Gunplay

It's been a long, tough road for Gunplay to reach his long-awaited debut album, Living Legend. But now that the LP is in stores—it came out July 31—Gunplay has been looking back at his successes and hardships along the way in a new documentary series presented by Def Jam and premiered by XXL. The first two episod...

After debuting part one yesterday, today XXL premieres part two of Gunplay's five-part Living Legend documentary series centered on the release of 'Play's debut album for Def Jam, Living Legend, which is officially out and in stores today. Part one...

Gunplay's long-awaited, oft-delayed debut album for Def Jam, Living Legend, officially hits stores tomorrow (July 31) and ahead of its release XXL exclusively premieres part one of his five-part Living Legend documentary series. In the ina...

The wait is over. People are shouting from the rooftops. Strangers are kissing in the street. There are spontaneous block parties, cats are friends with dogs, the police are...well, still the police. At long last, Gunplay finally has an album out on a major label...

Whether you were put on to him via "Bible on the Dash" or Kendrick Lamar's "Cartoon & Cereal," or if you've been down since day one, Gunplay has been one of rap's best-kept-secrets. However, the unhinged Miami MC has also been a bit of a loose cannon, and despite his affiliation with Rick Ross and Maybach Music Group, he's had a tough time securing a release date for an LP.

It's been a long time coming, but Gunplay major label debut is finally set in stone. Living Legend will be out July 31 on Def Jam, a label that's been revitalized and is once again putting out some of the best and most daring rap records in the world. In simil...

Last month, YG was shot while recording in Studio City, Los Angeles. He and his entourage drove to the hospital--they crashed the first car, made the trip in a second--and the Def Jam rapper seems as if he'll make a full recovery. With that in mind, YG turned around and used his hospital bed to position his sophomore set (tentatively called Still Krazy) and to declare, "I'm hard to kill."

With the release of his long-awaited album Living Legend coming up at the end of July, Gunplay grabs Styles P and Tyler Woods for "Know Me Like That." Known for spitting rhymes the streets can relate to, Gunplay sticks to the script and raps so greasy over the Black Saun production ...

Back in 2013, Jay Z dropped a Timbaland- and Swizz Beatz-produced loosie just to taunt the Washington news hounds. That song, called "Open Letter," took aim at those who said he and his wife's vacation to Cuba was unfair or unpatriotic, rapping that he could "turn Havana to Atlanta...

With his Def Jam debut, Living Legend, due out this summer, Gunplay has tapped the architects of last year's cookout playlists to help with their 2015 editions. The YG-featuring, DJ Mustard-produced "Wuzhanindoe" drops Don Logan into a hazy Southern California. "I'...

Today (May 14), Memphis rapper Snootie Wild drops his latest mixtape, Ain't No Stoppin' Me. The long-awaited project features Gunplay, Blac Youngsta, Chinx and Boosie Badazz, who appears on the just-released "Hatin'." Preceded by "12," "Rich or Not" and "Play Wit' a Brick," the tape aims to paint Snootie as a standout voice in the South's crowded field, a s