Cash Cobain got in front of it. Before the 2024 XXL Freshman Freestyles were fully released, the New York rapper owned up to it and said his freestyle was not good. “My XXL Freestyle is a–, and I ...

We don't know if you've heard but, the 2018 XXL Freshman Class is officially in the building, and now, so are each member's freestyle. Thus far, freestyles from this year's Freshman, which marks the ...

For the past week, XXL has been releasing freestyles from their 2016 Freshman class. While most of them were good, some were head scratchers, particularly, Desiigner’s singing freestyle, which ...

Since our second Freshman Class in 2009, each edition of our annual up-and-coming MC spotlight issue has included a slew of different stories, videos and interviews to showcase the year's new crop of ...

There’s no denying that Desiigner has had a pretty big year so far, and it seems to only be getting bigger for him. Aside from having a No. 1 single with “Panda” and signing to G.O.O.D. Music, he also ...

Do more, talk less. Those are words to live by, which Detroit native DeJ Loaf emphasizes in her XXL Freshman Freestyle. She also gives a nod to her "godly" color of choice and a reminder that she may ...

XXL Freshman Doechii has been getting plenty of attention over the past few months, mainly as a result of the TikTok popularity of her 2021 song “Yucky Blucky Fruitcake.” But since then, she’s ...

The 21-year-old Capitol recording artist wants to make his mom smile. Every year, each member of the XXL Freshman Class is asked to film a freestyle verse for the outlet. 2021 member Nau’Jour “Toosii” ...

XXL presents New Jersey’s own Fetty Wap. The MC made a big splash in hip-hop after dropping “Trap Queen” last summer and “My Way” featuring Drake in the spring of 2015. He is currently gearing up to ...

Each year, XXL announces their annual Freshman Class, which is something of a predictive list for which hip-hop artists are most likely to emerge as breakout acts over the next few months. In ...

Coi Leray has responded to a troll that wasn't feeling her 2021 XXL Freshmen Freestyle and called it one of the "worst" ever. The New Jersey native took time out last Wednesday to address a Twitter ...

The next artist to usher in his own freestyle for the XXL Freshman is MadeinTYO. Known for the bangers such as “UBER Everywhere,” “Skateboard P” and his joint project alongside 24Hrs, 24Hrs in Tokyo, ...