XXL Freshman Class of 2017

The XXL Freshman Class of 2017 is the 10th Freshman class hosted by the America-based hip hop magazine XXL, marking their 10th anniversary of the Freshman franchise.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXL_(magazine)#cite_note-fn2-28https://www.xxlmag.com/2017-xxl-freshman-cover/
The Freshman class consisted of Bay Area’s Kamaiyah, The Bronx’s A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Philadelphia’s PnB Rock, Tokyo representer MadeinTYO, Atlanta’s Playboi Carti, Portland’s Aminé, Atlanta’s Kap G, Ventura, California’s KYLE, Houston’s Ugly God and Broward County's 10th Spot winner of that year; XXXTENTACION.https://twitter.com/XXL/status/1645101222699974661
== History ==
On June 13, 2017, the class of that year would be announced, featuring Playboi Carti, XXXTENTACION, MadeinTYO, Ugly God and others.
On the 19th, the first of the 10 freestyles would release, being A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie's.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO1VuqqejZk He would be followed by PnB Rock's on the 20th, just 3 days after, and would be followed by Playboi Carti (June 21), Ugly God (June 22), KYLE (June 23), MadeinTYO (June 27), Kamaiyah (June 27), Aminé (June 28), Kap G (June 29) before concluding with XXXTENTACION's on the 30th.https://genius.com/Xxl-xxl-freshman-freestyle-xxxtentacion-lyrics
The first cypher featuring KYLE, A Boogie and Aminé would be released on July 10. The second cypher featuring Playboi Carti, MadeinTYO, Ugly God and XXXTENTACION would release on July 12, and the final cypher featuring Kap G, PnB Rock and Kamaiyah would release on the 14th, marking the end of the freshman period.
On June 21st of the following year, XXL would release an outtakes video of X's verses for his cyphers following his murder 3 days prior.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZOhsnT4mGs&t=1s
== Collaborations ==
* Playboi Carti - XXL Freestyle
* Playboi Carti, MadeinTYO, Ugly God & XXXTENTACION - XXL Freshman Cypher
== References ==
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