The XXL Freshman Class is an annual list created and published by XXL Magazine. It features up-and-coming hip-hop artists. Typically, the magazine chooses artists who are predicted to have a ...

A new generation of hip-hop stars has been crowned. XXL magazine released its annual freshman class list on Monday, highlighting 11 promising rappers who are poised to make their mark on hip-hop.

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 ...