XXL Mag

Kanye West posted what was initially thought to be the album cover and name for his forthcoming LP, So Help Me God. The basic album art contains what appears to be an ancient symbol, reportedly a 13th Century monastic symbol for the Virgin Mary. However, it a...

Related: 8 Beautiful Women That Know how to Fight Is Margot Robbie the Hottest Woman in Hollywood? 12 Reasons You Should Follow Bombshell Beauties on Instagram

If the thought of a joint touring featuring both Waka Flocka Flame and DJ Whoo Kid intimidates you, don't go. The upcoming series of dates promises to be one of the most uncontrollable bills put together this year, all elbows and inebriated revelers...

Steve Francis may be inextricably tied to Houston, but that doesn't mean it's always smooth sailing when the retired point guard is at home in Texas. Over the weekend, Francis was at a Sauce Twinz concert when an unidentified assailant snatched his chain and made off with it...

Related: Vans Releases Distressed Plaid Classics for Spring 2015 Vans Classics Spring 2015 Van Doren Collection Vault By Vans x Taka Hayashi TH Court Lo LX Colorways For Spring 2015

When two rappers who are dominating the charts--and one who promises to do so in the immediate future--team up for a video, you might expect block parties, strip clubs, car shows, crowded green rooms. Not for "Blessings." Big Sean tapped Drake and Kanye West for the video, uniting three of the dominant commercial forces in rap...

G-Unit is back today with the second of their promised two EPs, The Beast Is G-Unit. 50 Cent, Young Buck, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo and Kidd Kidd are in fine form on the new release, which includes their latest singles "Bring My Bottles" and "I'm Grown." Th...

Dipset's Pledge of Allegiance tour is in full swing and while everyone anticipates the next Dipset project, the Harlem crew feeds our hunger with the "Have My Money" video. Shot in black and white, the clip opens with Jim Jones, Juelz Santana and Cam'ron on Hot 97's Funkmaster Flex show discussing (and, of course, promoting) their upcoming tour and reunion ...

Once the dominant force in hip-hop, the re-tooled G-Unit continues their resurgence with "I'm Grown." The sparse, percussive track hears 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks and Young Buck exercise decidedly contemporary flows, updating the sound that made them so inescapable a decade ago...

Yelawolf's upcoming album Love Story is due out in April and the Alabama spitter gets fans ready for the project with his video for "Whiskey In A Bottle." The South-inspired clip sees Yela riding through the woods on a motorcycle, getting tatted up, having drunks in a dive bar and hitting the studio with his band ...

A couple days ago, Chicago MC Chance the Rapper posted one of the best Insta-videos of 2015 so far showing himself rapping with A-list actor Alec Baldwin after a charity event they both attended. This vid shocked and delighted Chano fans across social media, mostly because it was so hilariously strange...

OG Maco's evolution from a Vine sensation to one of the most intriguing MCs in the game continues with his latest freestyle, "5 AM In L.A." When Maco first burst onto the scene with "U Guessed It," many had him pegged as a flavor-of-the-month rapper but the Atlanta upstart has put out numerous impressive projects and songs since and has proven, once again, that his manager Coa