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Fredo Santana is still in the trap. As he works through songs from his latest offering Walking Legend, the Chicago rapper picks the guttural single "Who Are You" to give a video treatment. The grimy clip was directed by Chicago-based director Alex Riley and features a cameo from frequent collaborator Gino Marley...

The killing of young black men in America has been brought to the forefront due to the tragic killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri earlier this month. No strangers to violence themselves after growing up in the rough parts of Chicago, XXL Freshman, Lil Reese, and Fredo Santana met with Minister Louis Farrakhan in Chicago...

Fredo Santana is still riding high off the release of his latest project, Walking Legend. Today, the Chicago MC decides to give a visual treatment to track No. 10, "Double Up" from the mixtape which features frequent collaborator, Gino Marley...

Fredo Santana and Lil Durk stick to a hustler's mentality in their new video for "All I Ever Wanted." The cut off Fredo's Walking Legend is about wishing for the biggest work possible and flipping that into some bread. In the end, they push weight on the corner to feed their families...

Chicago aggressor Fredo Santana hasn't been slacking after Lil Reese introduced him as a scary sight.  The rhymer returns with his new mixtape, Walking Legend. He expectedly relies on visceral delivery on the new project, and he also expectedly brings some familiar faces. They inc...

Savage Squad's own Gino Marley is preparing to release his second mixtape, Greater Than Great, sometime this summer. For his new single, produced by Dirty Vans, Gino taps his homie Fredo Santana for a grimy verse on "Ya Boi." Sticking with your crew is the trend in hip-hop nowadays (hence the "We Dem Boyz" reference) and the duo raps about how they are the plug for everything.

Fredo Santana and Lil Reese have been longtime collaborators. To show things haven't changed much since they have blown up, they team up with Young Chop for "That's A No No." For fans of the young savage movement, this track embodies all of that...

After several jail stints that date back to when he was 12 years old, young Chicago rapper, Fredo Santana, began on working toward his plan to seriously pursue rap as a career. With the success of his Trapping Ain't Dead EP, he proved to the hip-hop world that his aggressive style is still prevalent as ever...

XXL is giving away five pairs of tickets to see Fredo Santana in New York City on May 14! Chicago's Savage Squad head honcho is coming to a cut near you. Fredo will be performing at Highline Ballroom. You can win two tickets by telling us what your favorite Fredo Santana song is and emailing us at xxl@xxlmag.com. A winner will be drawn random...

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XXL Freshman Class of 2014 has finally been revealed. Our seventh anniversary lineup includes 12 artists who are breaking new ground in hip-hop. The artist who didn't make the list voiced their opinions out on Twitter, here are 11 of them. Previ...

Fredo Santana isn’t afraid to be controversial. In his latest freestyle, Fredo jumps on Nasir Jones’ "Oochie Wally" instrumental. Remaking Nas’ cover art to look more Fredo-esque, the Savage Squad leader holds his own on the classic beat. Check for his fo...