XXL Mag » Dru Ha http://www.xxlmag.com Hip-Hop on a Higher Level Wed, 27 Mar 2019 01:31:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.xxlmag.com/files/2015/09/RSSlogolight.png XXL Mag http://www.xxlmag.com XXL's The Break Episode 8: A$AP Ferg, Rich Homie Quan and Dru Ha https://www.xxlmag.com/video/2016/02/xxls-the-break-episode-8-aap-ferg-rich-homie-quan-and-dru-ha/ https://www.xxlmag.com/video/2016/02/xxls-the-break-episode-8-aap-ferg-rich-homie-quan-and-dru-ha/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2016 18:43:13 +0000 https://www.xxlmag.com/?p=552635 Continue reading…]]> If you're wondering how important it is to establish a relationship with your city's top DJ, how to nab a feature and why keeping strong alliances is key; listen here. This is the eight episode of XXL’s The Break podcast. Where new artists come first.

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]]> https://www.xxlmag.com/video/2016/02/xxls-the-break-episode-8-aap-ferg-rich-homie-quan-and-dru-ha/feed/ 0 XXL Dru-Ha Looks Back on 20 Years of Duck Down Music: "We Were Just Young Kids Living Our Dream" https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2015/12/dru-ha-duck-down-music-20-year-anniversary/ https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2015/12/dru-ha-duck-down-music-20-year-anniversary/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2015 20:53:57 +0000 https://www.xxlmag.com/?p=535728 Continue reading…]]> XXL caught up with Duck Down Music co-founder and CEO Dru-Ha for the label's 20th anniversary.

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Hip-hop has its share of self-made success stories. Sometimes, the indie hustle is much more respected than securing a big major label deal. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are the latest triumph, but there have been other entities in hip-hop that have stuck to this model for years. In...

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]]> https://www.xxlmag.com/news/throwbacks/2013/07/duck-down-records-all-we-got-is-us-originally-published-julyaugust-2010/feed/ 0 2Pac And Biggie Battle Book Comes Alive At New York Reading https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2013/06/2pac-and-biggie-battle-book-comes-alive-at-new-york-reading/ https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2013/06/2pac-and-biggie-battle-book-comes-alive-at-new-york-reading/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:15:26 +0000 https://www.xxlmag.com/?p=315238 Continue reading…]]> It's been more than 15 years since 2Pac and Biggie Smalls were shot and killed in two separate moments of violence, and those grim anniversaries are the reason for the new book 2pac Vs. Biggie: An Illustrated History Of Rap's Greatest Battle, co-penned by hip-hop writers Jeff Weiss and Evan McGarvey...

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]]> https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2013/06/2pac-and-biggie-battle-book-comes-alive-at-new-york-reading/feed/ 1 Tupac Month: Industry Insiders Talk About the Day of 'Pac's Death https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/09/tupac-month-industry-insiders-talk-about-the-day-of-pacs-death/ https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/09/tupac-month-industry-insiders-talk-about-the-day-of-pacs-death/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:19:05 +0000 https://www.xxlmag.com/?p=153808 Continue reading…]]> From Common and Raekwon to Cortez Bryant and Karen Civil, industry insiders talk to XXL about the day Tupac died...

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]]> https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/09/tupac-month-industry-insiders-talk-about-the-day-of-pacs-death/feed/ 5 Statik Selektah Rates Your XXL App Freestyles https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/05/dj-scream-rates-your-xxl-app-freestyles-2/ https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/05/dj-scream-rates-your-xxl-app-freestyles-2/#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 15:00:23 +0000 https://www.xxlmag.com/?p=130040 Continue reading…]]> Producer/DJ Statik Selektah lends his ear to the freestyles on the XXL app for the iPhone and iPad and lets up and comers know if they're ready or not…

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]]> https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/05/dj-scream-rates-your-xxl-app-freestyles-2/feed/ 0 Duck Down's Dru Ha Rates Your XXL App Freestyles https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/04/duck-downs-dru-ha-rates-your-xxl-app-freestyles/ https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/04/duck-downs-dru-ha-rates-your-xxl-app-freestyles/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:49:05 +0000 https://www.xxlmag.com/?p=123788 Continue reading…]]> Peep what this respected music industry vet had to say about some eager up and comers...

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]]> https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/04/duck-downs-dru-ha-rates-your-xxl-app-freestyles/feed/ 4 Sha Money Rates XXL App Freestyles https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/04/sha-money-rates-xxl-app-freestyles/ https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/04/sha-money-rates-xxl-app-freestyles/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:07:38 +0000 https://www.xxlmag.com/?p=122853 Continue reading…]]> Sha Money sits down with the App and sees if these up and comers are Ready or Not...

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]]> https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/04/dj-drama-rates-xxl-app-freestyles/feed/ 8 Duck Down's Dru Ha Rates XXL App Freestyles https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/04/duck-downs-dru-ha-rates-xxl-app-freestyles/ https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/04/duck-downs-dru-ha-rates-xxl-app-freestyles/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:00:49 +0000 https://www.xxlmag.com/?p=121822 Continue reading…]]> Duck Down's CEO takes a listen to the user freestyles on XXL's Ready or Not App...

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]]> https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/04/duck-downs-dru-ha-rates-xxl-app-freestyles/feed/ 6 Sha Money, DJ Drama: Judges for XXL App https://www.xxlmag.com/xxl-magazine/2011/04/sha-money-dj-drama-judges-for-xxl-app/ https://www.xxlmag.com/xxl-magazine/2011/04/sha-money-dj-drama-judges-for-xxl-app/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:51:50 +0000 https://www.xxlmag.com/?p=121399 Continue reading…]]> Sha, Drama and Dru Ha will be rating aspiring rappers' freestyles uploaded on The XXL App all month long...

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]]> https://www.xxlmag.com/xxl-magazine/2011/04/sha-money-dj-drama-judges-for-xxl-app/feed/ 2 DJ Drama, Sha Money Rate Raps on XXL App https://www.xxlmag.com/xxl-magazine/2011/03/dj-drama-sha-money-rate-raps-on-xxl-app/ https://www.xxlmag.com/xxl-magazine/2011/03/dj-drama-sha-money-rate-raps-on-xxl-app/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:19:44 +0000 https://www.xxlmag.com/?p=120579 Continue reading…]]> Upload your freestyles now...

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]]> https://www.xxlmag.com/xxl-magazine/2011/03/dj-drama-sha-money-rate-raps-on-xxl-app/feed/ 5 Pharoahe Monch, This Means W.A.R. https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2010/06/pharoahe-monch-this-means-war/ https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2010/06/pharoahe-monch-this-means-war/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:30:19 +0000 https://www.xxlmag.com/?p=82143 Continue reading…]]> Monch explains why despite his ups and downs he still has love for the game...

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]]> https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2009/10/feature-sean-price-real-as-it-gets/feed/ 23 KRS-One & Buckshot Plan Joint Album https://www.xxlmag.com/xxl-magazine/2008/02/krs-one-buckshot-plan-joint-album/ https://www.xxlmag.com/xxl-magazine/2008/02/krs-one-buckshot-plan-joint-album/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:39:15 +0000 https://www.xxlmag.com/?p=19888 Continue reading…]]> The album will be released later this year on Duck Down, which actually takes its name from one of KRS' old BDP songs.

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]]> https://www.xxlmag.com/xxl-magazine/2008/02/krs-one-buckshot-plan-joint-album/feed/ 27 Duck Down Records Inks Deals with The History Channel & Youtube https://www.xxlmag.com/xxl-magazine/2007/12/duck-down-records-inks-deals-with-the-history-channel-youtube/ https://www.xxlmag.com/xxl-magazine/2007/12/duck-down-records-inks-deals-with-the-history-channel-youtube/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:23:31 +0000 https://www.xxlmag.com/?p=17143 Continue reading…]]> New York based Duck Down Records announced on Wednesday (December 5) that they have entered into a new licensing agreement with the History Channel for the network's new series Gangland.

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