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Last night (Aug. 4), XXL got an opportunity to get get advance screening of the highly anticipated movie, Sneakerheadz. Dedicated to the sneaker culture, director/producer/screenwriter, David T. Friendly and Mick Partridge do an amazing job of capturing the essence of a sneakerhead and the cultural influence of the lifestyle...

Gunplay's debut album for Def Jam, Living Legend, is finally out and in stores, and today XXL premieres the fourth installment in his five-part Living Legend interview series. In this segment, which you can watch above, the Maybach Music Group MC opens up by naming 2pac as an example of someone who achieved the status of "living legend...

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...

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...

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 inaugural part, Gunplay sits down to explain his early life growing up, with both parents divorced by the time he was five...

With his turntables and Serato in tow, ?uestlove traveled down to Cuba in April as an ambassador for hip-hop. Not wanting to miss out on the moment, Okayplayer TV sent a camera crew down with the talented musician to capture the experience ...

T-Pain's resurgence has been without pause. Since an intimate unplugged set last year for NPR--from which the He Can Really Sing! crowd drew renewed strength--the rapper-turned-singer-turned-recluse-turned-star-again has been on a war path, releasing a series of undeniable singles and a mixtape, The Iron Way, that shows off his diversity of talent...

To say 2014 was a roller coaster of emotions for Young Money's leading lady Nicki Minaj would be an understatement. From a very public break up to her third studio album The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj had reasons to celebrate and cry. The "Only" rapper has remained open and vulnerable through the whole process, pouring her feelings into her music and through interviews...

UPDATE (Nov. 18, 2:57 pm): Boosie's labels, Atlantic Records and Trill Ent., confirmed today that the MC's long-awaited first album since his release from prison, also called Touch Down 2 Cause Hell, is scheduled for a February 2015 release...

Last week Tyler, the Creator released a limited edition documentary chronicling the method behind the madness on his critically acclaimed album Wolf. Via Instagram, Tyler announced there would only be 100 copies of the DVD and the majority of them were sold at the Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival last weekend...

XXL's October/November 2014 issue features a reunited G-Unit on the cover, as well as exclusive interviews with 50 Cent, Young Buck, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo and Kidd Kidd about the breakups and makeups of hip-hop's ultimate crew. We also released a two-part roundtable discussion with the crew, filmed after midnight at 50's massive, 50-plus room Connecticut mansion, as well as individual video inter