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Editor's Pick Drake Sends Subliminal Shots At Meek Mill During Festival Performance Drake says "I'm the Canadian guy making all the American guys mad" at his Squamish Festival performance. By Patrick Lyons August 10, 2015
News DMX Released From Prison <p>After serving less than half of his 90-day sentence, DMX  has been released from a Los Angeles prison. The Yonkers native was freed Thursday (Aug. 12) afternoon after serving only 18 days behind bars for a probation violation, stemming from a 2002 reckless driving conviction. X turned himself in late July after his release from an Arizona prison where he had just served six months behind bars for violating parole with substance abuse.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah August 13, 2010
News Ludacris & Eudoxie Welcome First Child Together Ludacris & Eudoxie welcome their first child together, a baby girl. By Kevin Goddard June 04, 2015
News Kanye West To Headline Hurricane Sandy Relief Concert Kanye West will be one of the headliners for "12-12-12" a Hurricane Sandy relief concert at Madison Square Garden. By Rose Lilah November 15, 2012
Beef Drake Changes Lyrics To "Energy," Seemingly Takes A Shot At Chris Brown Drake changed a line in "Energy" to "I got R&B niggas that I gotta act like I like" at his show in Auckland, New Zealand last night. By Trevor Smith February 23, 2015
Crime Third Jam Master Jay Murder Suspect Pleads Guilty In October of 2002, Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay was fatally shot at the age of 37 in his Queens recording studio. By Caroline Fisher April 28, 2026
Music Lil Uzi Vert Joins Playboi Carti On Stage During Concert Lil Uzi Vert joins forces with Playboi Carti. By Matt F August 17, 2017
News Diddy Victim Of Most Recent "Swatting" Prank, Cops Swarm His L.A. Home Diddy's L.A. home was swarmed by the LAPD after an anonymous call claimed there had been a shooting in his house. By Trevor Smith April 03, 2013
News Jay-Z And Eminem Add B.O.B To Detroit Concerts <p>B.o.B was fortunate enough to land Eminem as a guest on his debut album 'B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray,' but now the ATL rapper will take it a step further when he opens for Em and Jay-Z at Detroit's Comerica Park on Sept. 2 and 3.</p> By Rose Lilah September 01, 2010
News Watch the Throne Coming in July, Source Says + Rumored Tracklist Revealed <p>While rumors about the official street date of the oft-delayed, highly-anticipated <em>Watch the Throne </em>album have been circulating on the internet the past couple of months, a source close to Jay-Z and Kanye West says the album has a release month: July.</p> <p>The source tells <em>XXLMag.com</em> exclusively that Hov and Yeezy, the latter who resides in Paris these days, are both in New York for the next couple of weeks putting the final touches on the set in hopes of releasing it next month.</p> By Rose Lilah June 06, 2011
News A$AP Rocky Recalls Crying Tears Of Joy After His First Show ASAP Rocky reflects on his first live appearance in a new promo clip for Ferragamo. By Trevor Smith December 01, 2014
Original Content Classic Rotation: MF Doom & Madlib's "Madvillainy" 10 Years Later Our "Classic Rotation" series revisits classic albums on the anniversary of their release. Today we take a look at MF Doom & Madlib's classic album, "Madvillainy", which dropped ten years ago, on March 23rd 2004. By TWL March 23, 2014