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It's been a long, tough road for Gunplay to reach his long-awaited debut album, Living Legend. But now that the LP is in stores—it came out July 31—Gunplay has been looking back at his successes and hardships along the way in a new documentary series presented by Def Jam and premiered by XXL. The first two episod...

After debuting part one yesterday, today XXL premieres part two of Gunplay's five-part Living Legend documentary series centered on the release of 'Play's debut album for Def Jam, Living Legend, which is officially out and in stores today. Part one...

Gunplay's long-awaited, oft-delayed debut album for Def Jam, Living Legend, officially hits stores tomorrow (July 31) and ahead of its release XXL exclusively premieres part one of his five-part Living Legend documentary series. In the ina...

Vince Staples is unflinching. The 2015 XXL Freshman has made a name for himself off the strength of dead-eyed mixtape turns and last year's grim, swaggering EP, Hell Can Wait. Now, with a grip of beats from DJ Dahi, Clams Casino and his de facto boss, No I.D., the Long B...

Over the weekend, California-based clothing brand Vans celebrated the third and final date of Vans' Almost Summer music series at the House of Vans in Brooklyn with special guest performers Pusha T and new XXL Freshman Vince Staples. ...

It almost never got to this point. Two years ago Lil Durk was in jail, charged with unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, staring down a $100,000 bail and watching as his promising rap career evaporated in front of him. But sometimes the brightest sparks of creativity come from the darkest places, and on June 2 Durk finally released his long-awaited major label debut album, Remember My Name, via De

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Def Jam recording artist, Fabolous serves as the new face of Rocawear's 2015 spring/summer Blak campaign. The "Young OG" stars in Rocawear's Blak anthem video, "Blak is the New Blak," and is featured in the visual alongside several models outfitted in clothing from the new line...