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10 Best Rappers To Drop Albums While In Jail – Penitentiary Chances

Sep 29th, '10  •  by XXL Staff  •  26 Comments

Through the years hip-hop has seen many of its favorite artists locked up behind bars. Slick Rick’s five-year prison sentence was one of the earliest ...

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Game’s Manager Accused of Being an Informant

Sep 13th, '10  •  by XXL Staff  •  34 Comments

While the “Stop Snitchin’” movement is no longer as visible in hip-hop as it was during the middle of the last decade, cooperating with authorities ...

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Lil Wayne C.O. Investigated for Giving Rap Star Special Treatment

Sep 7th, '10  •  by XXL Staff  •  25 Comments

When you’re the one of the biggest rappers in the game and you land in prison, you’re bound to be treated a little differently than ...

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So much for turning over a new leaf

Sep 2nd, '10  •  by XXL Staff  •  26 Comments

Yesterday afternoon, I saw T.I. on VH1 explaining how the relatively lenient sentence he received for having all of those machine guns in his house, ...

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Shyne Interviews XXL’s EIC, Pt. 1

Aug 26th, '10  •  by XXL Staff  •  39 Comments

Originally published in the Sept 2010 issue of XXL, which is on stands now. I’ve been waiting for this cover for almost as long as Shyne ...

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Lil Wayne Reaches Out to Fans From Prison

Aug 16th, '10  •  by XXL Staff  •  19 Comments

This weekend, Lil Wayne again reached out to his fans and supporters through a letter written from prison. In his fifth letter correspondence from jail, Weezy ...

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DMX Released From Jail Early, Releases New Single

Aug 13th, '10  •  by XXL Staff  •  12 Comments

Los Angeles authorities finally threw the dog a bone. DMX was released from an L.A. jail yesterday (August 12), after serving merely 18 days of ...

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Update: DMX Speaks on Returning to Jail [With Video]

Jul 27th, '10  •  by XXL Staff  •  6 Comments

DMX will be returning to jail today for a 2002 driving infraction, but, surprisingly, the troubled rapper is in good spirits. Before turning himself in, X ...

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DMX Headed Back to Jail for Driving Infraction

Jul 27th, '10  •  by XXL Staff  •  8 Comments

It’s back to the doghouse for DMX. TMZ reports that the troubled rapper will be returning to jail just three weeks after he was released. Apparently ...

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