XXL Mag

Due to demand (and bootleggers) Skyzoo dropped his album Music For My Friends a little earlier than expected and if "See a Key (Ki')" is any indication of what else is on the project, MFMF is definitely worth your time. Going bar for bar with the self-proclaimed "Top 5 Dead or Alive," Skyzoo shows once again he's no slouch when it comes to these bars ...

  Cee-Lo would like you to forget the last several years altogether. The revered rapper, singer and TV personality saw his career grind to a halt after sexual battery allegations and his botched response to them. When a Los Angeles District Attorney declined to move forward in the case of a woman who claims Cee-Lo drugged and raped her, the Goodie Mob legend took to Twitter to suggest that a pers

Joey Fatts drops a new track titled "Trade Places." "This shit deeper than love/This shit bigger than life/So for Yams tonight/Drop a four in my Sprite," says Fatts in the opening lines of the song. "Trade Places" is a slow track that features the Long Beach MC rapping about lost ones, more specifically, the late A$AP Yams. Wis...

One of the most coveted sneakers from Shaq's Reebok line will be making another comeback this year, but with an updated retro touch. The Reebok Pump Shaqnosis will be returning in a mid-cut iteration that will feature a Phoniex Suns colorway on the accents and upper of the sneaker...

Lil Wayne's elusive Free Weezy Album has had multiple release dates already and the rapper now says the anticipated project is coming on Independence Day. After performing "Steady Mobbin" at the Hear Ultra Lounge in Anaheim, California, Weezy stopped the music and said, "I got a new album coming out, it's called FWA...

8.7.15 A photo posted by Young CV (@caseyveggies) on Jun 16, 2015 at 2:55pm PDT Casey Veggies' studio debut, Live and Grow, hits shelves Aug 7. The Inglewood native hopped on social media to share the news, posting the date to his Twitter and Instagram accounts. #Li... Read More ...

A few weeks back, sneakerheads were teased with an image of a Nike Air Foamposite One containing a fish scale pattern. Today, the Swoosh has unveiled detailed images of that exact shoe that will be titled as "Gone Fishing." The upcoming Nike Air Foamposite One silhouette pays tribute to the NBA teams that exited early from the 2015 NBA Playoffs...

Shy Glizzy and the Glizzy Gang drop the video to "From the Get Go." The 2015 XXL Freshman and his crew been trill and been thuggin', if you had any doubt. The video follows the Gang as they turn up on a staircase and later in front of someone's crib. We're also sh...

Directed by Travis Satten (@travissatten) Produced by ApK (@weareapk) Raury is one of the 10 Freshmen on XXL‘s 2015 Freshman list revealed Wed., June 3. All this month we’ve been providing you with a behind-the-scenes look at the selection process, the photo shoot and the work it takes to pull it all together. Earlier this week, we kic...

Kanye West unloads his polarizing 'Yeezus' album on June 18, 2013.

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Boot Camp Clik still strong.