Action Bronson

As Statik Selektah preps the release of his new album, Lucky 7--preorders will be available at midnight, June 10--the veteran producer drops "Beautiful Life," his latest single. Featuring relative New York newcomers Action Bronson and Joey Bada$$, "Life" is tail0r-made for summer in the five boroughs, a revivalist cut that nevertheless feels live and off-the-cuff. Bro... Read M

The people have spoken. And organizers have taken action. Following a petition to ban Action Bronson from performing at the NXNE Festival in Toronto, he has been removed from the list of performers on the main stage. As previously reported, a few days ago a T...

Action Bronson joins the growing list of rappers whose summer performances are being petitioned against. Bronsolino is scheduled to perform at Toronto's NXNE Festival in June and a woman named Erica Shiner started a petition to stop the MC from performing claiming Bronson "glorifies gang-raping and murdering women...

Since he first garnered attention in New York at the beginning of this decade, Action Bronson has been sidled with comparisons to Ghostface Killah. As it turns out, the nasally drawls have been enough to throw everyone for a loop--even the Wu-Tang legend himself...

Action Bronson recently sat down with Oscar-nominated actor Jonah Hill for Interview Magazine. During the discussion, Hill says he's been trying to get him casted in movies. "I'm constantly trying to get you cast in movies," says Jonah. "And I have to exp...

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Stay True After working his way through the underground hip-hop scene, Action Bronson is now ready for the big leagues. Interview Ernest Baker Images Andrew Link Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Spring 2015 issue of XXL Magazine. Don'...

When you hear the word 'Coachella,' you may think of flower crowns, sunshine and expensive festival tickets. And while yes, that's all true, it's also the stomping ground of hip-hop's elite. From Chris Brown debuting his rainbow hair to Tyler, The Creator yelling obscenities at the VIP section to Drake getting tongued down by Madonna as he headlined on Sunday night, there were plenty of kodak mome

XXL takes a look at 12 times rappers fought fans onstage.

Kendrick Lamar continues his victory lap following the release of the critically-acclaimed To Pimp a Butterfly with a second straight week atop the Billboard 200 chart. With another 123,000 copies either sold or streamed, Kendrick's sophomore LP becomes the first album to spend two consecutive weeks at No ...

If you ask any self-identified fan of New York City rap music, the city is always dying, dead, being reborn, being brought back. The constant cycle of rejection and rebirth might as well be a sixth element of New York hip-hop.  To catch some of the five boroughs' most vital new talent in its incubating stage, Robert Lopuski followed four of the city's most promising acts to make his new documentar

With Mr. Wonderful out for the masses, Action Bronson is taking the show on the road for a worldwide tour that kicks off this weekend. Bronson will go cross country from April through June before hitting multiple festivals this summer then will cross the pond to Europe in the fall ...