Kid Ink

Today, (Feb. 6), Instagram saw the launch of all Grammy weekend festivities. Common, J. Cole, and Snoop Dogg all attended Grammy based events. Cole and Common were captured having brunch along with a bunch of other artists including Vince Staples and Jhene Aiko, while Bow Wow, Snoop Dogg and Jermaine Dupri reunited at an Ermenegildo Zegna event...

Kid Ink recently unveiled his third studio album, Full Speed. As the LP is centralized around fast moves and mass acceleration, XXL thought it best to discuss the project in a realm that Kid Ink finds comfort, behind the wheels of video games at Dave & Buster's...

Kid Ink isn’t some hip-hop purist who forces his brain cells to come up with jaw-dropping metaphors. But he’s still an MC and his rhymes and melodic hooks command attention. As an independent artist, Ink’s 2012 album, Up & Away, peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard 200. ...

Today, (Feb. 3), Instagram was inarguably all over the place. The post that stood out from all others however, was YG flexin' on his profile with big time movie director, John Singleton. As the force behind both Boyz N The Hood and Poetic Justice, it's a wonder why the two were exactly meeting...

Kid Ink's sophomore album Full Speed is available for purchase today and you can stream it right here. The West Coast MC puts out his 12-track LP a year after his breakout album My Own Lane made him a household name. Full Speed features guest appearance from Dej Loaf, Migos, Young Thug, Usher, R. Kelly and Chris Brown. XXL took s...

The 2015 Scream Tour featuring Kid Ink and Dej Loaf is coming to a city near you this spring. The 24-city tour will start March 12 in St. Louis and wrap up in Detroit on April 26. More artists are expected to be added to the bill over the next month...

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With his new album Full Speed dropping next month, Kid Ink is almost ready to hit that red line. But before putting the pedal to the metal the Cali rapper offers up another track off the forthcoming project titled "Be Real." The new song features fast rising newcomer Dej Loaf and a riding instrumental from 2014's beat king DJ Mustard...

Today, (Jan. 22) marked the 50th birthday of the legendary hip-hop icon, DJ Jazzy Jeff. While many threw up vintage photos of the winner of the first rap Grammy ever, Hot 97's Peter Rosenberg had an extra special message for Jeff. "Force me to say the greatest DJ on earth and I'm saying this man," Rosenberg said of the "Summertime" ambassador on Instagram...

What a difference a year can make. After signing his deal with RCA, Kid Ink released his major label debut album My Own Lane and nothing has been the same. Years prior Ink was one of the hardest working indie artists, releasing an album and five mixtapes. What My ... Read More ...

Yoga Flames. With Kid Ink's sophomore album Full Speed three weeks away, the West Coast spitta drops "Like A Hott Boyy." Ink teams up Bricc Baby Shitro and Young Thug to channel their inner Lil Wayne, Juvenile, B.G. and Turk. Atlanta heavyweights ...

When Kid Ink and Chris Brown get together, it's bound to be a hit, as demonstrated with collabs such as, "Main Chick" and "Show Me," and it seems as if they have another banger on their hands with Kid Ink's latest joint entitled "Hotel." On "Hotel," Ink and Breezy wonder out loud why the thirsty women in the club are looking at them and their girlfriends, wi