Fans will have to wait a little bit longer to purchase the street release of Danny Browns's anticipated new album, Old. It was announced today in a new video that Danny's new LP will be pushed back a week from its initial release date on September 30 to October 8. The album wil...
Trinidad Jame$ is mad. The typically calm-and-collected Southern MC has been having some attitude problems as of late, seizing every opportunity to call out rappers and critics and threaten to beat their asses. All the negative energy comes from a sensible place, though. Sin...
Trinidad Jame$ is aware that he's seen as an overnight success. "I did come out of nowhere because I haven't been rapping as long as probably anybody on the cover," says the Georgia-native rapper. Before adding with a shrug, "Sometimes you do shit right...
Many rappers are known for their love of that loud—now, Styles P breaks down what he's been smoking.
The LOX member recently stopped by XXL's offices to discuss his collaborative album with producer Scram Jones Float, to be released on April 20 via Nature Sounds and High Times Records. While he was h...
Justin Bieber releases the video for "All Around The World" single of his latest album, Believe. The track is featuring hip-hop kingpin, Ludacris. The video follows Bieber along his tour, highlighting the big moments over that time. You get a good glimpse...
Here's your first look at the XXL Freshmen Cover photo shoot from our partners at Monster Energy. The video is packed with behind-the-scenes action including interviews with the Freshmen and sneak peaks at the cyphers.
Also, stay tuned for an announcement of the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour Presents: XXL Freshmen Live 2013, coming to a city near you...
Last Thursday (March 14, 2013), down in Austin, Texas, Shady/Slumerican representative Yelawolf tore the roof down of Club de Ville, cranking all new tracks off his latest output Trunk Muzik Returns. The function, hosted by Monster Energy and XXL Magazine, was an exuberant turnout with Yela diehards cheering along to every anthemic record the Alabaman MC pulled out of his arsenal...
Get Rich or Die Tryin' is now officially 10 years old, and 50, who now long surpassed the street life, pieces a reflective tale he calls "a reminder" for him to always look back at his origins. According to the G-Unit founder, the song was written on Wednesday, and the video was shot yesterday
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Talib Kweli sits down with MTV News to talk about a conversation he once had with Diddy back in the 1990s. During the interview, Talib remembers Puff stopping by a Lyricist Lounge event to confront him and Mos Def on the lyrics of “Children’s Story.”
Talib...