2013 XXL Freshman Class

Iggy Azalea and Angel Haze join forces for a strong freestyle over The Throne’s “Otis.” The former XXL Freshmen go back and forth, dropping lyrical gems about their boss status and extravagances. It’s not quite as impactful as the original “Otis,” but the girls do the instrumental justice. Listen below. Previously: ...

Best Buy Theater was sold out on Tuesday night for the annual Monster Energy Outbreak Tour featuring XXL's 2013 Freshman Class. Hosted by Hot 97 radio personalities Peter Rosenberg and Cipha Sounds, the concert served as a showcase of hip-hop’s buzzing talent. Much...

Enter for the chance to win a pair of tickets to see tonight's XXL Freshman Live 2013 show in New York City! XXL is now offering fans the chance to win two tickets to our New York City performance of the XXL Freshman Live 2013 tour with ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Logic, Joey Bada$$, Kirko Bangz, Action Bronson, Angel Haze, Dizzy Wright, Travi$ Scott and Trinidad Jame$. The show will be held t... Read

One of the most entertaining video this year, Action Bronson drops the visuals to "Strictly 4 My Jeeps" today. In the video, we have some hot women sprayed with water, Action driving one of the sickest jeeps ever and later showing off his cooking skills...

XXL's Freshman Class of 2013 will now be coming to a New York City stage for a live performance. On Tuesday May 21, the XXL Freshmen Class of 2013 will convene on the Best Buy Theater's stage for a live performance. Acts will include the entire Freshmen Class - ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Logic, Joey Bada$$, Kirko Bangz, Action Bronson, Angel Haze, Dizzy Wright, Travi$ Scott and Trinidad Jame$ - as wel

Travi$ Scott’s Owl Pharoah has been pushed back on numerous occasions, but there’s a chance that his May 21 release date will actually hold up. Over the weekend, Scott posted on his Instagram what appears to be the tracklist for the mixtape. It feature...

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

Shy Glizzy teams up with Trinidad Jame$ to drop the video for "Pilot" today. Glizzy Gang is represented well on this video. This is a track off the DC native latest mixtape, Fxck Rap. Initally, the MC was in a back and forth beef with fellow D.C. native...

Yesterday, A$AP Ferg released the highly anticipated remix to “Work.” Afte premiering the video on 106 & Park, the trap lord gives us the video set in various warehouses and Rucker Park. Look for the track to appear on his debut mixtape, Trap Lord. ...

Whether it’s confirmed or not, we’re going to get a new Kanye West album real soon. Over the course of a few weeks, ‘Ye has previewed some new music captured by Vines and Hudson Mohawke played a pair of songs during his performance in Poland. And if that does...

Logic keeps the ball rolling after gracing the cover of our Freshman issue. Today, the Def Jam signee is offering a new of set tracks on Welcome to Forever. He gave us a preview with “Roll Call,” and followed that with a video for “Nasty.” Judging from...

Enter for the chance to win an exclusive prize package from Joey Bada$$ and the Beast Coastal Tour! Mountain Dew's Green Label Sound has partnered with XXL for a new contest for XXL Freshman Class of 2013 member Joey Bada$$ from his recent Beast Coastal Tour. The complete ...