August Alsina

XXL Freshman Class of 2014 has finally been revealed. Our seventh anniversary lineup includes 12 artists who are breaking new ground in hip-hop. XXL‘s Dirty Dozen: Chance the Rapper, Isaiah Rashad, Ty Dolla $ign, Rich  Homie Quan, Vic Mensa, August Alsina, Troy Ave, Kevin Gates, Lil Bibby, Jon Connor, Lil Durk, and as voted by YOU, our 10 spot winner and the People’s Champ, Jarren Benton. The XXL 

We are proud to present the much anticipated XXL Freshman Class of 2014. Our seventh anniversary lineup includes 12 artists who are breaking new ground in hip-hop. It's what you all been waiting for, ain't it? It's XXL's Dirty Dozen: Chance the Rapper, Isaiah Rashad, Ty Dolla $ign, Rich Homie Quan, Vic Mensa, August Alsina, Troy Ave, Kevin Gates, Lil Bibby, Jon Connor, Lil Durk, and as voted by

Last week, the XXL staff took a shot at how many units Future's sophomore album, Honest, would move. Well, the results are in and Future Hendrix sold a total of 53,352 units in its first week on the Billboard 200 chart--good enough to land him in the number two spot. The 53,0...

From French Montana hitting his homeland to Jay Z and Beyonce's unforgettable Instagram posts, this week on IG was full of pictures to remember. With much more also going down, check out XXL's Best Hip-Hop Instgrams of the week.

From Iggy Azalea and Future dropping albums to Nicki Minaj's film hitting theaters, this week was full of releases. As ScHoolboy Q also got into a twitter war with a tenacious fan, check out XXL's "Best Hip-Hop Tweets Of The Week ." Thanks Australia...

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Disney’s Frozen soundtrack does it again. According to Billboard, the album sits at No. 1 for the 11th week with 259,000 copies sold. Fueled by Easter weekend, Frozen jumped in sales from his previous week, where it only sold 133,000 copies. I...

August Alsina has been a friend of Chris Brown’s for a while now so when he sat down with VladTV for an interview, it came as no surprise that the singer would be asked about his relationship with the jailed R&B star. Alsina, who recently released his project Testimony, claimed that he talked with Brown right before he went to rehab. “Ever...

August Alsina is giving his Testimony through song and short film. In addition to an album, the 21-year-old has released a three part documentary series with help of BET titled "My Testimony." The under two minute shorts give a glimpse into the “Ghetto” singer’s life growing up in New Orleans, his tour with 2 Chainz and Pusha T as well as what went into making first LP.—Chris M. Garner .

From Wu-Tang clearing the air on Christ Bearer's self mutilation to Mimi Faust's sex-tape hitting the net, this week on Instagram was one not to miss. With August Alsina also dropping his debut album, check out XXL's "Best Hip-Hop Instagrams Of The Week...

From Nas debuting the documentary celerbrating the 20th anniversary of Illmatic to Jay Electronica's unexpected rant, Twitter was certainly lively this week. As many hip-hop heads also showed love to August Alsina upon the release of his debut album, check out XXL's "Best Hip-Hop Tweets Of The Week...

Plies and August Alsina joint forces for a track about the type of women they like. “Jump” is the best of both worlds—real and ratchet. You already know what to expect. Check out the track above. Previously: Plies Supplies More Street Anthems, But Rarely Breaks New Ground In ‘Da Last Real Nigga Left’ Mixtape August Alsina Brings His Brand Of R&B On ‘Testimony’