Who is this Snoop Lion character and what does it mean for Snoop Dogg? This is basically what GQ magazine set out to find out in their feature story on the West Coast rap legend turned Rastafarian in its January 2013 issue.
Kendrick Lamar is easily the hottest MC in the Hip-Hop game right now. Mainstream media is taking note of the Compton rapper’s talents, and he recently sat down for a candid Q&A with GQ magazine. Kendrick talked everything from those dominoes in good kid/m.A.A.d. city’s narrative, dealing with the pressures of working with Dr. Dre, going […]
Lil Wayne is going back home for the Super Bowl. The avid sports fan will be performing at GQ magazine’s Lacoste and Mercedes-Benz sponsored Super Bowl XLVII party in New Orleans.
What, you thought Hip-Hop mags were the only publications that give Rick Ross his due? GQ magazine has declared Rozay “Bawse Of The Year” in its Men of the Year issue.
Heads can’t get enough Rihanna. And judging from Chris Brown’s latest Twitter debacle, she’s at least easy on the eye. The Bajan singer and 777 passenger recently covered the Men Of The Year issue of GQ, and the publication has released new photo outtakes and behind the scenes video footage of the shoot.
Hip-Hop friendly soul crooner Frank Ocean is featured in GQ’s Men of the Year issue. In the informative Q&A, the Odd Future member discusses how he got in the game after driving to LA from New Orleans with about $1000 in his pocket and, of course, why he revealed that his first love was another […]
The RZA has come along away since a failed deal with Tommy Boy Records led to the creation of the Wu-Tang Clan. In a feature profile in GQ magazine, the rapper/producer/actor and now very official director—The Man With The Iron Fists is in theaters tomorrow (Nov. 2nd)—talks about everything from his Shaolin come up to […]
GQ has always been pretty liberal when it came to dubbing someone a “rookie.” However, Gentlemen’s Quarterly magazine is dubbing G.O.O.D. Music’s Big Sean rap’s hottest rookie of 2012.
Once upon a time, Kanye West was begging to be on magazine covers. There have been war stories told about a young and hungry Mr. West walking into the offices of The Source and XXL to play his music for the staff, demanding that he get a cover. Boy have times changed.
Hip-Hop has known for a long time that Yasiin Bey (formerly known as the Mighty Mos Def) is one of the culture’s greatest treasures. Besides poignant rhymes and Golden Globe and Emmy nominated acting chops, the Brooklyn native has long been a fashion forward firebrand. The real life documentarian’s gear may be a mix of Ivy […]
Roc Nation songstress Rita Ora makes an appearance in the new September issue of GQ magazine, and talks a bit about her time under the tutelage of Jay-Z. Most interestingly that the “Roc The Life” singer had a few years to get her music and image in proper order. Jay-Z signed the Kosovo-born Brit to his […]
French Montana as style icon? Maybe not, but the Bad Boy Records and Bronx rapper’s knack for outrageous get ups—think silky scarfs as hats, or the stuffed bear head & fur vest combo he rocked on the cover XXL mag’s Freshman 2012 issue. French thus took his burgeoning styling talents to GQ magazine (involving a […]
