106 & Park served as the platform for the 2014 XXL Freshmen Cover announcement. This years artist are referred to as The Dirty Dozen. These artist have been creating a buzz, putting in work and now it all pays off.
In alphabetical order, they are August Alsina [New Orleans], Chance the Rapper[Chicago], Isaiah Rashad [Chattanooga], Jarren Benton [Decatur], Jon Connor [Flint], Kevin Gates [Baton Rouge], Lil Bibby [Chicago], Lil Durk [Chicago], Rich Homie Quan [Atlanta], Troy Ave [Brooklyn], Ty Dolla $ign [Los Angeles] and Vic Mensa [Chicago].
Being I am from Louisiana, seeing Kevin Gates and August Alsina make the cover is a proud moment. I've been following their careers from the beginning.
Congratulations to everyone. What are your thoughts? Leave your feed back in the comments below.
Being I am from Louisiana, seeing Kevin Gates and August Alsina make the cover is a proud moment. I've been following their careers from the beginning.
Congratulations to everyone. What are your thoughts? Leave your feed back in the comments below.
XXL makes the statement:
We are proud to present the much anticipated XXL Freshman Class of 2014. Our seventh anniversary lineup includes 12 artists who are breaking new ground in hip-hop.
It’s what you all been waiting for, ain’t it? It’s XXL‘s Dirty Dozen: Chance the Rapper, Isaiah Rashad, Ty Dolla $ign, Rich Homie Quan, Vic Mensa, August Alsina, Troy Ave, Kevin Gates, Lil Bibby, Jon Connor, Lil Durk, and as voted by YOU, our 10 spot winner and the People’s Champ, Jarren Benton.
The XXL staff was on hand to exclusively reveal the XXL Freshmen 2014 cover on BET’s 106 & Park Monday evening (May 5). Starting next week and running till June, we’ll be rolling out profiles, interviews, roundtables, and our world famous cyphers and freestyles with this year’s fine crop of talent. Plus there are a few more surprises that we’ll keep close to the vest for now.
