This Is What Went Down at the 2017 XXL Freshman Cover Shoot
Behind the scenes of this year’s class.
Yesterday, XXL revealed the roster for this year’s XXL Freshman class. For the 2017 rankings, the hip-hop media mainstay looked to XXXTENTACION, Playboi Carti, Kamaiyah, Ugly God, Madeintyo, PnB Rock, Kyle, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Amine, and Kap G for this year’s most talented up-and-comers. Ahead of the outlet’s series of cyphers and Freshman vignettes, XXL has unveiled a behind-the-scenes visual that gives viewers an exclusive look at what went down at this year’s XXL Freshman gathering. The 2017 XXL Freshman cover-shoot took place this past April at Brooklyn, NYC’s Dune Studios; there were photoshoots, freestyles, cyphers, interviews and more.
In the video above, you can check out XXL’s first visual presentation of this year’s Freshman class — stay tuned for the new Freshman cyphers, vignettes and more.