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This year, at the 57th annual Grammys, Sam Smith, Pharrell, and Beyonce won big; each taking home two or more awards. Kanye West, Rihanna, Common, John Legend, Bey, Skate Boy P and Usher graced the stage performance-wise, all putting forth flawless efforts...

After an amazing performance at the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show, Missy Elliott called into Shade 45 to share the news that she's been in the studio with Timbaland. She told Sway that she will be missing the Grammy Awards this year because she will be meeting up with Timbaland to go to work...

Over the past year, the beef between Kid Cudi and Lupe Fiasco has lived on Twitter, but Lupe is ready to throw hands at Cudi if he sees him in the streets. If you recall, Cudi threw shots at Fiasco back in August when Lupe was giving out verses for $500 and the two went at it again earlier this month when Lupe told Kid Cudi to stop shitting on people who have helped his career ...

Since Chance The Rapper started to make a name for himself in the mainstream he has been actively using his stature to help his hometown city of Chicago improve. This week, Chance took another step towards helping the youth by teaming up with his brother Taylor Bennett, Sway Calloway,  and more to raise $100,000 for the Get Schooled program...

Slaughterhouse's own Crooked I recently stopped by Sway In The Morning to announce a project he's working on. Along with Mike Smith of SMH Records and DJ King Tech, Crooked I and Sway have joined forces to create One Shot, a competition series where aspiring MC's compete for $100,000 cash prize, a record deal with SMH Records and the title of hip-hop's next up and coming star...

From Lil Kim hitting the studio with Diddy to Chris Brown sitting down for an interview with Sway, this week on Instagram was surely an eventful one. With Cam'ron also posting an epic throwback of Juju, check out that and much more in XXL's "Best Hip-Hop Instagrams Of The Week...

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UPDATE: Ronnie talks about the growing B-Boy culture in Las Vegas and the Red Bull BC One North America Final. Watch above. ---- The competitive nature of Hip-Hop gets another turn in the mainstream spotlight. Recently Total Slaughter brought the one on one art of battle rap to a larger platform...

From ScHoolboy Q's arrest scare to Angie Martinez leaving Hot 97 to join Power 105, this week on Twitter was full of unexpected surprises. With Game also dropping "Bigger Than Me," check out XXL's "Best Hip-Hop Tweets Of The Week." im str8 ...

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After premiering the 2014 XXL Freshmen Class on BET's 106 & Park last night, VS and the staff are on a rigorous press run to promote the cover. We kicked things off by stopping by The Breakfast Club, and now we head to Sway In The Morning to discuss the process of putting it all together. ...