Las Vegas native Dizzy Wright won the People's Choice vote in the 2013 XXL Freshmen class as a result of his consistent buzz from his Smokeout Conversations album and The First Agreement mixtape. Even ...
Beyond debates about whether the round-up represents an accurate snapshot of upcoming rap talent in 2014 though, a statistical break-down of the fortunes of the XXL freshmen past and present throws up ...
11 Rappers Who Didn’t Make The XXL Freshmen 2014 Cover React XXL Freshman Class of 2014 has finally been revealed. Our seventh anniversary lineup includes 12 artists who are breaking new ground in hip ...
Lupe Fiasco. B.o.B. Kendrick Lamar. J. Cole. There are few, if any regrettable choices for XXL‘s annual “freshmen class” list headliner, and their choice for 2014 is already an established talent, ...
Kendrick Lamar heats up the cover of XXL Magazine's Winter 2014 issue. This marks the Compton rhymer's first solo cover for the hip-hop publication. He appeared on the 2011 Freshman Class issue, ...