XXL’s much ballyhooed “Freshman Class” list is out. Each year, the magazine anoints a new class of ten emerging hip-hop artists to grace its annual cover story.
This year’s class: Schoolboy Q, Trinidad Jame$, Joey Bada$$, Ab-Soul, Logic, Action Bronson, Kirko Bangz, Travi$ Scott, Dizzy Wright, and Angel Haze.
The magazine has also listed Chief Keef as “The 11th Freshman.”
This list is a lot easier to digest than MTV’s. We would probably drop Kirko Bangz and add Chance the Rapper, but we can live with that. Also, we’re stoked to see three of the artists from our own Hottest MCs list on this year’s cover (Joey Bada$$, Action Bronson, Angel Haze).
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