScan tally will be when the numbers arrive next week. ...

Kanye West has some rather lofty goals. In part two of his sit down with BBC 1's Zane Lowe, Yeezy revealed that he wants to be the integral part in building the first trillion-dollar company. Continuing to speak on his desires outside of rap music, Ye revealed that most people don't know he wants to start from the bottom and eventually be able to build a 13 figure enterprise...

New Jersey often gets a bad rap—pun intended. To some it’s the sixth borough of New York City, but to others, the Garden State is the home of the Jersey Shore and we all watched how well that unfolded on MTV. Contrary to polarizing opinions, New Jersey is much more than the sum of its parts, especially when it comes to hip-hop. Here a...

Ca$h Out had one of 2012's biggest hits with the smash single, "Cashin' Out." But after follow up singles failed to gain mainstream traction his aptly titled solo debut Patience is still "coming soon." Today, the Atlanta MC kick starts the campaign with his latest mixtape offering, Ya Feel Me...

Drake’s new album Nothing Was The Same hits shelves today, already one of the most polarizing tracks is last week’s leak “Wu-Tang Forever.” While some Wu members applauded Drizzy’s efforts, many Wu-Tang fans were appalled by the OVO rapper’s use of their coveted super group. In an interview, U-God revealed th...