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Fresh off their big night at the MTV VMAs, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis hit up "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno". Linking with TDE's ScHoolboy Q, the group performed “White Walls” with the assistance of singer Hollis. "White Walls" is off of the duo's debut album The Heist. Previo...

On last week's episode of Marrying The Game, Game's girl Tiffney made the shocking decision to give her engagement ring back to the Game after the two failed, yet again, to come to an agreement on the root of their relationship woes. Fittingly, on this week’s episode, Tiff decides to get away from Los Angeles for a bit and take Cali and Justice to her family reunion in Houston, Texas. Whil... Rea

XXL attended Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. With all the biggest names in entertainment flocking to BK, Tahiry got her hustle on and claimed a spot on the red carpet. As the sun was setting behind the arena, Tahiry caught up with Cedric The Entertainer, Foxy Brown, A$AP Rocky, Juicy J, Roger and JWoww and many more on their way in. Check it o...

Big Sean is in a different zone. Just a few years ago, Sean was working his way up to becoming the ambassador for his city with a number of mixtapes that caught fire, namely 2010’s Finally Famous Vol 3: Big and 2012's Detroit. In a successful attempt at finding a larger audience, Sean’s delivered plenty of potential crossover tracks such as “High Rise,” “Memories” and “Mula.” While those became hu

XXL and SMOKE Liqueur are giving away a pair of the #VeryRare SMOKE Liqueur x SOL Republic tracks headphones to one lucky reader. These custom headphones are a collaborative effort between two brands making all sorts of noise right now. SMOKE is a ready-to-drink liqueur made with top-shelf vodka infused with flavors of pineapple and coconut and blended with moscato...

Lil Durk’s street anthem gets a big assist from the Coke Boyz head honcho French Montana. Surrounded by OTF and Coke Boyz crews, Durk and French show us how it’s done in the streets for the visuals to "L's Anthem (Remix)." Check it out above....

Being that it's lunch time and everyone has food on the brain,  XXL would like to spark up a taste bud or two. Also always observing the exquisite cuisine 2 Chainz posts on his Instagram page, it's certain that a gallery at this time would be more than appreciated. Scr...

For their annual Fall Music Preview, Rolling Stone got in touch with Drake and his frequent collaborator 40 for a brief breakdown of Drizzy's forthcoming album Nothing Was The Same. In the preview, which is screen-shotted by Nah Right here, 40 explains, "It's a huge change in tone... Before, Drake wa...

If the weekend's Miley Cyrus performance at the VMA's and the ensuing mainstream media coverage wasn't enough, here's your final signal that twerking has officially crossed over: The Oxford English Dictionary Online has added the word to its database...

Directed by RuffMercy, Danny Brown crafts up a trippy visual for "ODB". The song is off of Brown's soon expected album OLD which hits stores September 30. The colorful effects in the clip are so busy it almost makes one oblivious to the fact that the Fool's Gold rapper is in one setting for the entire video. ...

On the eve of finally announcing the release date of his forthcoming debut album, Old, Detroit rhymer Danny Brown visited Sway Calloway on his morning radio show. In the candid 12-minute interview, Danny and Sway discuss Brown's comments about Big Sean, what to expect from his LP, and of course, how different drugs affect his sex drive. Fro...

Back in late July, Timbaland leaked the existence of a new song he was working on with Nas, Jay Z and Justin Timberlake entitled "Sinatra In The Sands." The mere mention of the track was enough to put hip-hop fans abuzz with anticipation at the potential existence of this super collaboration amongst hip-hop's elite...