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Riff Raff was once 175 pounds. Then he was 210. His goal? "My goal is...to blow up and act like I don't know nobody." The rapper laughs and bounds around the weight room scale in a new video for Munchies. "I'm not going to stop," the Neon Icon rapper warns...

Despite Def Jam ousting him out of the picture, Trindad Jame$ seems pretty content with living the independent life. After releasing The Wake Up EP,  Mr. "All Gold Everything" appears to have more tricks under his sleeves. According to Fader, the ATL native announced that he will be releasing his new album Jan. 20 ...

The phenomenon that is iLoveMakonnen continues to draw interest from many prominent figures in the game. After inking a deal with Drake's OVO Sound and nabbing Drizzy for a verse to his smash, "Goin' Up On A Tuesday", the ATL hybrid was found in the studio earlier this morning (Sept...

The Washington D.C. edition of the 2014 Mad Decent Block Party tour ended tragically after two concert-goers died of drug overdoses. According to ABC News affiliate WMAR, Tyler Fox Viscardi, 20, from Raleigh, North Carolina, was pronounced dead on Friday night following the show. On Sunda ...

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Well, this could be a very messy situation for Diplo and Azealia Banks. A Dutch producer by the name of MasterD, has filed a lawsuit against the two for their 2012 collaboration entitled, "Fuck Up The Fun". MasterD is claiming that Diplo stole his beat without seeking his permission, according to Re-Tox...

On Diplo's BBC Radio 1 show, Diplo and Friends, Diplo dropped a pretty impressive two-hour hip-hop mix called “Rollerskating Thru The Universe” that will make your Monday so much better. He touches on about every era in hip-hop from early hip-hop, golden era hip-hop, ’90s hip-hop, to Southern hip-hop, the playlist is pretty impressive. Classics like Afrika Bamba...

When Action Bronson first arrived on the scene, nobody knew what to do. The Queens red beard carried foodie references and an uncanny cadence to Ghostface Killah, coupled with bars and bars for days. Bronsolino arrived just in the nick of time when hip-hop needed a new sound and new aesthetic to push the culture further...

The blurring of lines between the worlds of rap and dance music is nothing new. Many of hip-hop's first songs drew their inspiration from the rhythmic thump of dance music, flipping samples from songs that had the specific goal of getting a crowd moving...

The revolution might not be televised but it will be recorded. Producer Diplo's version has, at least. Today, the genre-crossing former DJ turned beat maker known in hip-hop circles for producing for KiD CuDi, Wale, Tyga, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown, and remixing records by everyone from Gucci Mane to Kanye West, makes his new EP Revolution available for your listening pleasure...

Last week, XXL introduced its weekly Friday photo gallery of rappers enjoying the finer things in life. Now, we continue that series with a new collection of flicks from the past week. Click through the above gallery to see Swizz Beatz's mobile work station, Yo Gotti's infinity pools, Kid Ink's view in Las Vegas and more....