DJ Drama

Earlier this morning, Atlanta heavyweight DJ Nando was said to have died in a single vehicle crash on Route 80 between Morristown and Roswell. In further development, it is now confirmed that he was shot and killed early Tuesday outside his Clayton County home...

DJ Drama started off 2014 with a bang and added another line to his illustrious resumé: A&R at Atlantic Records. It's a fitting new position for the Gangsta Grillz pioneer, who has been an integral part of the rise and careers of some of hip-hop's biggest artists today. The Atlanta native'...

DJ Drama has landed a new gig as part of the A&R staff at Atlantic Records. Based in Atlanta, GA, the accomplished DJ and mixtape master will supervise studio projects, as well as the signing and development of emerging artists. "My first two albums as an artist were on Atlantic. An...

Let it snow. Troy Ave will continue the holiday tradition with the forthcoming mixtape, White Christmas 2, hosted by DJ Drama. Last night, Mr. Thanksgiving unveiled the cover for the project (above) which will be released on December 24...

DJ Drama hosted Nipsey Hu$$le's most recent mixtape, Crenshaw, and he makes an appearance in the video that Nip dropped today for "More Or Less," above. Crenshaw made serious waves after Nipsey released it for $100 with a #Proud2Pay campaign that netted him $100,000 overnight, including 100 copies from Jay Z's Roc Nation. He'll be...

Lloyd Banks breathed life into his often delayed mixtape project F.N.O. (Failures No Option) earlier this month with the release of the Raekwon assisted track "Drop A Diamond." The project was announced nine months ago, but, today it finally gets a release date...

Twitter definitely erupted with tweets during the 2013 BET Hip-Hop Awards. Flooding the social site with commentary surrounding the happenings of the show, many of the rap game's top MCs weighed in surprisingly giving praises to their competitors...

As we wind down a month-long look back over the last 150 issues of XXL and the biggest hip-hop events during that time, some of our friends and supporters hit us up with some-outs that we're sharing in this video. We'd like to thank our readers, fans, haters, staff, rappers, managers, producers, labels, executives, PR people and everyone else for the last 150 issues and in the words of Snoop, &quo

The second annual Global Spin Awards press conference was held in the boardroom of the swanky, post-modern Yotel Hotel in Times Square yesterday (September 18). There, the long-anticipated announcement of this year’s nominees was revealed. Faci...

The hype surrounding the Dedication series grows bigger with every installment. After a minor delay to add more songs, according to Mack Maine, Lil Wayne has put out Dedication 5 for his fans. Wayne first teased that D5 would arrive after releasing a remix to Ace Hood’s “Bugatti.” During th...

Back in May Young Dro dropped a goofy video for "FDB," and now the track has been given the deluxe all-star remix treatment that it deserves. Dro brings in DJ Drama, French Montana, T.I. and Trinidad James for the new version and it's pretty much what you'd expect: lots of tough talk, some raunchy punchlines and a laid back tone...