Ab-Soul

As we noted in our Oct/November issue, Top Dawg Ent. had 2013 in the cobra clutch. Despite no one in the roster dropping an album, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, SZA and Isaiah Rashad put out enough banging singles, blazed enough features, killed enough stages and caused enough of a stir in hip-hop to have a buzz that majors would kill for...

TDE Cali Christmas by YardieGoals Last night TDE performed at Power 106's Cali Christmas show in Los Angeles, where Kendrick Lamar spoke on J. Cole and the Grammys, which streamed online. Today the full performance is available featuring Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul and Jay Rock...

There's no denying Jhené Aiko is a beauty and apparently hip-hop can't get enough of her. As Childish Gambino made it clear last night that rappers are indeed checking for her, starting his performance with "Hi Jhené" on Jimmy Kimmel, XXL thought... gallery ti...

Just last week, SZA dropped the visuals for her track “Ice Moon,” which originally appeared on her EP S. A few days later, SZA returns with an official remix of her standout track featuring fellow TDE signee Ab-Soul. Felix Snow and Mixed By Ali produced this track. SZA’s ...

As he self proclaims the alias "Rap God", he can only have friends that seemingly fit to that title. With a very selective bunch at hand, check out the gallery of Eminem's famous friends as XXL presents "You Wish You Had Eminem's Friends...

In an interview with Splash!- Mag Action Bronson addresses or should we say knowingly dodges a question about his relations with TDE. When asked if he ever considered signing to the label, the rapper gives a nonchalant answer leaving many to believe that their may be more to the story...

With Miley Cyrus dressing up as Lil Kim and Action Bronson releasing his long awaited mixtape Blue Chips 2, things got a little hype on twitter this week. Also with TDE dropping a new release and Lil Durk teasing his forthcoming remix, fans were going crazy on the social site...

Ed. Note: The following interview with Ab-Soul and Jay Rock is pulled from the outtakes from XXL's TDE cover story in our upcoming Oct/Nov issue.  There was no real rhyme or reason to how we grabbed the members of TDE for conversations during the photo shoot for our Oct/Nov cover story. We pulle...

Joey Bada$$, Ab-Soul, Pro Era affiliate Kirk Knight and another yet to be identified crew member were detained by police officers in St. Louis, last night. The rappers are in town for the Smokers Club Tour 2013. Instagram video has emerged which shows Joey and Soulo being handcuffed with the Pro Era front man implying that there was no reason given for their detainment at that point...

As always, Twitter unveiled an abundance of news this week. From everyone wishing Drake a happy birthday, TDE releasing several projects on the social site, Nicki Minaj throwing up a vintage XXL cover, and Ja Rule releasing a cookbook; things were surely entertaining...

TDE keeps going with their week of new releases. Ab-Soul returns with “Du Sac” produced by Tae Beast and Dave Free. Check out Jay Rock’s remix of Pusha T’s “Numbers On The Board” if you haven’t yet....

Ed. Note: The following interview with Terrence "Punch" Henderson is pulled from the outtakes from XXL‘s TDE cover story in our upcoming Oct/Nov issue.  While Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith is the namesake and visionary behind the growing Top Dawg Ent. empire, it's T...