ScHoolboy Q

New ATLien Scotty is readying a new project #FAITH dropping April 30. “Conversations on That Brown” is similar to having a few beers with a close friend, revealing your inner truths and bullshitting at the same time. Produced by DJ Burn One and Beanz N Kornbread, James kicks off the mellow, guitar-laced song. Later on, ...

Our recently chosen XXL Freshman will appear on Peter Rosenberg’s upcoming mixtape New York Renaissance that will be out sometime today. The young BK spitter seems to have an endless supply of tricks. He jumps on the sample-driven production of Harry Fraud for “Day in the Life.” Joey says...

Bishop Nehru Continues New York Rap Legacy

Last week, when we revealed our 2013 Freshman class, a lot of people noticed that three rappers flaunted a dollar sign in their names. More than any other genre of music, hip-hop has been known to flash their riches, which often includes money, cars and clothes...

Schoolboy Q on "Yay Yay" and Oxymoron

In this week’s news, Lil Wayne speaks about his recent hospitalization for the first time, Rick Ross is criticized for rapping about the date rape drug, and Joie Manda resigns as Def Jam president for a new opportunity in Los Angeles. We a...

Photographs by Sean Ryon Last night, Black Hippy star and XXL Freshmen Class of 2013 alum ScHoolboy Q rocked back-to-back sold-out performances at New York's SOB's. Amidst headlines of his upcoming Aftermath/Interscope debut Oxymoron and his latest single "Yay Yay" garnering acclaim from fans and critics alike, anticipation for the South Central emcee's performance was at a fever-pitch,

This week's round of Tweets finds Scarface breaking down what it means to swang, Sean Price calling out rappers he can't understand, and ScHoolboy Q explaining why social media shouldn't be used to buy drugs. Also, Joell Ortiz blasts out a PSA about the koala bears that will make you think twice about them...

Here's your first look at the XXL Freshmen Cover photo shoot from our partners at Monster Energy. The video is packed with behind-the-scenes action including interviews with the Freshmen and sneak peaks at the cyphers. Also, stay tuned for an announcement of the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour Presents: XXL Freshmen Live 2013, coming to a city near you...

Even though he's currently preparing his Interscope/Aftermath debut Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q says that he's looking to form a supergroup with three of today's biggest stars. In an exclusive interview, the XXL Freshman Class of 2013 alum revealed that he's enlisted Pharrell, A$AP Rocky, Danny Brown and TDE partner Ab-Soul for Oxymoron. Q also s...

Last night, XXL unveiled this year’s Freshman class. As expected, rap Twitter and the Internet was set off in a large debate that spilled over to early this morning. Every person has an opinion on who should have been on the Freshman list. Some...

Fans anticipating a group project from Black Hippy are going to have to sit tight for a while, says Kendrick Lamar. K. Dot recently spoke to HipHop-N-More about the TDE crew's line-up of projects for the coming year. He explained that the crew plans to release a round of solo albums before the group project, starting with  ScHoolboy Q's impending debut Oxymoron later this year. ...