Kidd Kidd has been released from jail at Rikers Island after he was arrested during the XXL Freshmen show in NYC just last week. After…

After what’s seemed like a much longer wait than usual, the XXL team revealed their picks for the coveted annual “Freshman Class” issue, and the Internet is…

The XXL Class of 2015 has been announced and it consists of some very familiar faces.  Fetty Wap;  K Camp; Tink; Vince Staples; OG Maco; Shy Glizzy and GoldLink;Raury; Def Loaf; and Kidd Kidd are all part of Class of 2015 and were all voted for by “the people”. SOURCE: http://hiphopwired.com/2015/06/03/2015-xxl-freshman-list/

  I love myself!   XXL recently allowed Kendrick Lamar to pen his own cover story. Fans got a chance to learn a little more…

Source | Rap-Up It’s that time of the year again. XXL magazine has unveiled the 12 artists that make up their 2014 Freshman Class. 2014 XXL Freshman Class Chance the Rapper…

XXL releases the official mixtape for their 2013 Freshmen class hosted by DJ Drama. The 17-track tape features original music from Joey Bada$$, Schoolboy Q, Logic, Trinidad Jame$, Kirko Bangz, Ab-Soul, Travi$ Scott, and more. The XXL Freshmen List Gets Explained! XXL Freshmen Class Of 2008: Where Are They Now? The Freshmen 11 List 2013 […]

This is the moment you’ve all been waiting for, the cover reveal of the XXL Freshman Class 2013. XXL Freshman Class 2013 Schoolboy Q Trinidad Jame$ Joey Bada$$…

It’s the time of year when websites like ours and print publications begin wrapping up the year and giving nods to those who occupied our…

Each year that XXL releases their “Freshman Class” list there are both positive and negative responses. The 2012 cover featuring Machine Gun Kelly, Iggy Azalea, French Montana, Kid Ink, Future, Danny Brown, Roscoe Dash, Hopsin, Macklemore and Don Trip is no different.

Check out the footage from the XXL 2011 Freshman cover photo shoot. As usual there is controversy about who should be on the cover and who shouldn’t, in the footage you get one-on-one brief interviews with each artist. Samples of History: Hip-Hop Mines Afrobeat If you are not familiar with a few of the artists […]

When I first saw this, I had to reread this one-mo-gain, just to be sure I read it right. Former XXL editor Dave  Bry wrote a piece for “The Awl” which he writes about an uncovered new rapper trying to make the scene that goes by a the worst Rapper Name Ever: Hitla.  I know writing about fools […]