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Rising rhymer Maiya The Don is focused on the art of rhyming and making an impact with her bars. The 22-year-old Brooklyn native creates songs for the girls, the “self-made brats” and “first-born daughters,” who have looked out for everyone but themselves, and now it’s time they all put themselves first. Big Don’s confidence is clearly evident in her personality as well as her rhymes. She brings her bold energy to her 2024 XXL Freshman freestyle. With bars like, “B**ch, I’m really the biggest,” it goes without saying that she’s here to stay. Or in her words, “Get on the train or get hit by one...
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GOV’T NAME: Maiya EarleyAGE: 22REPPIN': BrooklynX: @maiyathedonINSTAGRAM: @maiyathedonnTIKTOK: @maiyathedonNOTABLE RELEASES: Songs: “Telfy,” “Dusties,” “Luv You Better” with Shawny Binladen, “Expensive” featuring Flo Milli; Projects: Hot Commodity; Guest Appearances: Flo Milli’s “Conceited” featuring Lola Brooke; Flo Milli’s “Anything Flows” featuring 2Rare and Kari Faux; Lay Bankz’s “No More Crying”LABEL: The Pinnacle Ent.CURRENTLY WORKING ON: Untitled mixtape dropping this summer.WHO ELSE SHOULD BE PART OF THIS YEAR’S CLASS: “I feel like everybody who’s on that deserves it, worked hard, did ...
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GOV’T NAME: Neko BennettAGE: 20REPPIN': DallasX: @4batzzINSTAGRAM: @4batzTIKTOK: @4batzNOTABLE RELEASES: Songs: “act i: stickerz ‘99,’” “act ii: date @ 8,” “act ii: date @ 8 (remix)” featuring Drake, “act iii: on god? (she like)”; Projects: U made me a st4rLABEL: UnsignedCURRENTLY WORKING ON: New music coming this year.WHO ELSE SHOULD BE PART OF THIS YEAR’S CLASS: “Tyla.”INFLUENCED BY: “Dru Hill. Kut Klose. Keith Sweat. SWV. Mint Condition. The list goes on and on. I just love the ’90s R&B, and, of course, Texas music. Z-Ro. Paul Wall. [’90s R&B] is nostalgia. I just feel like that was the bes...
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Cop Your XXL Merch Now Eminem‘s new album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), has arrived, and one thing is for certain: this is definitely the final outing of Em’s Slim Shady alter ego. XXL remembers Slim Shady with a fitting obituary in the video below. The Detroit MC first announced Slim Shady’s demise in a true-crime-themed trailer back in April. The clip for Em’s new album was disguised as an ad for a faux TV series called Detroit Murder Files, which covered Slim Shady’s recent unsolved murder. Em’s album rollout then picked up steam in May. Marshall Mathers connected with legendary...
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GOV’T NAME: Ibrahim Muhammad DodoAGE: 25REPPIN': AtlantaX: @hunxhoINSTAGRAM: @hunxhoTIKTOK: @hunxhoNOTABLE RELEASES: Songs: “Let’s Get It (Remix)” featuring 21 Savage, “Your Friends,” “By Tomorrow,” “Yes”; Album: 22; Project: For Her; Mixtape: Street Poetry; EP: Before The Album; Guest Appearances: Lil Zay Osama’s “Out of Love,” Babydrill’s “Just Want You,” Gloss Up’s “Come Here”LABEL: 300 EntertainmentCURRENTLY WORKING ON: Untitled album coming this summer.WHO ELSE SHOULD BE PART OF THIS YEAR’S CLASS: “Oh, I don’t know. I can’t really tell you ’cause I don’t listen to a lot of music.”INFLUENC...
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Cop 2024 XXL Freshman Magazine and Merch There are very few up-and-coming rappers in the current state of hip-hop who exude the type of raw emotion that ScarLip brings in the booth. The 23-year-old New York City native personifies the harsh realities of a young Black woman being raised in the gritty streets of the Bronx. ScarLip has faced unimaginable trauma throughout her life, and she uses those wounds as motivation to flip the script in the form of a blossoming rap career. She poignantly pours her heart out in her 2024 XXL Freshman freestyle. With powerful passion delivered via her dynamic ...
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GOV’T NAME: Sierra LucasAGE: 23REPPIN': The BronxX: @scar_lipINSTAGRAM: @scar_lipTIKTOK: @scar_lipNOTABLE RELEASES: Songs: “This Is New York,” “No Statements,” “Blick,” “Blick (Remix)” featuring NLE Choppa; Guest Appearances: Swizz Beatz’s “Take ’Em Out” featuring Benny The Butcher and JadakissLABEL: Epic RecordsCURRENTLY WORKING ON: Debut EP Scars & Stripes coming later this year.WHO ELSE SHOULD BE PART OF THIS YEAR’S CLASS: “We need Big Yellow. We need Connie Diiamond. We need freaking 41. We need them because these are young artists that’s been grinding and put in work in for years, and the...
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GOV’T NAME: Elijah PolicardAGE: 20REPPIN': BostonX: @richamiriiINSTAGRAM: @richamiri TIKTOK: @richamiriiNOTABLE RELEASES: Songs: “Poppin” featuring Lil Tecca, “One Call,” “Aint Nothing,” “Outta There”; Album: Ghetto Fabulous; Projects: For The Better, EvolutionLABEL: Internet Money Records/10K ProjectsCURRENTLY WORKING ON: War Ready album dropping this fall.WHO ELSE SHOULD BE PART OF THIS YEAR’S CLASS: “Rappers-wise, I feel like you all hit the nail on the head, to be honest. I can’t really think of anybody that deserves it more than anybody that’s over here. I have my personal friends, but I ...
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Cop 2024 XXL Freshman Magazine and Merch Rich Amiri has been betting on himself and he is starting to stack up some major wins. The 20-year-old rapper from Boston has built a major following coming up from rap’s underground over the last couple of years with a style and melodic delivery that is both welcoming and enigmatic paired with trap soundscapes. Rich stays true to form and gloats with a syrupy flow in his 2024 XXL Freshman freestyle. Rich Amiri Fans pined for the rising artist for in last year’s XXL Freshman Class, but his spot in the 2024 XXL Freshman edition is more apt. He has been i...
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Cop 2024 XXL Freshman Magazine and Merch Port Salerno, Fla. is a minute dot on the map on the East Coast of Florida that is most well-known for its world-class angling tournaments, but the town’s current big fish is rapper BossMan Dlow. Growing up fast in a small town gave the 25-year-old rapper a grassroots grind. He’s been reeling in new fans with a simple yet effective lure of uncanny swagger and conversational baritone braggadocio. He hooks onto the same energy for his 2024 XXL Freshman freestyle, As the only member of the 2024 XXL Freshman Class from Florida, it’s only right that he shine...
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