In 2008, names like Saigon, Lil Boosie and Plies made the cut, while last year, B.o.B, Charles Hamilton, Wale and Asher Roth graced the cover. Other members of the '09 class were Kid Cudi, Ace Hood, Curren$y, Blu, Mickey Factz and Cory Gunz.
XXL Editor in Chief Vanessa Satten said the editorial staff started deciding the 2010 class two months ago. Besides their own research, they also took recommendations from the magazine's editors at large… Continue
So, here is Joe’s response to Tahiry's wife beater allegations:
“She was wilin. I'm big on body language. You know, when you're with somebody for so long. You know them. So I came home and she was wilin' and she drinks every night. She needs an AA meeting probably. She was drunk, she was wilin, big argument, then I found out she was cheating when she went to sleep.
John Mayer is apologizing for using the N-Word in that explosively controversial Playboy interview in which he compared his penis to a white supremacist.
During the interview, Mayer stated that "black people" love him -- and then he brought up the topic of a "hood pass."
While explaining the meaning of a hood pass, Mayer said, "It's sort of a contradiction in terms, because if you really had a hood pass, you could call it a n*gger… Continue
Lil Wayne's life revolves around a daily regime of "SportsCenter," studio time and sweets. But on Tuesday (February 9), the Cash Money lyricist will be formally sentenced to prison after he struck a plea deal with Manhattan prosecutors stemming from a 2007 arrest in New York on gun charges. After he officially enters his plea, the rapper is expected to then turn himself in immediately to begin a one-year jail sentence.
Kelly Clarkson has no problem with Taylor Swift's record label defending her off-key performance at the Grammys.
But don't go bad-mouthing "American Idol," or the singers the hit show has spawned.
After the multi-Grammy winning Swift turned in a shockingly off-key performance with Stevie Nicks at Sunday night's big awards show, her label's boss, Scott Borchetta, came to the… Continue
Misa Hylton was talking mess about Kim Porter. Misa went on a NY radio station and said that Kim needed to fall back, stay in her lane, and accept that Diddy's gonna have tons of jumpoffs and babys mothers.
Well now Kim is… Continue
Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith claim they're not to blame for a movie that made absolutely no money -- even though Jada wrote the script.
It's all over a movie you'll probably never see called "Human Contract" -- which Jada wrote in 2007.
In legal papers filed today in L.A. County Superior Court, the couple claims the guy who financed the movie is threatening to sue them because he believes… Continue
Lil Wayne was vocal about how humbled and honored he was to be taking over folk icon Bob Dylan's part on Monday night's remake of "We Are the World." But at the end of his soft-spoken comments to reporters during the recording session, the New Orleans-bred rapper added one more thought that instantly sent a buzz through the room.
"I think it's amazing what's been done for Haiti," Wayne said, gazing out at the assembled reporters and cameramen in… Continue
T-Pain, who won an award in the rap category last night, said he was using his famous auto-tune effect for the very first time live at the show. And he wasn't thrilled about the result – at least compared to Jamie Foxx's use of it. (The two appeared together on "Blame It"). "Wow I sound terrible next to him," Pain admitted, "he was perfect."
Pain was just as blunt about which artist he wants to produce next. "I will not work with anyone until I… Continue
Robby from the group City High was on A&E's show Intervention. Well during the show, it was revealed that while he was in the midst of his addiction, his grilfriend and bandmember Claudette Ortiz dumped him and got with the other bandmate Ryan.
Well now Claudette is finally speaking out about what went down in their relationship:
Here’s what she had to say about Robby’s abuse:
It was… Continue
Nicole Richie is setting the record straight: she never had an eating disorder.
“I felt it was a little unfair to say someone has an eating disorder when they don’t. It’s extremely insulting and irresponsible,” the 28-year-old mother of two said in an interview in the latest issue of Marie Claire magazine. “An eating disorder is serious and it’s a disease.”
Critics point to photos from her past, like the infamous 2006 bikini photo… Continue
After months of keeping his cool, Kanye West blew up on his blog in one of his classic rants on Friday (January 29) after being criticized by animal-rights organization PETA after he was pictured wearing fur during Paris fashion week.
"When it's all said and done, remember the fearless, remember the dreamers, remember those who represent the ghetto ... The fairy tale of nothing to something," West wrote in his typical all-caps… Continue
BUENOS AIRES – Argentina's president recommended pork as an alternative to Viagra Wednesday, saying she spent a satisfying weekend with her husband after eating barbecued pork.
"I've just been told something I didn't know; that eating pork improves your sex life ... I'd say it's a lot nicer to eat a bit of grilled pork than take Viagra," President Cristina Fernandez said to leaders of the pig farming… Continue
Victoria Beckham and Jennifer Lopez are both known for their dramatically different figures – but according to Beckham, they're the same size in clothing.
Though Lopez is famously known for her curves, and Beckham is practically the poster girl for stick-thin fashionistas, the former Spice Girl reveals to 10 magazine that the famous friends fit into the same dress.
"My dresses are for women of all different shapes and sizes," Beckham… Continue
While Rihanna has been hanging with Los Angeles Dodger Matt Kemp in recent weeks, she said she'll be going stag to the Grammys on Sunday.
"I'm going to the Grammys alone, as always!" she said Thursday on 104.3 MY FM's "Valentine in the Morning" show, according to UsMagazine.com. "Even when I was in a relationship, I always have gone alone."
However, "I'm still single, if that's what you really want to ask!" she added.
Lupe Fiasco said there is no truth to the rumors that he and Jessica Biel are hooking up.
"With Jessica?" Lupe said with a smile Wednesday when asked if he was romantically involved with the "Valentine's Day" actress. "No. She's a very lovely person. I do consider her a friend. She's very dope, [a] very capable young woman. Very smart. But we are not dating or romantically intertwined in any way. But she's good peoples."
A South Carolina politician is making very a public apology - and this time it's not Governor Mark Sanford.
After likening welfare recepients to stray animals, Andre Bauer, the embattled Republican's lieutenant governor, is hastily back-pedalling from remarks his rivals have called "immoral."
"My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals," he said during a Town Hall… Continue
The Vice President for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals” has labeled Kanye West an idiot, after the chart-topping rapper and his girlfriend were seen wearing fur coats during Paris’ Men’s Fashion Week.
The photographs of West and his girlfriend Amber Rose have ruffled the feathers of the higher up’s at PETA.
The pair wore matching full-length lynx coats during a show at Men’s… Continue
Rihanna may need to do a better background check on the men she dates.
As first reported by Star magazine, RiRi's new boyfriend, L.A. Dodger Matt Kemp, was accused of abusing his ex-girlfriend, Felisha Terrell, who went as far as to file a restraining order against him in 2008.
An agent for the 25-year-old baseball player, however, insists that the court order is a "nonissue."
"Matt dated Felisha about two years ago and… Continue