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Kicking off September 10th, J. Cole will start the U.S leg of his "What Dreams May Come" Tour.  Wale will be joining the Born Sinner rapper for the tour which wraps this November.  Press Play! Previously: J. Cole Announces On Twitter ‘What Dreams May Come’ Tour With Wale

XXL got the pleasure of going behind the scenes to sit down with Society Original Products  Founder / CEO Marcel Angol and Co-Founder / Marketing Director Brendan Boyd. Society Original Products for years have been making tremendous strides within their industry. Ang...

On October 1st, everybody's favorite Vine videographer, Cam'ron will be kickstarting a brand new web series. The series entitled 1st Of The Month will be starring Cousin Bang, Cam's girlfriend, JuJu, Baby Dee and Killa Cam in the starring role. ...

Last week, Juicy J and Big Sean released their highly anticipated albums, Stay Trippy and Hall Of Fame, respectively. With one week passed, the pair has debuted high on the charts, landing in the top five. Elsewhere, Jay Z, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Justin Timberlake and Robin Thicke move substantial units on the charts yet again. He...

Believe it or not but Kanye West actually put the final touches on 2 Chainz' upcoming album. While speaking about his B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time cover art, 2 Chainz gave all the praises to DONDA even revealing that Kanye had a lot of input on the project himself. “Peop...

Trinidad Jame$ is mad. The typically calm-and-collected Southern MC has been having some attitude problems as of late, seizing every opportunity to call out rappers and critics and threaten to beat their asses. All the negative energy comes from a sensible place, though. Sin...

Just last week, Drizzy announced that his upcoming album Nothing Was The Same was mixed and mastered. Last month he was announced Jay Z & Lil Wayne will be featured on the album via Rolling Stone. Today, Billboard announced that Hov will be supplying two verses to NWTS' outro called "Pound Cake." The two have wor...

Hailing from Big Boi's latest effort Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, Big Boi presents "Thom Pettie". Featuring Little Dragon & Killer Mike, the Atlanta rapper serves up plenty performance footage for the video.

Over the past few years, there’s been plenty of chatter surrounding potential films about the life of the late Tupac Shakur, so much so that it seems that several directors are working on their own rendition of the West Coast MC’s saga. To date, t...

This time Reddit called on Big Boi for their ever popular "Ask Me Anything" Series. Just rapping a tour, the Outkast rapper held no bars when it came to his music, personal life, and upcoming business ventures. Also unveiling a crazy encounter with Tupac, that he once live out of a hotel, and his last mean would be "Vagina", this AMA is one that will indeed go down in the book

Scotty shoots an a day in the life video for "Handle Biz", as he gets ready for his mixtape release party at #BeerAndTacos later that night where Dj Drama and Don Cannon show up to support. Scotty also stops by to holla at DJ Holiday at Streetz 94...

Madlib and Freddie Gibbs team up for two new upcoming projects. They will release the 6-track Deeper EP on September 24 and their long-awaited collaborative album, Piñata, on February 4, 2014.  Piñata is set to be released via Madlib Invazion. The star-studded LP will include features ...