XXL Magazine to Honor "Biggie" The King of New York

XXL is paying tribute to one of the legends of hip-hop, The Notorious B.I.G. who graces the latest cover of the magazine will hit stands on February 7th, check out the cover below.

In their own words, "Similar to the honorary issue dedicated to Tupac Shakur and the 15th anniversary of his passing, released by XXL in September of 2011, 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 and Christopher “CJ” Wallace and their mamas, Jan Jackson and Faith Evans, to his closest friends like members of Junior M.A.F.I.A. and others, many got their chance to share stories and more to pay homage to the beloved MC. Most even disclosed rare, never-before-published photos of Biggie from their personal collections, which are featured in this month’s issue. Since Big was one of the most swagger-jacked rappers of all time, there’s a list of the 100 best Biggie bites, a look a what The Notorious One might have looked like at 40-plus, and much more."

I can't wait for this issue to drop. Will you buy this issue of XXL?

Does Drake Really Want to Fight Common?

New York Bad Boy recording artist and "Mafioso Rapper" French Montana has recently revealed some interesting news in the Drake vs Common Saga. He says the Young Money Canadian born rapper wants to literally fight Common physically.

Personally I'm all for rap beef as long as it stays on wax, but getting physical is a whole different story. I am somewhat disappointed because these are two of the most admirable rap artist in the game, and I am fans of them both.

French goes on to say he believes the drama started over Serena Williams. here is what he had to say.

"I think it was over [Serena Williams] or something like that," French said speaking on Drake and Common's feud. "Shout-out to Serena Williams. I'm staying out of that. With them, you've gotta look at it like it's hip-hop, it's competition, it's good for the music. I think Drake wants to fight. Yeah, I think Drake wants to fight. He said he can't wait to run into him. Man, I'm gonna hit him. I'm gonna let him know [we don't want him fighting]. Shout-out to Drake." ("The Angie Martinez Show")

Common and Drake were both in Park City, Utah this weekend to perform and enjoy festivities at the Sundance Film Festival but, as could be expected, the two rappers didn’t make time to hang with each other. MTV News caught up with Common for a quick chat, during which he maintained that the beef between himself and the Toronto rapper had come to a stalemate. “I kinda addressed it so much on record, I feel like I really don’t have any more to say about it. I think it’s just part of a hip hop battle, that’s all really,” Common said.

So who would win in a fist to cuff fight between Common & Drake?

Sean "Diddy" Combs To Launch his own African American Network Channel

According to Nickie Leaks.com  Hip-Hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs is ready to launch a TV network. It will be a music themed cable network named ‘Revolt.’ The Bad Boy Entertainment Exec is ready to expand his already vast portfolio to that of Network Producer.
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 Broadcasting and Cable says Revolt is set to premiere on December 12th 2012, with help from former MTV Programming Chief Andy Schuon, who in 2006 spearheaded the music channel International Music Feed (IMF).

The channel will be aimed at the African American audience, and sources have confirmed that Comcast and Time Warner Cable will also be heavily involved in the project. This joint venture will target at least 18 million households between Comcast and Warner.


Bad Boy Entertainment Headquarters in New York have yet to confirm reports.

Will You watch the Revolt network channel?

Source: Nickie Leakes.com.