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Killa Crunch @loochgotyou A photo posted by Eddie Huang (@mreddiehuang) on Apr 3, 2015 at 2:26pm PDT If you can start your day off with a dose of any rapper, you would be wise to choose Cam'ron. Though XXL can't vouch for the nutritional value of Cam's custom Killa Crunch, we can only assume that it's part of a balanced breakfast to be eaten while wearing a pastel fur and glowering over your Rang

Fox's Empire has been a runaway hit for the network, setting a series of records for its increasingly strong ratings. Its depiction of the rap industry has made it especially potent among hip-hop fans; artists like Charles Hamilton have even taken to Empire and its Timbaland-helmed music department as a means of promotion. But one of the producer...

As was previously reported, a man from New Jersey claims that DMX robbed him at a gas station last Sunday (April 5). According to his story, he recognized the rapper at a gas station in the early-morning hours, approached him and struck up a conversation...

Reports spread around the web today that Lil Wayne dropped his lawsuit against Birdman and Cash Money but the rapper's laywer, Ron Sweeney, tells Rolling Stone that the $51 million lawsuit is still on. According to Sweeney, that the suit was originally filed in New York City, where the Cash Money and Universal Music Group offices are located, and was restructured and re-filed in New Orleans where

Young Buck has spent much of the last decade in a place unfamiliar to the one-time star: out of the spotlight. From his breakout success as part of G-Unit's initial commercial run (and on their debut album, Beg For Mercy) to his solo debut Straight Outta Ca$hville and its handful of hits, the Tennessee rapper enjoyed spoils most of his contemporaries could only dream of. His new mixta... Read Mor

Future's 56 Nights mixtape has been burning up speakers but the Atlanta artist decided to go back to January's Beast Mode mixtape for his latest visual. "Forever Eva" captures Future riding around in expensive cars while wearing expensive clothing, all with a street flair that portrays the rapper as the top dog in Atlanta. Future's reign as the c ...

One week after his fellow G-Unit soldier Tony Yayo dropped a freestyle over Black Moon's "Niguz Talk Shit," Lloyd Banks comes through with a freestyle of his own over the Brooklyn crew's classic "How Many MC's." Over the boom-bap beat The Punchline King is in true throwback form, bringing back memories of his Money In The Bank mixtape series that put him on the map as one of t

Somehow, Gucci Mane does it again. Trap House 5 (The Last Chapter) features heavyweight production and features that shows even though Gucci remains incarcerated, he still has his ear to the streets and can still boast a project full of high-level guests no matter what his situation is. With ins ...

"Tell my momma it's bad karma/I just killed a man..." In just a few seconds seconds, Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West took the anticipation for So Help Me God to a whole new level. Lamar's full verse that's supposed to be on the remix to "All Day" hits the web. A snippe ...

It has been three years since Frank Ocean his last album channel ORANGE and with one Tumblr post, the West Coast crooner cast the internet into a frenzy as he subtly announced that he has a new album coming in July. The picture (seen above) also featured the hashtags "#ISSUE1, #ALBUM3, #JULY2015 and #BOYSDONTCRY" got people curious about what the talented singer has in store. A rep fr .

XXL presents 'Run This Town' with Marshawn Lynch, E-40 and Mistah F.A.B. We traveled 2,576 miles across the country to the San Francisco Bay, touching down in Oakland, Calif., one of the major port cities in the U.S. The transportation hub is also home to Seattle Seahawks running back, Marshawn Lynch, rapper-songwriter, Mistah F.A.B....

New York based hip-hop crew Das EFX dropped their debut album 25 years ago today.