XXL Mag

Today, Spadez teams up with Riff Raff and Deniro Farrar for “Hella Gone.” The Bay Area producer/rapper builds a funky backdrop for the two MCs to bring playful rhymes. To give it some dimensions, he belts an Auto-Tune-infused hook that is infectious. Listen...

A few weeks ago, Foxy Brown appeared on MTV RapFix Live to suggest that she almost appeared on-stage with her former rival, Lil Kim, as part of Hot 97's annual Summer Jam festival. According to Fox, the duo were scheduled to go on during Fabolous' performance before ultimately never coming to fruition...

Hitting the trap for the visual, Ace Hood links up with Meek Mill in "Before The Rollie". In the video Ace reminisces about the old days before the fame and reflects on how his life has changed. The record is off of Ace Hood's latest project Trials & Tribulations....

"Who does Wiz love more? Amber or Mary Jane?"

Project Pat shares his latest collaboration with Wiz Khalifa on “Chiefin.” Produced by Drumma Boy, the track is about smoking that herb and feeling good. You’ll find this track on Pat’s upcoming tape, Cheez-N-Dope 2. ...

Get Home Safely finally gets a release date. Dom Kennedy went on twitter to announce his highly anticipated project release date. The project will drop on October 1st. The tape will be his first solo project since last year's The Yellow Album...

In an interview with Vibe his week, J. Cole offered some surprising news that would have led to a very different alternate reality in rap music. Prior to his signing with Roc Nation in 2009, former G-Unit Records president Sha Money XL had wanted to sign Cole to G-Unit before 50 Cent balked at the proposition. App...

Pharrell Williams has literally has one of the best summers ever. His name has been associated with just about every major album coming out. Artists are running to get this man in the studio with them. He had at one point the number one and number two Billboard Hot 100 record with "Blurred Lines" and "Get Lucky...

Big K.R.I.T. and Future first hinted at their collaboration on K.R.I.T.'s King Remembered In Time mixtape, but the full version is available now. It's a cinematic and tuneful piece of easy-going Southern rap—probably more K.R.I.T. th...

Somewhere in America, Miley Cyrus is still twerking. Seriously, Miley mania is taking over hip-hop and pop culture, so much that the Oxford English Dictionary added it to the dictionary. If that wasn’t enough, Lil Twist leaked his newest single featuring Justin Bieber and Miley. You ...

When Drake met with XXL last month in his hometown of Toronto, he had a lot on his mind, more than what was fit for print. In a XXLMag.com exclusive, here are portions of the conversation that did not make the cover story. Interview by Thomas Golianopoulos (@golianopoulos) Images by Jonathan Mannion XXL: How far along are you with the album...

When Nelly calls, he's just finished up a poker tournament in Florida, and it's left a bit of a bad taste in his mouth. "I should've fuckin' folded," he says, rueing the moment lost. "I don't know why I just let this guy walk me around. I h...