Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Fresh off their big night at the MTV VMAs, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis hit up "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno". Linking with TDE's ScHoolboy Q, the group performed “White Walls” with the assistance of singer Hollis. "White Walls" is off of the duo's debut album The Heist. Previo...

Each year all the viewers see what's presented on TV from the VMAs but here at XXL we decided to do a little behind the scenes digging. Finding photos of Miley's pre-performance to Iggy Azalea chowing down on some food, seems like quite a lot was happening behind the scenes...

With plenty of stars in tow, last night's MTV Video Music Awards entered a terrain it had yet to explore. Hosted at the less-than-year-old Barclays Center in Brooklyn, this year's VMA's were supremely significant to hip-hop's growth, with the red carpet lining the streets where the likes of Biggie, Jay Z and Big Daddy Kane all got their start...

Many are nominated but few are lucky to nab a moonman each year the VMAs. This year Macklemore and Justin Timberlake were of the lucky bunch, each taking home three or more awards. The stars were also aligned for Bruno Mars that night with the singer taking home two trophies...

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are joining Bruno Mars as the latest additions to next weekend's MTV Video Music Awards, joining the already-announced Kanye West, Justin Timberlake, Robin Thicke, Daft Punk, Katy Perry, and more. Macklemore and Lewis have been all over the charts for the past year, sending three singles onto the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100, including two No...

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis have had themselves quite the year so far, with a No. 1 album, chart-topping singles and an exploding fan base, and today they've announced a 29-city, 30-date U.S. headlining arena tour. The tour will kick off October 22nd, with a pre-sale beginning Tuesday, June 25th, and the rest of tickets going on sale this Friday, June 28th...

This week found hip-hop notably absent from the top 50 spots on the Billboard 200. Although chart mainstays Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne and Macklemore and Ryan Lewis continue to hold steady in the upper echelon of the charts, the only new album to make a splash came from Lonely Island, who's third album The Wack Album debuted at No. 12 ...

Hey, it's hard out here for a papa, sometimes. Mack and Ryan Lewis unleash a track for all the dads who hold down the fort at home, just in time for Dad's Day. Salute to all the fathers, even the ones who are in between gigs.

Photographs by Sean Ryon This weekend found The Roots returning to Philadelphia's Penn's Landing Festival Pier for the sixth annual The Roots Picnic festival. With a performance line-up that included Naughty By Nature, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, DJ Premier, special surprise guest Meek Mill and more, the show was eight-plus hours of music celebration and Philly community pride...

Although hip-hop was largely absent from the top 50 spots of Billboard's Top 200 chart, this week saw one of rap's most anticipated new acts crack the top ten. Amidst perennial chart toppers like Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne and Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, French Montana's studio debut Excuse My French premiered at No. 6 on the...

This week on the charts, two new hip-hop LPs crack the top 50, while the mainstays of the past few weeks continue to dominate. New to the chart this week includes Eve's long-awaited return Lip Lock, which clocked in at No. 41, and Mike Stud's debut Relief at No. 40. At t...

It's been a whirlwind of a year for Seattle's Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. After appearing on XXL's 2012 Freshmen Class cover, Macklemore set out to release the duo's studio debut, The Heist, independently. The album enjoyed a successful debut, pushing nearly 80,000 units in its first week thanks to Mack and Ryan's years of building a widespread and ardently devoted fan base. But then something...