The 2012 XXL Freshman frenzy isn't over quite yet. Today at 3 p.m., the 2012 XXL Freshmen mixtape, hosted by DJ Whoo Kid, Diddy and T.I., will drop exclusively on XXLMag.com. This is the third year in ...

If there's one thing lists are good for, it's starting arguments. This is true for just about any style of music, but it goes double for hip-hop, a genre whose diehards don't mince words. No wonder ...

From the trap house to Ellen, from the Dungeon Family to the top of the Billboard charts, Future has been everywhere. But like many artists, the XXL Freshman cover was one of the rapper's very first ...

(AllHipHop News) Every year XXL releases a cover and issue dedicated to their “Freshmen Class,” a group of upcoming, emerging, and buzzing MC’s that the magazine feels are going to be the “next to ...

Keeping up with the tradition of XXL Freshman, the publication along with Diddy, T.I. and Dj Whoo Kid, release the official 2012 XXL Freshman Class mixtape. Machine Gun Kelly, Danny Brown, Kid Ink, ...

If you have friends who are REALLY into rap on Twitter, you’re probably noticing a lot of humbuggery about something called “the Freshman cover” or the “XXL list.” Curiosity probably got the best of ...

According to XXL.com, “Too $hort also responded to the video in a statement sent to XXLMag.com”: I want to apologize to anyone I may have offended with the XXL ...

Here is part 1 of the 2012 XXL Freshmen class cypher. In this 1st segment you’ll get to see Hopsin, Roscoe Dash, Machine Gun Kelly, Future and Danny Brown all kick a few bars while DJ Whoo Kid spins a ...

Journalists and media watchdogs from all corners of the web rightly criticized XXL’s decision last week to publish a video interview with rapper Too Short where he gave “fatherly advice” to young boys ...

XXL Goes XL: Multiple sources familiar with the situation told The Observer that hip-hop magazine XXL is cutting back to “XL” (figuratively, but also, kind of literally). No, it won’t be changing its ...