XXL Mag

Major League Baseball's yearly All-Star events have descended upon the city of Cincinnati and while Todd Frazier stole the show at last night's (July 13) Home Run Derby, his performance paled in comparison to the show Snoop Dogg put on. Playing in the All-Star Celebrity Softball Game, Snoop had the time of his life on the field playing alongside former MLB All-Stars and other celebs ...

Here we are, the mid-year mark of 2015. So far, it's been a standout year for hip-hop, with some of the biggest rappers in the game upping the quality of their projects and delivering the best albums of their careers so far. We've got stellar debuts and triumphant comebacks, statement sophomore projects and catalog boosters, surprise albums and long-awaited releases, older vets and newer heads all

As the world awaits the release of Future's Dirty Sprite 2 LP, the leader of the Freebandz and the New York retailer, Concepts, partner up for the exclusive release of special Freebandz x Concepts capsule collection inspired by Future's upcoming album...

It's no secret that the hip-hop and comic book cultures have always had a symbiotic relationship. This fall, Marvel Comics plans to give fans physical evidence of that phenomenon by reissuing five of its seminal works with covers that invoke classic hip-hop albums. The first, de...

Top Dawg Entertainment's YouTube page has been terminated due to "multiple third-party claims of copyright infringement regarding material the user has posted." TDE has not commented on the situation and XXL is currently reaching out to the powerhouse label for explanation. For now, ...

One of the most respected streetwear brands in the fashion culture will be teaming up with a legendary hip-hop group out of Queens for a limited summer 2015 collection. Joining forces for the summer, Stussy and A Tribe Called Quest will take fans down memory lane with a special collaboration featuring all four members of the Queens quartet...

Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, better known as the comedy duo Key & Peele, just celebrated the premiere of their self-titled Comedy Central show's fifth season. But if the whole television thing doesn't work out, they may have a future playing weddings in the Phoenix-Scottsdale area. In a new ske...

With the recent prison escape of noted supervillain Joaquin Guzman Loera, better known as "El Chapo," Shy Glizzy and two-thirds of Migos drop the El Chapo-inspired "Head Huncho." Over a pulsating instrumental, the trio rap heavy bird talk and glorify busting their guns and making money--sure to make El Chapo proud ...

Three days ago, on July 11, a man named Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera escaped from a Mexican federal prison in Almoloya de Juárez. Loera is a special case, even by Mexican federal prison standards. Better known as El Chapo, the 60-year-old is the head of the famously violent Sinaloa drug cartel. The United States Department ...

Converse announces a brand new collaboration with Italian fashion house, Missoni. The partnership will see the release of a brand new set of Converse Chuck Taylor All Star ‘70 and Deck Star sneakers. First debuted on the Milan runway, the summer 2015 Converse Chuck Taylor collection shares its inspiration with the Missoni men’s S/S 2015 collection. The summer...

When 8 Mile was released in 2002, fans and observers could be forgiven for thinking it was the beginning of a long Hollywood career for Eminem. Never a particularly outgoing interview, the superstar was surprisingly serviceable on screen. But after the...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is headquartered at the J. Edgar Hoover building on Washington, DC's Pennsylvania Ave, just a handful of blocks from the White House. Named for the Bureau's controversial first Director--and Leo DiCaprio muse--it's a monolithic office complex, all function, no flash...