XXL Mag

Over the weekend, California-based clothing brand Vans celebrated the third and final date of Vans' Almost Summer music series at the House of Vans in Brooklyn with special guest performers Pusha T and new XXL Freshman Vince Staples. ...

Tory Lanez risks life and limb with his latest song, "Karrueche." Over production from Noah Breakfast, the Toronto artist ditches his former crush Teyana Taylor for his latest love interest, Karrueche Tran. Tread carefully, young man. For the return of Fargo Fridays, Lanez shows off his versatility and hits all the right notes over drum heavy production from breakfast.  Ch ...

Last April's Phantom and the Ghost marked the first time Styles P's alternate moniker appeared on the cover of a retail release. Now, it can't be escaped; "ghost" or one of its variants graces the meta data for nearly everything the Lox legend touches these days. Included...

Throwback to a few months ago when I had the flattop. This side by side photo of Tupac and I went viral on the internet, and was the cause of so many great things! The power of social media. A photo posted by Marcc Rose (@marccrose) on Mar 5, 2015 at 12:49pm PST 2Pac will be portrayed in the upcoming N...

Gemstones, real name DeMarco Castles, was signed to Lupe Fiasco's label 1st and 15th in 2001. Gemstones appeared on Fiasco's breakout album Food & Liquor (when Castles still rapped under the name Gemini) and then again on the "Kick, Push" rapper's second record, The Cool. Since then, 'Stones ha...

Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa and R.City show love for all the women out there in their latest video for their collab, "For Everybody." For a man that has made a career out of turning the hell up, it's no surprise that Juicy and Co. do so for four-and-a-half minutes while surrounded by beautiful ladies ...

Last December, Big Sean's grandmother, Mildred V. Leonard, passed away. Though many people are lucky enough to having loving grandparents in their life, Leonard was unique--not only was she one of the first Black, female Captains in World War 2, but she went on to be one of Detroit's first Black, female police officers. Ear...

 

Kool A.D. is not Beyoncé, but he's close. Over the past year or so, the former Das Racist member has shot a video for every single cut from his most recent album, 2014's Word O.K. Now, the final installment arrives, by way of a Peruvian art collective called Youth Experimental Studio and their meticulous watercolor work in the Boots Riley- and Talib Kweli-featuring "Hickory." The clip fo

Jadakiss season continues. Jadakiss is a proud Yonkers, New York representative but he's clearly got a lot of love for Brooklyn. Rhyming over Ol' Dirty Bastard's "Brooklyn Zoo," 40 Cal Kiss lays slaughter with straight bars and no hooks. Flo ...

To say that an artist is underrated is usually meant as a compliment. What fans usually don't consider is the double edged sword that compliment wields from the artist's perspective; that the artist is not successful. But what is success and who sets those parameters...