A 2005 cover of XXL, featuring Snoop Dogg and The Game.

XXL is a hip-hop magazine from Harris Publications. The magazine's editor-in-chief is Elliott Wilson. The fastest growing magazine, XXL. The Source is the leading magazine, but XXL Magazine is slowly gaining momentum to become Americas leading hip-hop magazine. ... The fastest growing magazine, XXL. The Source is the leading magazine, but XXL Magazine is slowly gaining momentum to become Americas leading hip-hop magazine. ... Snoop Dogg (other nicknames include The Bigg Boss Dogg, Bigg Snoop Dogg, Snoop D-O Double G, and Snoop Doggy Dogg) (born Cordozar Calvin Broadus, Jr. ... The Game (born Jayceon Terell Taylor on November 27, 1979 in Los Angeles, California), is an American rapper signed to Geffen Records. ... Harris Publications is the publisher of King magazine, XXL, Guitar World, and Revolver, among other titles. ...

Since 1998, XXL has competed with hip-hop powerhouses such as The Source magazine and Vibe magazine. It was started by disgruntled Source staffers James Bernard, Robert Marriott and Reginald Dennis, as well as others who wanted to make a better magazine than The Source, which they saw as compromised. Benzino, a Boston, Massachusetts-based rapper and associate of The Source publisher Dave Mays, allegedly influenced the editorial content and rating system. Breakdancer in Ljubljana, Slovenia. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Janet Jackson on the cover of Vibe in 1998. ... Benzino Is an east coast rapper and co-owner of The Source, a popular hip hop magazine in the United States. ...

Foxy Brown on the cover of a Summer 2003 issue of XXL

XXL's goal was to provide their readers with the best talent, thus they established the motto "Hip-Hop on a Higher Level." They scored major advertising after The Source was taken over by Benzino and launched a battle against Eminem. Hip-Hop labels Def Jam and Interscope offered XXL most of their advertising and access to their feature artists. The sales increased with their February 2003 cover of Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent, which was subtitled "The Real Hip-Hop is Over Here." After the cover, XXL's average readership increased. Image File history File links Xxlcoverfox. ... Image File history File links Xxlcoverfox. ... Foxy Brown (born Inga Marchand on September 6, 1979 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American rapper of Afro-Trinidadian and Indo-Trinidadian descent [1] known for her solo work as well as numerous collaborations and a brief stint as part of hip-hop supergroup The Firm. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Eminem (born Marshall Bruce Mathers III on October 17, 1972) is an Academy Award-winning American rapper and occasional actor. ... Def Jam Recordings is an American based hip-hop record label that operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Music Group, which is owned by Universal Music Group. ... Interscope Records is a record label currently owned by the Universal Music Group. ... André Romel Young (born on February 18, 1965 in Los Angeles, California), who is better known by his stage name Dr. Dre is an influential Grammy-Award winning American record producer, hip hop producer, rapper, actor and record executive. ... For the U.S. currency value, see Half dollar (United States coin). ...

By 2005, subscriptions had increased to 800,000 with an average readership of two million.^{[citation needed]}. In August 2005, XXL achieved its goal of becoming the best selling hip-hop magazine.^{[citation needed]}. The magazine's editor-in-chief Elliott Wilson is also a member of New York City's "ego trip" collective which partnered with VH1 to create the ego trip's Race-O-Rama! television trilogy in 2005. VH1 (spelled VH-1 (Video Hits One) until 1994) is an American cable television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment (at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV, which originally came up with the idea of the channel). ...

Not to be confused with the magazines:

• Double XL Magazine, which features various bodybuilding and fitness and figure models.

• XL Magazine, dedicated to the individuals who choose to live Extraordinary Lives, which is published by the XL Results Foundation, an Asian network of entrepreneurs.

• XL, which contains pornographic photographs of BBW targeted at fat admirers.

Voluptuous XL (Score Special 122) XL (aka Voluptuous XL Score Special) is an American pornographic magazine depicting BBW models for fat admirer fetishists. ... Pornography (from Greek πόρνη prostitute and γραφία writing) (more informally referred to as porn or porno) is the representation of the human body or sexual activity with the goal of sexual arousal. ... Rubens Venus at the Mirror BBW, an initialism for Big Beautiful Woman, denotes an attractive, self-confident woman of size. BBWs are also the focus of a subculture with interests centered on the acceptance, support, and admiration of obese women. ... Fat Admirers (or FAs) are people, usually male heterosexuals, who are sexually attracted to more heavy partners. ...

External link

• XXL official website
• XXL official Myspace