XV

Today, July 9, is the birthday of Kansas born rapper XV. Born Donavan Johnson in Wichita, Kan., XV is known as a witty, fast tongued MC who always infuses his rhymes with pop-cultural reference and weight. He came up with his name XV, the Roman numeral for fifteen, because he was fifteen years old when he started rapping...

One way to entrench yourself into immortality in the rap game is by flexing your lyrical muscle. That means by spewing flawless bars at any given moment. Only a selected few have the extra chromosome within their bodies to possess such an innate gift...

XV continues to hold court, pumping out his third release in the March Madness series, Elite Eight. This installment fittingly features eight tracks with assistance from the likes of DJ Enuff, Crushboys, Bruce Means and others. Also, peep the previous releases Madness Begins and Sweet Sixteens...

XV continues dropping music for "March Madness" and lets loose another new tape, Sweet Sixteens.  On Wed. XV dropped Madness Begins and plans to release more next week. Stream the tape below.

XV promised yesterday that he's dropping new music during College Basketball’s March Madness and he lived up to his word. Here is his new EP Madness Begins. You can stream it below.

Kansas spitta, XV took to Instagram to announced that he will be releasing new music during College Basketball's March Madness and his album #TKWTGB (The Kid with the Green Backpack) is releasing this year. XV last project was in 2012

No television show in recent memory has captured pop culture quite like AMC's Breaking Bad. The tale of Walter White as he transfrom from meek high school science teacher to criminal kingpin of the New Mexican (blue) meth game has been one of the most riveting and tragic stories told in modern times...

XV is back with another recap of one of the most popular shows on TV, as the Warner Bros. signee discusses Breaking Bad: Season 5, Episode 5...

XXLMag.com teams up with XV, as the Wichita, Kansas native breaks down the first episode of this season's Breaking Bad. Check out what he thought...

Playing off of some of his favorite cultural references, XV returns with another strong and personal free release, Popular Culture...

Warner Bros. signee XV is back with his brand new mixtape Popular Culture, which you can download here...

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