THIS TEXT ORIGINALLY APPEARS IN THE STORY “PLAY YOUR PART” FROM APRIL 2011 ISSUE OF XXL. ON SALE NOW Rostrum Records Birthed: 2003 Founder: Benjy Grinberg Description: A Pittsburgh-based ...

XXL’s 2010 Freshman alumni, Nipsey Hu$$le, announced via Twitter that his much anticipated studio album South Central State of Mind has been postponed indefinitely. XXL ...

“Is Brooklyn, NY in the house tonight?” yelled Alexandra Estevez, the host of Saturday night’s (June 19) Famous Factory show presented by XXL and Sickamore. ...

Fresh off the marathon track “400 Bars,” Game shared details with XXLMag.com of his upcoming LP The R.E.D. Album and mixtape project, The Red Room. As ...

To be honest, this should have happened back in 2007. Before the relocation to New York, before the website started, before everything, I was just a ...

XXL’s Freshmen ’10 Live concert went down last night (March 31) at New York City’s Highline Ballroom. The show, hosted by DJ Envy of Power 105.1 ...

It's time for XXL's new Freshman class to show and prove in front of a live audience. In celebration of the release of the 10 Freshman ...

Relax and take notes ’cause class is in session. After months of speculation over which rappers made XXL’s third annual Freshmen Class cover, the list ...

In addition to working on his debut album, up-and-comer Nipsey Hussle is keeping busy with acting. The West Coast MC will soon star in his ...