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While XXL offered a number of year-end Best of 2011 lists, readers also weighed in by casting votes. Here are the results...

The line-up for Coachella 2012 was announced Monday (January 9) the festival's Facebook page, and Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg are among the headliners. The event, ...