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News Mac Miller Talks On Asher Roth Comparisons <p>Mac Miller and Asher Roth are both white rappers from Pennsylvania and based on that alone they are often compared. Mac Miller's debut album "Blue Slide Park" is projected to sell 100,000 units in its first week, whereas two years ago, Asher Roth's debut album "Asleep In The Bread Aisle" only moved 62, 000 in its first week. Why is that? <em>XXL</em> spoke to Mac Miller about the comparisons of himself and Asher Roth and what he says is quite true.</p> By Rose Lilah November 10, 2011
News Kendrick Lamar Speaks On Working With Pharrell & Upcoming Album <p>Kendrick Lamar and ScHoolBoy Q sat down with <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://www.billboard.com/column/the-juice#/column/the-juice/kendrick-lamar-schoolboy-q-talk-upcoming-1006077752.story" target="_blank">Billboard</a> to dicuss upcoming projects and Kendrick revealed some details about what he has in store.</p> By Rose Lilah February 03, 2012
News Forbes Predicts That Sean "Diddy" Combs Will Become Hip Hop's First Billionaire <p><span id="intelliTXT"> <p class="summary">The Bad Boy mogul might just beat out 50 Cent, Jay-Z and more in the quest to hit a billi.</p> By Rose Lilah September 22, 2011
News Snoop Dogg Says Dr. Dre's "Detox" Is "Almost Finished," Features Eminem <p><span id="intelliTXT"> <p class="summary">Tha Doggfather gives an update on the oft-delayed third solo album from Dre.</p> By Rose Lilah October 05, 2011
News ‘Watch The Throne’ Sales Strategy Prone To Multi-Scanning <p>There are whispers going around the industry that the sales strategy adopted by Kanye, Jay-Z together with the label which gives iTunes a 4 day exclusive window of Watch The Throne‘s release and thereafter physical edition at Best Buy from August 12th onwards, is prone to instances of multi-scanning for sales purposes.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah August 10, 2011
News Demand For Nicki Minaj Videos Soar; Rapper Sets Viewing Record <p>The demand for videos by Nicki Minaj has soared, as the rapper has set a new record for most single week video views, on Music Choice's Video on Demand service.<br /> <br /> The video for the Nicki's single "Super Bass" has received 1,436,807 views according to Rentrak, a media measurement and research company. <br /> <br /> The number represents the largest ever recorded for a single week since Music Choice's Video on Demand launched in November of 2004, according to reps for Music Choice.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah June 21, 2011
News Scarface Still Locked Up, Owes Over $123,000 in Child Support <p>Legendary Houston rapper Scarface is still in police custody for failure to pay child support.</p> <p>As XXLMag.com previously reported, 'Face was originally locked up in Montgomery County Jail in Texas back in October 2010 for four separate cases of not paying child support.</p> <p>The former Geto Boys leader has since been moved to Harris County Jail as of last week where he is being held for two active child support warrants totaling $123,372. He also faces two other child support charges as well as charges from the federal government.</p> By Rose Lilah July 02, 2011
Music Smokepurpp & Murda Beatz Preview New Music New Murda x Purpp on the way. By Milca P. December 02, 2017
News XXL Freshman 2011 Freestyle: Meek Mill <object height="270" width="480" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="flashObj"> <param value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" name="movie" /> <param value="#FFFFFF" name="bgcolor" /> By Rose Lilah March 08, 2011
News Nicki Minaj Takes London by Storm, Forced to Cancel Gig <p>London is crazy for Nicki Minaj. Fans and paparazzi clamored outside the fancy Dorchester Hotel yesterday for a peep at the Young Money femcee's new cotton candy hair-do. Minaj is in Britain, enjoying the country's trademark scones and tea, and promoting her platinum debut 'Pink Friday.' The pandemonium over Minaj even spilled over later into the evening after she announced two surprise gigs in the U.K. capital.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah January 22, 2011
News Waka Flocka Surrenders to Police, Faces Slew of Charges <p>Waka Flocka Flame surrendered to Georgia police on Monday (Jan. 3) to face charges after a raid of his home last month. According to TMZ, he was booked by the Henry County Police Department on a slew of charges including possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, possession of firearm by convicted felon, violation of probation for driving on a suspended license, and possession of the prescription drug hydrocodone.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah January 04, 2011
News Crooked I Breaks Silence On Funkmaster Flex <p><br /> Nearly two weeks later, King Tech and Crooked I debate if Flex's comments were just a case of free speech or disrespecting the late, great 2Pac.<br /> <br /> Despite an apology and attempts to clarify his two-week-old comments about “not sucking 2Pac’s dick,” Funkmaster Flex is still being questioned for the timing of his statements. Fellow deejay and radio personality King Tech, called Crooked I—who like ‘Pac once called Death Row Records home—to get a different viewpoint on both the timing and the comments.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah December 07, 2010