Big Sean

The Detroit anthem finally has visuals The video for Eminem, Royce Da 5'9", Big Sean, Danny Brown, DeJ Loaf and Trick Trick's posse cut "Detroit Vs. Everybody" off of Shady XV compilation album dropped today. The visual for the five-plus minute lyrical flex by some of The Motor City's best MCs is as gritty and cut-throat as the song...

It Don't Stop With the release of his third album, the personable, stylish and lyrical MC that is Big Sean has truly found his place in hip-hop. Words Max Bell Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Winter 2014 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now. Big Se...

How's this for awkward. Gwyneth Paltrow and Jimmy Fallon did a melody of covers on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon last night (Jan. 14). The performance included their renditions of Drake's "Started From the Bottom," Big Sean's "IDFWU," and Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda...

Big Sean is still prepping his third studio album, the as-yet-untitled followup to 2013's Hall Of Fame, but today he steps back out with a guest verse and hook on this new record from Earlly Mac, titled "Do It Again." The Key Wane-produced track provides a laid back platform for Mac and Sean to groove quickly on their own before linking back up for the chorus. Ear...

In the past year, there have been many moments in which rappers have unexpectedly disclosed quite scandalous information on Instagram. Whether about themselves or someone else, the news came as a surprise, especially because the social network was the vehicle of choice...

Some industries oscillate back and forth, their market shares and profitability tides that can be studied and predicted. But the record industry—at least the part facilitated by major labels—appears to be in a decline from which there is no return. Yet even w...

Hip-hop has been morphing into a singles-driven genre for years now, and 2014 seemed to be the year when individual songs mattered more than ever. Tracks like "Loyal" and "We Dem Boyz" ruled the first half of the year before "Tuesday," "CoCo" and "I Don't Fuck With You" emerged to dominate the airwaves in the second half...

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Big Sean and E-40 took the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon stage last night to perform their hit smash "IDFWU." The pair came through wearing their winter gear. The performance starts out in black and white and then switches back to color on the song's breakdown...

This past Saturday, Dec. 6, Murder Inc. rapper Ja Rule made a rare performance in his hometown of Queens at the Resorts World Casino New York City. Rule gave those in attendance a 35-minute set as he performed plenty of his hits from his early catalog...

From Kanye West and Kim Kardashian getting married in May to 50 Cent exposing Floyd Mayweather's severe reading disability to his 3+ million followers, this year, Instagram was surely overly eventful for hip-hop. With Amber Rose also unleashing her epic Twerk-o-gram in honor of her soon-to-be ex-husband's No...

Want to know what went down today on Instagram? XXL’s got it for you. Scroll down! Love of my life !!!! Julius came out to cool with us!! #reallove A photo posted by French Montana (@frenchmontana) on Dec 12, 2014 at 1:19pm PST Curly girly A photo posted by Iggy Azalea (@thenewclassic) on Dec 12, 2014 at 12:47pm PST #Cole i loved our conversation. the... Read More ...