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Thanksgiving is right around the corner. While some of us prepare to buy decorations and slave away in the kitchen to cook pounds of excess food, there are millions of people in the country who lack that luxury. In order to spread his wealth and generosity, Cash Money CEO Birdman and friends are gearing for their 19th annual turkey giveaway...

Earlier today, Mack Maine tweeted that Lil Wayne was making a public service announcement to explain why Tha Carter V got pushed back. In the short clip, Wayne apologizes to his fans for the delay, but promises it will be worth the wait...

Black Milk's newest album has arrived. The Detroit staple has made his project available for streaming on BandCamp, which features Blu, Pete Rock, Bun B and Random Axe members Sean Price and Guilty Simpson. Listen below.

Last night, Birdman held a private listening session at NYC’s Quad Recordings for selected media outlets in preparation for another Rich Gang album dropping on Nov. 24. While Rich Homie Quan and Young Thug were absent, the YMCMB CEO entertained his guests by previewing about seven records from the LP that predominantly features rising stars Thugger and Quan. In b...

Photography By: Owen Rogers Joey Bada$$ and Smoke DZA headlined the 7th annual CMJ takeover, Thursday night at the Highline Ballroom. Doors for the the event opened at 11 PM, but many fans did not arrive until well after midnight, as the line outside the venue continued to grow throughout the evening...

MC Jin, who was formerly on Ruff Ryders and gained fame for being 106 & Park's Freestyle Friday champion, returns with his new album XIV:LIX. The LP revolves around the concept of whether someone's 15 minutes of fame can really be up...

Nicki Minaj is featured in GQ's November issue. Currently, the Young Money rapper is working on her third studio album, The Pinkprint, which is led by her booty-shaking single "Anaconda." In this story written by GQ contributor Taffy Brodesser-Akner, she follows Minaj during Fashion Rocks, a concert fundraiser for New York Fashion Week, and spoke to her about the real reason behind the

Migos are a group not to mess around with. The ATL trio were performing a show at Springfield, Mass. and things took a turn for the worse. OffSet was looking intensely at the crowd - possibly someone he was beefing with - and suddenly leaped from the stage and punched him...

On Tuesday (Oct. 14), Bobby Shmurda surprised everyone when he took to Instagram to vent about some financial issues. According to the video post, Shmurda made claims he wasn't being paid for his shows and even threatened to cease all upcoming performances until the money made it to his pockets...

Who knew that by ranting and dissing your record label that you could earn yourself a release date? After Tyga spoke his mind regarding his Young Money situation, days later, his single "40 Mill" dropped. Now, Lupe Fiasco's relationship with Atlantic Records is following a similar path...

The unlikely duo of En Vogue's Maxine Jones and Glasses Malone are teaming up for a new song called, "To The Max." The song will be the first single from Jones' upcoming album. "My mom was a huge En Vogue fan," said Malone to XXL. "She loved them. I w ...

Gucci Mane is probably breaking a world record for the most releases from an incarcerated rapper. Currently, the Atlanta veteran is pushing his next project, Trap God 3, and XXL is premiering the official stream ahead of its 10/17 release...