Kevin Liles

Uncut gems from the mind of Kevin Liles.

Illustrious members of the music industry including executives, A&Rs, marketing experts, managers, producers, DJs, publicists and some select veteran artists have been picked for the XXL Awards Board and they will be determining the awards winners.

Is it really happening this time?

They've had enough.

Hip-hop used social media to thank Barack Obama for his time in office.

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The famed Kevin Liles, NYC's A$AP Ferg and Epic's Vice President of Publicity, Courtney Lowery, offer new artists advice on their presentation.

We love our city and they love us. Let's build, not destroy. #Baltimore A photo posted by Kevin Liles (@kevinlileskwl) on Apr 30, 2015 at 5:09pm PDT The protests and riots in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray have been the talk of America this week and athletes and celebrities have descended upon the city to join the people. Ye ...

Today, Feb. 27, is the birthday of legendary record exec Kevin Liles.

Nas, Russell Simmons and Kevin Liles were among the thousands of people who took to the streets of New York City this afternoon as part of the city's Millions March NYC protest. The avenues and boulevards of The Big Apple were swarmed by peaceful protestors who lined the streets as far as the eye could see with signs that read statements like "BlackLivesMatter" and poster boards with the

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