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Suge Knight, Ice Cube and Dr. Dre are being sued for the wrongful death of Terry Carter. In the lawsuit obtained by TMZ, the Carter family claims that Cube and Dre hired known gang members in the area for security for Straight Outta Compton's film shoots. Apparently, one of...

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With less than a week to go before Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference, where the electronics giant is expected to unveil Apple Music, its long-awaited rival to digital music streaming standard-bearer Spotify, Tidal is making some notable moves of its own...

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The roster of XXL Freshman for 2015 has been revealed! As always, XXL has rounded up who we think are stars-in-the-making and who are not only hot right now, but also have a future in the rap game. The crowning rappers from this year's class are Fetty Wap, DeJ Loaf, K Camp, OG Maco, GoldLink, Shy Glizzy, Raury, Kidd Kidd, Vince Staples and Tink...

The 2015 XXL Freshman Class has been revealed. DeJ Loaf, Fetty Wap, GoldLink, K Camp, OG Maco, Raury, Shy Glizzy, Tink and Vince Staples are the young new faces of tomorrow. Coming up at the end of the month, the XXL Freshmen will be performing at New York City’s Best Buy Theater on June 30, then two weeks later at Los Angeles’ Nokia Theater on July 13. The news of the Freshmen el...

Little more than a half-decade in the music industry has taken Wiz Khalifa from Pittsburgh-bred Internet curiosity to one of the most bankable artists in the world--his contribution to the Furious 7 soundtrack, a sentimental song called "See You Again," was his second song to top the Billboard charts (after 2010's "Black & Yellow), and topped the charts in over 90 countries arou

The Quai 54 is a line is a sneaker line that is inspired by the streetball tournament held in Paris during the last weekend of June. Inspired by the prestigious basketball tournament, Nike has unveiled a few of the silhouettes that will drop later this week...

XXL stopped by The Breakfast Club to discuss the 2015 Freshman cover. Featuring DeJ Loaf, Fetty Wap, GoldLink, K Camp, OG Maco, Raury, Shy Glizzy, Tink, Vince Staples and the winner of the fan-voted 10th Spot, Kidd Kidd; editor-in-chief Vanessa Satten and editor, Miranda J...

With Jeremih's third solo effort, Late Nights: The Album due out July 17 via Def Jam, his fellow budding R&B star August Alsina is trying his hand at "Planes," the album's J. Cole-featuring, Vinyl-produced single. Alsina leaves the original mostly intact, but adds his own autotuned flair, making the already kinetic play as if it's at an even faster clip. The New Orle...