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 ...

The picks are in for XXL’s 2024 Freshman Class and the outlet included ... took to social media to release their annual list of rappers who they think will carry the genre forward.

Ratliff assembled his list of nine tenacious rappers and one R&B artist deemed suitable to join the Freshman Class ranks — selecting each act based on lyricism, song quality, stage performance ...

not only are rap superstars thriving but there's also a lively underground scene countering what’s happening in the mainstream. In this list, we aim to identify and rank those standout years.