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You've seen the Freshmen cyphers and freestyles and now it's time to get to know the Freshmen a little better with the XXL Freshmen Roundtable. XXL Editor-in-Chief Vanessa Satten asks the Freshmen questions about influences, fans, making the cover and where they see themselves in the game...

Tomorrow (April 30), Chance the Rapper will be releasing his long-awaited mixtape, Acid Rap. In an effort to build more anticipation (its working), the Chicago rapper teams up with the self-proclaimed “Top Dawg Under Dog” on “Smoke Again.” This hazy effor...

This week on Twitter, Big Sean met (and possibly collaborated with) one of Detroit's finest, Action Brons tells the kids to stay away from molly, Tyler the Creator contemplates bumping some Dirt McGirt and Juicy J thanks fans for their generous "gifts...

Our current XXL Freshman Ab-Soul lyrically did damage in his cypher with Joey Bada$$, Action Bronson and Travi$ Scott. To follow-up, the TDE rapper releases “The End is Near” that features Mac Miller delivering some barbs of his own. Produced b...

2013 XXL Freshman and Def Jam signee Logic blesses his fans by attacking a boom-bap instrumental with thorn-studded bars on "Nasty." (He's "nasty" with his lines, get it?) As an homage to the art of rapping about rapping, the Visionary Music Group poster child takes his fans on a trip throughout New York City's signature terrains to lash out his braggadocios manifesto... Read M

Tickets are now available for the Los Angeles leg of XXL's Freshman Live 2013 concert series. On Saturday May 18, two of the most acclaimed members of XXL's Freshman Class of 2013 will rock Los Angeles' Club Nokia as a part of XXL's Freshman Live 2013 tour. The performance wi...

iPad users click here to watch video Ab-Soul, Action Bronson, Joey Bada$$ and Travi$ Scott go off in the first episode of 2013 XXL Freshmen Cyphers. You've seen their XXL Freshmen Freestyles and notable tracks and now it's time to see what they're made of in the cyphers...

While on the set of A$AP Ferg’s “Work (Remix),” Trinidad Jame$ sat down with MTV News to talk about his recent spotlight in Saturday Night Live skits. The XXL Freshman was happy to see Justin Timberlake spoof his “All Gold Everything” hit in both his Veganville and The History of Music skits that aired a few months ago. When asked if he would ever ...

Earlier today, Joey Bada$$ took to Twitter to make a couple of big announcements. The young phenom, reported the title for his upcoming debut will be, B4.Da.$$, and the project will be dropping this Fall. JB also announced that the crew will be releasing the posthumous mixtape King Capital from late Pro Era member Capital STEEZ, this Summer...

Whatever you indulge in 4/20 festivities or not, Chris Webby and Dizzy Wright want to put it out there that they love smoking that green. “Turnt Up” follows Webby and the XXL Freshman through a marijuana dispensary. Shortly after, they hit up a packed house party and rage on. It’s direc...

When a show is all ages, you can expect two things to happen: one, the show is going to end early so everyone can make it home before curfew, and two, the energy is going to get very high, very quickly. Combine this with the fact that the performers are all under the age of 25, with the headliner barely over 18, and it's inevitable that mayhem will ensue...

T.I. has announced that Travi$ Scott has joined his Grand Hustle imprint. In a recent interview with DJ Skee, Tip announced that 2013 XXL Freshman has inked a solo record deal with his label. This new deal will exist in conjunction with Scott's production deal with Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Mu...