Rikki Martinez

If you haven't heard of SZA, please allow me to introduce your ears to something BEAUTIFUL! Top Dawg Ent. has dropped her new song via their soundcloud and I LOVE IT!

Rikki Martinez got to sit down with Naya Rivera from Glee. Her new single “Sorry”, Big Sean, who pays for the bill & who said “I Love you” first.

WOAH!! I thought yesterday was just going to be a normal Monday... and then CONTROL drops!! The internet is currently on extreme hype mode after Big Sean released this song "Control" ft. Kendrick Lamar & Jay Electronica. Why? OHHH YOU BETTER LISTEN FOR YOURSELF!

It's the talk of the hip hop world right now. DJ Khaled professing his love and proposing via MTV video to Nicki Minaj. Is this real or a joke is the question buzzing around everywhere so I spoke to Rick Ross for some inside on the situation.

Juicy J had a great set at Paid Dues. Brought out Wiz Khalifa and had the girls in the crowd flashing their goods. STRAIGHT TURNT!! Caught up with Juicy and Wiz afterwards and chatted about how turnt up he gets females at his shows, being a millionaire at 22, talking to Lil Wayne post-hospital stay, watching out for his health as a workaholic and looking for new talent in hiphop.

Biggest hip hop news by far this week is Kid Cudi leaving G.O.O.D. music. I had the chance to sit with Cudi and talk to him about his future plans MINUS G.O.O.D. Music, The Walking Dead, Scary Movies and why he chose to collab with Kendrick Lamar and A$AP Rocky on his new album Indicud. All THAT plus soooo much more!!

Hopsin and Dizzy Wright! Standouts from XXL's 2012 & 2013 Freshman Covers talk to me about what they will and won't put up with when it comes to hot chicks, who had the better XXL Freshman Cover, how the 2 spitters linked up and what's coming for us all very soon! WARNING: TONS OF LAUGHS AHEAD!

This new "Highschool" video... woaaaah!! First off, Nicki Minaj looks amazing and second, things between her and Lil Wayne go all the way steamy and to the bedroom in it! WATCH!!

In Snoop's documentary 'Reincarnated' he talks about not being on good terms with Tupac when Pac passed away. I got the chance to speak to Snoop and he elaborated on what led to their falling out.

Not gunna lie, there are few magazine issues I look forward to as much as I do for this issue of XXL every year... dope to see cats you listen to make it on here and you get put up on MCs you might not know but look into because they're featured.