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Rappers and their friends just couldn't keep their Twitter fingers in their pockets this year. Check out the best hip-hop social media meltdowns in 2015.

 

The roster of XXL Freshman for 2015 has been revealed! As always, XXL has rounded up who we think are stars-in-the-making and who are not only hot right now, but also have a future in the rap game. The crowning rappers from this year's class are Fetty Wap, DeJ Loaf, K Camp, OG Maco, GoldLink, Shy Glizzy, Raury, Kidd Kidd, Vince Staples and Tink...

Future's infectious single "Fuck Up Some Commas" has gone from the club to the streets and now it's dominating the internet. Off his late 2014 mixtape, Monster, "F*ck Up Some Commas" is easily one of the catchiest tracks out right now. With a memorable hook and a new catchphrase added to hip-hop's lexicon, "Commas" has gone viral...

You know that friend who posts monologues of their lives on Instagram? The long, extended paragraphs that you automatically scroll past? Well, we've found the hip-hop equivalent. Hip-hop vet Irv Gotti has been getting rather emotional on Instagram lately...

Love and affection on social media is so common these days that not even rappers can escape it. And when MC's shed their hard exterior to pose and post pics with their loved ones, IG can't get enough. Rappers who love flaunting their love online usually have a sense of humor about it, hence the hilarious (and sometimes corny) captions that go along with the lovey-dovey pics...

The hashtag #RapAlbumsThatCausedSlavery is currently trending on social media site Twitter in light of a blatantly racist comment made by a MSNBC Morning Joe news anchor. When discussing rapper Waka Flocka Flame canceling a concert at the University of Oklahoma after video surfaced of fraternity SAE participating in a racist chant, co-host Mika Brzezinski tried to place the blame on the rapper hi

Few rappers did more for the advancement of hip-hop in its earliest days than Grandmaster Flash. As the leader of The Furious Five, Flash was one of the original DJs who helped define the craft, particularly in the art of scratching and quick mixing, and left a deep impression on the culture with his 1982 megasmash "The Message," which was eventually named the greatest hip-hop song of al

Talib Kweli has been one of the most outspoken advocates in hip-hop in his fifteen-plus years in the industry, from bigging up younger artists to underlining the importance of confronting racism head-on in American society. With a new album, Prisoner of Conscious, out a few months ago, new videos dropping, and an upcoming tour with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Big K.R.I...

Kicking out a concertgoer last week was just the latest episode in Joe Budden's turbulent relationship with social media...