Ab-Soul

Tickets are now available for the Oakland leg of the XXL Freshmen Live 2013 tour. On Thursday June 20, two members of different XXL Freshman Classes will rock Oakland's The New Parish as a part of XXL‘s Freshman Live 2013 tour. The concert will feature perf...

The Cool Kids alum Sir Michael has released his latest solo project, While You Wait. The project—which Rocks teased to XXL earlier this week when he stopped by the studio—features appearances from Mac Miller, Da$h, Ab-Soul and more. It also sports production from...

Tickets are now available for the Philadelphia leg of XXL‘s Freshman Live 2013 concert series. On Thursday June 20, two members of the XXL Freshman Class of 2013 and one former XXL Freshman will rock Philly's Trocodero Theatre as a part of XXL‘s Freshman Live 2013 tour. The concert will feature perfo...

ScHoolboy Q and Jack Thriller are quite the comedic duo. During their hilarious interview, Q and Young Jack talked about the 2013 XXL Freshman cover, Oxymoron and the reasons why Q hates interviews. True to Q’s funny guy persona, he explains the entire meaning behind “du**y,” which seems to be his way of chasing tail. Watch it above. ...

Kirko Bangz was one of the many standout sets at this year’s XXL Freshmen concert. In his behind the scenes vlog, Bangz is doing his soundcheck and preparing for the night ahead. Later on in the clip, the Houston rapper shows us footage of him performing his new song, “Shirt On Versace.” It ends w...

Angel Haze is currently out in London. During one of her concerts, she decided to perform her new single, “No Bueno,” presumably off her Universal Republic debut Dirty Gold. “No Bueno” will be released on iTunes for purchase. In our last intervi...

The always prolific Joey Bada$$ is releasing his new Summer Knights EP on June 12. Yesterday, Joey shared with us the first single from the EP titled “Word Is Bond.” It’s produced by Statik Selektah who also prominently features the BK spitter on his latest album, Extended Play. Listen to th...

Action Bronson has his fair share of collaborative projects in his catalogue. The one that has a lot of rap fans talking is Saab Stories with Harry Fraud. Based on a recent update by Bronson, there is a tentative release date for it. Bronson tweeted that the pair are currently finishing up the album...

Iggy Azalea and Angel Haze join forces for a strong freestyle over The Throne’s “Otis.” The former XXL Freshmen go back and forth, dropping lyrical gems about their boss status and extravagances. It’s not quite as impactful as the original “Otis,” but the girls do the instrumental justice. Listen below. Previously: ...

This week in the world hip-hop Instagrams, Jay-Z links up with a litany of collaborators, French Montana celebrates the release of his studio debut Excuse My French, Drake kicks it in Hollywood and more. At the same time, Ab-Soul shows off his performance at the Los Angeles leg of the XXL Freshmen Live 2013 tour, while fellow Freshman Travi$ Scott shows of his new project Owl Pharaoh. Click and sc

In anticipation for Kendrick Lamar’s “good kid, m.A.A.d city” tour, which starts on May 22 and ends June 26, TDE released the official promotional video. In it, Black Hippy and Mac Miller joke around as they announce their dates and stops. As an added bonu...

Best Buy Theater was sold out on Tuesday night for the annual Monster Energy Outbreak Tour featuring XXL's 2013 Freshman Class. Hosted by Hot 97 radio personalities Peter Rosenberg and Cipha Sounds, the concert served as a showcase of hip-hop’s buzzing talent. Much...