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Virginia native Young Money Yawn drops his debut mixtape, Street Gospel. Yawn, who is coming off his big single “Gutta Gutta,” offers 16 more tracks filled with motivational words for the streets. He decides to run this tape solo, but he does bring Shy Glizzy and Kidd Kidd as guests. There is a...

Cops have now come forth giving a little insight on 2 Chainz' Oklahoma City tour bus incident. Now citing guns and drugs as the reason for the arrest, the rapper may be in deep water. TMZ  names "two semi-automatic pistols, a 12-gauge pump shotgun, prescription painkillers and weed paraphernalia" as the reason for the arrest. Als...

Last week, headlines broke across America that Best Friends Forever, Tyler, The Creator and America's Canadian sweetheart Justin Bieber, allegedly shared a strawberry milkshake at Fat Burger in Los Angeles. It was a story that shook the foundations of our tentative grasp on an external reality as Tyler and the Biebs were believed to have indulged in the same dairy-based drink product at the same t

In a recent interview B.o.B revealed that not only is he planning to launch his own label but he's also releasing his third studio album Underground Luxury in December as well as working on a Hustle Gang compilation album. Chatting with Montreality B...

Naked & Famous Denim brand is based out of Montreal, Canada specializing in custom denims using raw Japanese selvedge denim. The brand has been making an incredible impact on the denim industry creating a series of innovative finishes. The brands owner and creative director Brandon Svarc walks us through his inspirational processes along with his factories unique production techniques. Na... R

After twelve years of Bloomberg, New York City is about to get a new Mayor. With the Democratic primary election around the corner and the next debate set to air tonight (September 3), New Yorkers have been seeing plenty of the Mayoral hopefuls lately...

SL Jones releases the final leak from his forthcoming mixtape, Way Of Life No Hobby. The track, produced by Metro Boomin’, gathers Trouble and Starlito for “Don’t Want Nan.” Jonsy doesn’t slouch on the trap talking and neither do his featured guests. Definitely some heat. Ch...

After new allegations stemming from a lawsuit from Lupe Fiasco's incarcerated business partner's wife surfaced today, Lupe took to Twitter to address the situation with some pointed words for what he says is the media's misrepresentation of the situation...

So you want to begin a career as a MC? This is not a easy career choice. The odds of becoming a successful rapper is slim, but its not impossible. Icons have come from all walks of life to become hip-hop legends. XXL wants to help you become a great MC and develop what it takes to become a master of the trade.  We...

Queens hip-hop collective World's Fair has released it's debut album, Bastards Of The Party, via Fool's Gold. In a move similar to the label's release of Danny Brown's XXX and El-P And Killer Mike's Run The Jewels project, you can grab the whole record for free...

Big Sean brought out Drake and Nicki Minaj during his homecoming show in Detroit over the weekend. But that was just the tip of the iceberg. Midway through his set, the G.O.O.D. Music rapper went into his “Mula (Remix),” which features 2 Chainz, Meek Mill and Earlly Mac. The Finall...

Random Axe's Sean Price crafts up the video for the Killah Priest assisted track, "Rumblestick". Check it out.