[Videos] Grafh – “The Motto [Freestyle]“

Grafh references veggie burgers and the Common/Drake "beef" and other topics all while porn star Sara Jay gyrates on him. That's multitasking.
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Rap Attack: Biggie’s XXL Cover, New Action Bronson x Statik, Sadat X “Remember That”

XXL has a brand new Biggie cover for the upcoming 15-year anniversary of his death. I’m pretty excited to see what they have in store from us after reading this: From his kids T’Yanna and Christopher “CJ” Wallace and their mamas, Jan Jackson and Faith Evans, to his closest friends like members of Junior [...]
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Rap Attack: Biggie’s XXL Cover, New Action Bronson x Statik, Sadat X “Remember That”

XXL has a brand new Biggie cover for the upcoming 15-year anniversary of his death. I’m pretty excited to see what they have in store from us after reading this: From his kids T’Yanna and Christopher “CJ” Wallace and their mamas, Jan Jackson and Faith Evans, to his closest friends like members of Junior [...]
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Notorious B.I.G. Covers XXL

To commemorate the 15th anniversary of B.I.G.’s passing (March 9th), the late Frank White returns to the cover of XXL. Rare photo. Issue hits newsstands on February 7. The XXL team spoke to some of those closest to Big for an in-depth look into his life and death. From his kids T’Yanna Wallace and Christopher “CJ” Wallace and their mamas, [...]
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50 Cent Lights Up New York City Concert

Last night, 50 Cent and XXL took over Webstar Hall in New York City. In support of the mag’s multiple Fiddy covers, G-Unit’s head honcho put on what looks like one hell of a show. I haven’t seen 50 perform a full set in over a year so I’m actually kinda tight I missed this. [...]
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50 Cent Performs At Webster Hall

To commemorate his XXL covers, Fif invaded NYC’s Webster Hall last night with Hot 97′s Mister Cee on the 1s and 2s. With Kool Herc by his side, Fif hit the stage and performed some of his notable hits. hhnm UPDATE: More footage
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50 Cent & Floyd Mayweather XXL Shoot

Dec 20th

Posted by Big Homie over at Rap Radar

XXL gives us an exclusive behind the scenes look at Curtis and Money’s photo shoot for their December/January cover. Pick up a copy or 5 at your local newsstands now. thisis50
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XXL Announces Potential Candidates For Their 2012 Freshman Cover

Dec 17th

Posted by mikewaxx over at illRoots

Source: XXL This year, XXL has released a list of fifty candidates for their annual Freshman Cover, in which ten artists are chosen as being the next big thing by the historic hip-hop magazine. Switching things up this year, they’re allowing fans to vote for one of the ten spots on the list from a pool [...]
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XXL Asks Nas If He Ever Discusses “Ether” With Jay-Z

Dec 15th

Posted by Mikey Fresh over at MissInfo.tv

Next week will mark the 10th anniversary of Nas’ Stillmatic album. Aside from being an incredible body of work, the LP also contained one of Nas’ most scathing diss records of all time; “Ether.” We all remember how brazen his beef with Jay-Z got but after they reconciled it was almost hard to believe they [...]
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50 Cent On Hip-Hop Right Now: “The Whole Culture, I Think, Is A Little…Confused”

Dec 5th

Posted by Mr.North over at MissInfo.tv

In 50 Cent’s Dec/Jan 2012 XXL cover story, the G-Unit general speaks on a variety of topics including his new album, working with Dr. Dre, the competitive nature of rap music, his business endeavors and more. Today, the magazine has released a few excerpts from the feature, which includes 50 speaking on the current state [...]
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50 Cent On Hip-Hop Right Now: “The Whole Culture, I Think, Is A Little…Confused”

Dec 5th

Posted by Mr.North over at MissInfo.tv

In 50 Cent’s Dec/Jan 2012 XXL cover story, the G-Unit general speaks on a variety of topics including his new album, working with Dr. Dre, the competitive nature of rap music, his business endeavors and more. Today, the magazine has released a few excerpts from the feature, which includes 50 speaking on the current state [...]
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50 Cent x Floyd Mayweather Cover XXL

Nov 17th

Posted by Amaya over at Rap Radar

For the December/January 2012 issue of XXL, Curtis graces all 5 covers including one with Floyd Mayweather celebrating the 5 Faces of 50 Cent in honor of his new LP coming in January. Excerpt below. “I don’t see what I fell in love with,” he says. “So now I gotta make music that reflects what N.W.A made. [...]
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50 Cent Tells XXL: “I Have To Make Music That Has What Biggie Offered”

Nov 17th

Posted by Mikey Fresh over at MissInfo.tv

Whoa! XXL gave 50 Cent 5 different covers for their upcoming year-end issue. The first one also features his pal Floyd Mayweather but the other 4 feature Fif solo. Each cover is said to represent different sides of the rapper-turned-mogul. While speaking on the direction of his upcoming fifth LP, 50 gave some insight on [...]
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Drake & Rick Ross Working on Y.O.L.O. Mixtape

Nov 7th

Posted by nation over at Nah Right

Drake told XXL he and Rick Ross are working on a joint mixtape, called Y.O.L.O. – short for “You Only Live Once”. It’s something Ross mentions at the beginning of his “Lord Knows” verse and that was later also the inspiration for the Take Care bonus track with Wayne. “I have been working on a mixtape [...]
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XXL’s Lil Wayne Tha Carter IV Video ft. “Nicki, Tech N9ne, Andre 3000, Bun B, Nas, Busta, Shyne”

Oct 31st

Posted by Mikey Fresh over at MissInfo.tv

This is hilarious! I gotta applaud XXL for the time and effort that went into the making of this video. As a Halloween treat, the staff put their own twist to Weezy’s Tha Cartver IV Intro/Interlude/Outro. And yes that’s the XXL staff dressed as your favorite MCs. Can you guess who is who? Directed by Samtubia [...]
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Jim Jones, Juelz, and Freekey Zekey on XXL’s Live Ustream Show

Oct 6th

Posted by Mikey Fresh over at MissInfo.tv

3/4’s of them Dipset boys are live right now with XXL. But where’s Killa? Watch the live stream after the jump…
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Video: Kanye West on The Cleveland Show

Sep 26th

Posted by Mr.North over at MissInfo.tv

This evening, Kanye West made his  return to the The Cleveland Show the season two premiere. During the episode his character Kenny West performs “Be-Cleve In Yourself” a song he co-wrote with the shows main star Cleveland Brown. Props to UMD and NavJosh for the heads up. Previously: G.O.O.D. Friday – Kanye West feat. RZA, Jay-Z, Pusha [...]
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Kanye West Covers October XXL

Sep 15th

Posted by mikewaxx over at illRoots

Source: XXL For next months edition of XXL, Kanye West graces the cover for a story that he wrote himself. He also served as creative director for the 40 page special edition release. Interesting. The issue hits newsstands on September 28.
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Kanye West returns to The Cleveland Show on the season premiere

Sep 15th

Posted by Mr.North over at MissInfo.tv

Kanye West will be returning to The Cleveland Show during it’s Season Premiere on September 26th at 8pm EST (FOX), his character Kenny West will be performing a song that he co-wrote with Cleveland Brown (who also plays his hypeman) called “Be-Cleve In Yourself”. Props to EW via RapUp Previously: Kanye West explains “Runaway” Film | Kanye [...]
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No Trivia in XXL’s 100 Best Hip-Hop Websites

Dec 3rd

Posted by brandon over at No Trivia

Comments have been disabled so this doesn't seem like some kind of back-patting party or something. Finally held the new XXL in my hands and read the very kind comments on my blog ("Better known as No Trivia, Soderberg's blog gives rap the kind of intellectual, analytical respect is deserves.") and the other ninety-nine picks. [...]
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