XXL Freshmen 2015 is coming and the freshman hopefuls are gearing up to possibly make this year’s class. With the 10th Spot voting happening now, we have to let the potentials tell us ...

The cyphers are about presence, attitude and that undeniable spark that makes the audience pay attention. For many of these artists, this is their first national spotlight moment, where they can grab ...

Where did the original idea for the Freshman List come from? We’ve been doing it, I think, for seven classes now. Over the time we’ve seen the shift from people liking certain rappers and being very ...

The XXL freshman class of 2018 started out hot and heavy with majority of the artists releasing at least one well know song ...

Earlier this year, 2015 XXL Freshman OG Maco dropped 15, an 11-track EP that helped cement him as a dynamic, versatile voice in hip-hop. Since "U Guessed It" introduced him to national ...