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Nicki Minaj Plays A New Song And Twerks To It
It looks like Nicki Minaj's "Friend" that she was referring to is actually herself.
She confirms on Twitter:
Lol u rlly thought it was a friend? @XXL
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) April 24, 2014
Nice.
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Nicki Minaj drops two Instagram videos of her friend twerking to a song in the background. Coul...
What We Learned: RZA’s ‘Ask Me Anything’ Session On Reddit
RZA was a guest on Reddit’s Ask Me Anything Session and answered fans questions about everythingWu-Tang, Bill Murray and martial arts.
Check out some selected Q&A’s from the AMA session below.
Previously: The RZA Wants To Bring The Ruckus In New Movie ‘Brick Mansions’
Can you describe what the reaction was from everyone was after Inspectah deck first laid down his verse in Triumph?
He slayed
Counterpoint Music Festival Replaces Chance The Rapper With Riff Raff
Chance shared the reason why he was sent to the hospital late yesterday. Through his Twitter account, Chance tweeted a press release by his manager Pat, indicating that the illness was caused by a combination of the flu virus and tonsillitis and that he has to cancel his shows this week...
The RZA Wants To Bring The Ruckus In New Movie ‘Brick Mansions’
Previously: Exclusive: RZA Speaks On The Wu-Tang Affiliate Who Cut Off His Own Penis
RZA’s 15 Best Beats
RZA And Paul Walker Co-Star In Brick Mansions
20 Of The Best One-Producer Albums In Hip-Hop History
Nas Is Willing To Give Any Young MCs Advice If They Are Willing To Listen
Nas sits down with Frannie Kelley and Ali Shaheed Muhammad in a new segment of Microphone Check on NPR to reflect on his two decade-and-counting rap career. The Queensbridge native discussed for 75 minutes about just about everything from the 20th anniversary of Illmatic, A Tribe Called Quest and rap’s new generation.
Ali asked Nas if...
XXL Predicts Future’s Album Sales
Future's upcoming album Honest is available to purchase. The XXL staff was polled today on what they think the first-week sales will be. See our predictions below:
Future – Honest
Manny – 80,000
Peter – 55,000
Christine – 70,000
Miranda – 87,000
Eric – 95,000
Dan– 100,000
G. Val – 52,000
Carl – 59,000
Vanessa – 61,000
Morgan - 67,000
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Chance The Rapper Was Hospitalized Because Of The Flu And Tonsillitis
Chance The Rapper was hospitalized this past weekend and was forced to miss his set at weekend 2 of Coachella Music Festival. It was initially reported that Chance was hospitalized because of an undisclosed illness. Chance took to Twitter to update fans that he is indeed feeling better and apologized for missing the show.
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Lil Boosie’s Album Is Dropping In July
Update (9:35 p.m.): Turns out Lil Boosie has a little more up his sleeve than originally planned, confirming during a trip through the XXL office this evening that he'll be dropping not one, but two new projects this year. Click here for the full story.
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Mannie Fresh Says B.G.’s ‘Chopper City In The Ghetto’ Changed Cash Money Forever
Previously: B.G. Pens Letter To Fans From Prison
B.G. Talks 14-Year Prison Sentence: “I Shouldn’t Have Had a Firearm”
26 Of The Longest Prison Bids In Hip-Hop History
Mannie Fresh Has Hot Boys, Mos Def And Wiz Khalifa Projects Coming Up
R. Kelly Has More Sexual Misconduct Cases
According to a Page Six item in the New York Post, R. Kelly faced many more sexually misconduct case in the past, one as recent as 2010 by his former 36-year-old housekeeper. He settled the case out of court for $100,000. R. Kelly has settled a number of sexual misconduct suits—most notably involving teen girls in the 1990s before his infamous child pornography indictment in 2002—however sources h
Who’s The Hottest Woman On T.I.’s ‘Sisterhood Of Hip Hop”
T.I. is executive producing a new show coming to Oxygen this year called "Sisterhood Of Hip Hop" as part of the network's attempt to rebrand itself for young female viewers, and will star aspiring MCs Siya, Nyemiah Supreme, Diamond, Brianna Perry and Bia...
Tyga Is No Longer On The “Under the Influence of Music” Tour
UPDATE: Tyga confirmed that he will no longer be on the “Under the Influence of Music” tour due to his busy schedule. He shared the news on Twitter.
I wanted to be apart of tour. But I'm finishin. Up my album and filmin a movie.
— T-Raww (@Tyga) ...