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XXL Freshmen 2015 is coming and the freshman hopefuls are gearing up to possibly make this year’s class. With the10th Spot voting happening now, we have to let the potentials tell us why they should appear on this year’s cover. Key! comes i...

Tow-9's Key! has just dropped off "Work Ya Risk," his newest single and first offering since late last year. Key! must have poor hearing--there isn't much room in the Atlantan's music for subtlety, because subtlety doesn't register with him...

Inspired by cover artwork from classic 1990s albums from OutKast, A Tribe Called Quest, Snoop Dogg and more, artist and creative visionary FRKO is looking to bring back the excitement of visual components in hip-hop with his free-hand cartoon style...

Atlanta native Key! is back with his latest banger entitled "VA Beach Freestyle." The song is a nod to the city of Virginia Beach, one of the upcoming stops on his multi-city tour. On the track, Key! spits slick rhymes about being on the road and the effects it has on his homies back home, over a bumping, spacey beat...

iLoveMakonnen is striking while the iron is hot and readying a re-release of his seven-track self-titled EP. The EP is slated for a Dec. 15 release. Riding the wave of his smash single, "Tuesday," Makonnen signed with OVO sound, hit number one on the urban radio single chart, and earned a Grammy nod ...

OG Maco has been stirring shit up lately, attacking former collaborator Key! with a vicious diss track called, "Fat F*ck," and taking shots at Beyonce on Twitter. It's one thing for the Atlanta upstart to go after a fellow MC, but to aim at the Queen...

Atlanta native and former founding member of Two-9 is back with his latest banger, "Suite," featuring Wavy Wallace. The bouncy Chuck Inglish track is centered around deep synths, booming kicks, crispy snares, and hi-hats. The track finds Key...

A3C is one of the premiere festivals in Atlanta featuring over 500 performances from some of hip-hop's most promising and respected artists from all over. XXL is on the ground to give day-to-day recaps of what's going down during their 10-year celebration...

Atlanta's Key! is fresh off the release of his collaborative EP with producer Fki called FKEYi. To commemorate OG Maco's first NYC show tonight at the Westway, the pair drop "We And Only We." With this, and "U Guessed It" buzzing, he's got plenty in his arsenal for turning up...

Key!, one of the former founding members of Atlanta's Two-9 collective, has been branching out and doing his solo thing lately. Most recently, Key! released an EP entitled Give Em Hell along with fellow up and coming Atlanta rapper OG Maco in July, and now Key...

Former founding member of Two-9 is branching out with his own solo career. Check the sounds of Key!, who’s determined to run the rap game soon. Standout: "She Love Me" Also check out: ".45" And: "Guess Who" Name: Key! A...

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