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Who?!: XXL Freshman Class 2022 Class Revealed
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Travis Shinn / Courtesy of XXL On Tuesday (June 14), XXL magazine revealed its annual XXL Freshman list of up and coming rappers and MC’s. This year’s class features a dozen artists and includes some names that may already be familiar like Saucy Santana, Big Scarr and Nardo Wick. According to XXL, the list was determined via daily meetings (in person and via Zoom) with the eventual selections to help determine who was making a name for themselves and establishing themselves for an actual career in order to avoid one-hit wonder status. It all started in January before wrapping up in April. While the staffes picked what was thought to be an initial nine selections, the tenth spot was via fan vote. Yes, this is where we point out that 12 people made the list...
XXL Freshman Class 2021 Revealed
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Courtesy of XXL / XXL XXL magazine has finally released their annual Freshman Class of the rap game and while some names are expected, others were surprising. The Freshman Class of 2021 is 11 deep and includes up and coming Hip-Hop artists: 42 Dugg, Flo Milli, Morray, Pooh Shiesty, Lakeyah, Coi Leray, Toosii, Blxst, Rubi Rose, Iann Dior and DDG. Not a bad list as many of these artists are indeed bubbling in popularity. Unfortunately one of the standout rappers on the list, Pooh Shiesty, is already in danger of having his young career sidetracked for allegedly shooting a security guard at a Miami nightclub. Social media meanwhile have been questioning why Rubi Rose was able to make the list with many speculating that her “assets” had more to do w...
