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"Hold up, I ain't trying to stunt, man/But these Yeezys jumped over the Jumpman." Kanye West's Yeezy 750 Boosts are the most coveted sneakers on the planet right now. Since its highly anticipated limited Valentine's Day release two weeks ago, every sneaker head has been fiending for them...

Back in the day, musicians were very protective of their kin. And while that still happens to some degree (remember how long we had to wait to see Blue Ivy?), today's rappers are proud to show off their kids online. Now it's even extended to rappers' kids flexing their inherited riches on their own Instagram accounts...

Whether it's a serious effort of artist versatility or just a funny spoof, these covers remix the hip-hop songs you love with shocking accuracy and viral results.

In case you haven't heard, Kevin Gates doesn't get tired. Not of touring, not of trapping and definitely not of posting his every passing thought on Instagram. This Louisiana rapper and former XXL freshman uses the social media site to post videos on his every day musings and let's just say, he's hilariously opinionated...

Big Sean's third studio album, Dark Sky Paradise is officially here. After only a month of promo and a handful of anticipation-building singles, the G.O.O.D Music golden boy has delivered his latest work in-full for mass consumption. And so far, hip-hop is loving Sean's new sound...

The 87th Annual Academy Awards was a culminating night for the Martin Luther King Jr. biopic, Selma. Although host Neil Patrick Harris acknowledged the lack of nominations for the film itself, the movie's anthem, "Glory" by rapper Common and R&B star John Legend won the Oscar for Best Original Song. Bu...

Waka Flocka Flame is one of the funniest rappers on the planet. From promoting his upcoming fourth studio album, Flockaveli 2 to stopping by the XXL office to do a live reading of Fifty Shades of Grey, Waka knows how to laugh at himself and get everyone chuckling along too...

From Chance the Rapper and Madonna to Kanye West and Sia, rappers aren't afraid to mix it up with artists from other genres if the results equal a hit record. And with more rappers crossing  genre lines for unexpected collabs than ever, it makes sense that the musically inclined want to try their hand at fronting a band of their own. Tak...

This past weekend was a busy one in New York. With All Star Weekend, Valentine's Day and New York Fashion Week all happening in the same city, a slew of hip-hop celebrities flooded the Tri-State, and our timelines, all for the sake of weekend shenanigans...

When Drake unexpectedly dropped his latest mixtape,'If You're Reading This It's Too Late,' on Friday, hip-hop fans were quick to have fun with the tape's title. By anyone's account, Drake's latest drop has an odd name for a collection of music...

With today being the anniversary of two momentous albums, Tupac's All Eyez On Me and the Fugees The Score, it seems only right that we rounded up a list of other musical collections that happen to drop the same day. Whether it was a coincidence, a marketing ploy or a chance for rappers to prove they were the best against the competition on the board, these album drops went head-to-head for record

While some of us were binging on Netflix or shoveling out cars after Juno, the Northeast’s first major snowstorm of 2015, these hip-hop stars were unburdened and unbothered by winter’s wrath. R&B star Eric Bellinger had already escaped to the tropical paradise of Turks & Caicos before the blizzard even started and was busy jumping off yachts by the time we were dusting off our windshields