This week finds Vic Mensa breaking on the solo tip, French Montana squading up in the Bronx, and Theophilus London joining a live band for a video. On a different level, Mr. Green links with Philly’s Slaughter Rico for a live-sampled production. XXL » News
This Sunday, the staffers at XXL will be celebrating Mother’s Day and honoring the beautiful women who brought us into this world, and we suggest you do the same. To commemorate the day, we compiled a list of gifts our favorite rappers are getting for their moms, in case you last-minute shoppers need some ideas. [...]
May 10th, 2013 by John K. | Another great week of sneaker customs is ready to be reviewed here, starting with a sick combination of LeBron and Jordan, two of the best Nike KD V remixes, and a special tribute to the KAWS/Original Fake label, which ended its run this Spring season. There’s no doubt [...]
Pick of the Litter He was slow, undrafted and had a nickname that didn’t sound very football-like: “Cubby.” Yep, Everson Walls didn’t seem to be destined for NFL greatness. Nonetheless, the Grambling State product brought one thing to the Dallas Cowboys in 1981 that every premier corner has: Instinct. Walls had passing-game intuition to the [...]
61* When you think of records involving New York sports teams and the number 61, football isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind. Roger Maris’ 61 home runs in 1961 might be the most famous former sports record in history. But Maris’ popularity paled in comparison to that of his teammate, Mickey Mantle. [...]
Just when we thought this past week couldn’t get anymore intense, it did. After suffering another seizure, Lil Wayne has been officially dropped from Reebok. While Scarface questioned the direction of hip-hop, we lost a legend to the industry when a member of Kriss Kross passed away. Before we give a rundown of what occurred [...]
Updated: May 5, 2013, 9:42 pm ET The first round is done, but there are more Playoff games to be played… HOOPSWORLD wants to play with you. Each week of the Playoffs we’ll provide you a list of games. All you have to do is pick the winner of the game. Each weekly winner will be eligible [...]
Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it’s easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make [...]
This week in hip-hop was active. Monday saw the biggest and most anticipated release of the year—Ray J’s “I Hit It First” video. In more unfortunate news, the death of Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly made national headlines. Lil Wayne and Tyler, The Creator get dismissed by Mountain Dew for their artistic directions. Lastly, Chance The [...]
This week in photos, Derick G gives us some behind the scenes photos of the “Tap Out” video shoot, hip-hop’s biggest stars come out for the Gig It launch event, and Jay-Z looks dapper in a suit at The Great Gatsby premiere. Plus, Bridget Kelly and Kendrick Lamar shoot their “Street Dreamin’” video and Future [...]
If you didn’t get enough mobile news during the week, not to worry, because we’ve opened the firehose for the truly hardcore. This week brought a leak of the BlackBerry R-Series smartphone in red, a clever new notification system from the Paranoid Android team and quarterly earnings from Leap Wireless, the parent company of Cricket. [...]
This week in the Twittersphere, Kanye West sent fans into a tizzy when he revealed a possible release date for his next album, Tyler the Creator took Dr. Boyce Watkins to task and Iggy Azalea let the journalists everywhere know to step their game up. Also, J. Cole apparently doesn’t want Tia and Tamera to [...]
This week find Murs, Sacha Jenkins and Darryl Jenifer tackling issues of race in the White Mandingo’s latest video, while Wyclef Jean wrestles with his own public images in the first video off his April Showers mixtape. Additionally, Quelle Chris and Prince SAMO bring the weird this week with some colorful but definitely bizarre videos. [...]
May 3rd, 2013 by John K. | Another incredible week of sneaker customs is upon us, with a rather diverse set of shoes and the “usuals” making their way in this week’s recaps of remixed kicks. The “Sunset Strip” Foamposite Ones were a nice sight, as was the Air Jordan [...]
As April turns into May (and spring allergies continue to plague our collective day-to-day existence), the XXL staff is grateful, because another summer means a lot of things to look forward to, like girls in sundresses, rooftop barbecues and an inevitable abundance of beers. On the music front, Kanye might be putting out a new [...]