XXL Mag

ALIFE brings in the holidays with a brand new collection just in time for the season. The collection consists of several ALIFE branded patterns, American-themed outerwear and baseball influenced garments. ALIFE puts together a great set of garments on their holiday collection release...

Girl power in effect. With Tink and Dej Loaf climbing up the ranks of respectability in rap, people have been monitoring their meteoric rise closely. The Detroit product has garnered a lot of recognition for her single "Try Me" and her new mixtape $ell Sole...

Hip-hop legend Queen Latifah can add yet another accomplishment to her illustrious career; according to a report from Billboard, Queen Latifah will be hosting the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize concert. "I'm thrilled to be a part of this year's concert and to help celebrate such amazing individuals who have each worked so hard on behalf of children's rights to education," says Latifah... Read M

This year, Washington D.C. has seen a handful of young artists starting to turn heads. Fat Trel was signed dropped his impressive MMG debut in April entitled Gleesh. In just one summer Goldlink went from unknown artist to one of the brightest young stars in hip-hop after releasing his debut mixtape The God Complex...

D.C. meets ATL with "These Ni**as." Fat Trel and K Camp team up for a record that should get many replays. K Camp croons a very catchy hook about not messing with anyone who's not about money and his love for women. Trel snaps on song, rapping about his stain and how he's good in every city "I can walk the streets of Chicago with no vest...

Billboard continues to make progressive strides into the digital market. In late May, they announced their partnership with Twitter  to form a tracking system called the Billboard Twitter Real-Time Charts that will rate America's most popular songs as quickly as possible, based on what's being shared on the social networking site. Billboar...

Public media and fans alike were in shock when news broke that Bow Wow (Shad Moss) was dating former video vixen and reality star Erica Mena. So when Bow Wow announced the two were engaged in late September, people went nuts. Well, on Nov...

Theophilus London recently dropped his project Vibes and in honor of the album, the Brooklyn MC and fashion tastemaker links up with streetwear brand Stussy for a special collection themed after his latest release. The capsule collection consists of 4 items - two graphic tees, a vintage-looking denim jacket with the Vibes logo above the right jean pocket, and a denim washed snapback...

The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, New York celebrated five years in Brooklyn last night with a show that featured Houston rapper Fat Tony, Harlem's Smoke DZA and legendary Queensbridge duo Mobb Deep. Along with it being a milestone night for the venue located in Williamsburg, last night marked the 18-year anniversary of Mobb Deep's album Hell On Earth and, amazingly, what was billed as the very fi

DJ Khaled has been heavily promoting his next venture, BeoPlay H6 Headphones, and by the looks of things it seems like the official release date for the headphones will be announced soon. The partnership between B&O Play and DJ Khaled was first announced by the Miami DJ/producer over the summer of 2014...

It's been a bit of a wait for the debut album from Joey Bada$$, but the Brooklyn MC's highly-anticipated B4.Da.$$ finally has a release date. The album, which will be coming out on Cinematic Music Group, will officially be released Jan. 20,...

Will media personality Charlamagne Tha God soon overtake Young Thug as hip-hop's leading hookman? Maybe if he tried. But for now, here's Tink with "Around The Clock" featuring Charlamagne Tha God. Tink's liquid delivery here proves that "Movin Bass" was no fluke...