Fans weren’t the only ones complaining about the 2018 XXL Freshman Class snubs.
2 Chainz expressed his disappointment with the selections and named a few artists he felt were deserving of the honor in an Instagram post on Tuesday (June 12).
Lil Baby, Tekashi 6ix9ine, Tee Grizzley, Moneybagg Yo and YoungBoy Never Broke Again were glaring omissions in the eyes of Tity Boi.
“Where my lil partna @lilbaby_1 , where braazzzy ass @6ix9ine_ @tee_grizzley cold asf @moneybaggyo should be on there @nba_youngboy hard asf too should be on there!!” he wrote. “No this cover isn’t the Bible but people respect it, I’m sure I forgot somebody but these ppl I named keep that check up fuck it #TRU.”
Ski Mask The Slump God, Lil Pump, Smokepurpp, J.I.D, Stefflon Don, BlocBoy JB, YBN Nahmir, Wifisfuneral and Trippie Redd were selected for the 2018 XXL Freshman Class. Lil Skies was also supposed to be part of the group but didn’t show up to the photoshoot.
(This post has been updated. The following was originally published on June 12, 2018 at 11:55 p.m. PST)
XXL has unveiled their annual Freshman Class, and the selections have disappointed many fans. While some are complaining about the overall quality of the list, others are frustrated by the snubbing of certain artists.
The 2018 Freshman Class is comprised of Ski Mask The Slump God, Lil Pump, Smokepurpp, J.I.D, Stefflon Don, BlocBoy JB, YBN Nahmir, Wifisfuneral and Trippie Redd. Lil Skies was awarded the 10th spot but refused to attend the cover shoot.
Fans have been voicing their complaints on social media about which artists got snubbed from the 2018 list. Everyone from controversial figures, such as Tekashi 6ix9ine and Tay-K, to critically acclaimed MCs, such as IDK and Smino, have been championed by Twitter users as deserving spots in the Freshman Class.
Check out some of the reactions to the snubs below.
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A bunch of rappers with bad hair and face tats.. Never would’ve guessed that one….
where’s Pressa?
List has been s*** for years now. Just a bunch of SoundCloud mumble rappers from the looks of it, pretty typical.
This is like the mumble rap all stars….
I don’t want a boom-bap list either….but hip hop is way more varied than what this list represents. But it’s been that way for awhile. Boo them. Booooooooo
for real every year this list is more fucked up ! just by their looks you can tell how much these rookies are wack ! they all look like crackheads, prostitutes and penitentiary victims SMH
The future of Hip Hop has doomed written all over it.
Cover Looks like a group of crackheads SMH. XXL sold out
9 degenerates, god help hip-hop
Looks like every year these new rappers look more and more like group home kids with a microphone lol. #crackKILLS
Seriously, I can’t tell who is who on that cover. They all got the face tat or dread thing going on, except for that ugly ass chick in the back.
JID is the odd one. He’s a rapper. The rest are just a bunch of pop singers who can’t actually sing.
I mean, just look at this fucking freak show. Smh.
Bad look for hip hop
Every year xxl pulls some stunt with the freshmen cover smh #Fixed they don’t know what they’re doing smh ??♂️ take this trash ass cover down with the exception of jb bloccboy
It’s funny, if I didn’t know these were separate solo artist’s on the cover I would assume they’re all friends in one big wutang like collective. They all look the same. I know times change and what becomes acceptable style wise change. But, at what point did face tattoos, and colored hair become what “all” rappers look like?. They all keep building the same avatar.
I remember when the 2000s started and I thought back then rap was on the decline. (Admittedly backpacker mentality) but as we got further in the 2000s the mainstream never ceased to amaze me with the lack of substance and creativity it allows.
But that won’t ever change. Pop music is called that for a reason. If millions of people decide they want 2 min long songs filled with nothing but adlibs and short “verse” repeated…that’s what the market gets flooded with….
The absolute worst freshman selection yet but they didn’t have much to work with in the first place. Hip Hop has declined and been dumbed down to a low ass level…
What’s this a freshman list for? Gay porn actors?
fruitier than pebbles
JID is the only rapper up there
Remember when this used to mean something?
They are obliterating hip hop with this foolishness! Looks like a WWE cover! Even the snubs sound like a bunch of cornballs. The industry went on a mission to create disposable artist. There won’t be another Diddy, Jay, Dre to come out of hip hop. I’m talking about dudes that have measurable power. You will get a max of a 3-4 year run in the game and then spend the rest of your life on instagram pretending you’re still getting it
JID will be around and realistily lil pump will be around too..yes he trash but ppl and the industry is really begind him and he’ll survive on popularity and zombie fans alone. The rest will fade.
How to be a rapper in 2018
Coloured Dreads – Check
Face Tattoos – Check
High on Something – Check
Lots of Chains – Check
Mumble when talking – Check
Designer Gucci clothing – Check
Put hands in front of face and say “GANG GANG” – Check
Now get a group of freinds and stand out side of a Deli at night, make a Youtube video.
Congratulations you made the XXL list.
LIKE THE COVER SAYS, THE END OF BARZ!!!
Like the cover says, “the end of bars”!!!
Smh…
Not worried much about this trash list, it will pass just like Drake Duppy freestyle.
the lgbt squad
#inclusivity
Only two on here with skills are JID and Ski Mask. Otherwise this list is a fuckin dumpster fire
the stupidification of america is real
Guess this is the XXL Menstruating Monthly Transgender MC Freshman Class of 2018…smh… Retardation is real.
The list gets more and more trash every year with this being the worst, even the “snubs” are trash
Ok, never been sh*t, never had sh*t, never knew sh*t, never out never do sh*t, damn! But a ni**a never gave two sh*ts…
Lmao bruh if I was a rapper coming up I would’ve declined being on that cover
Damn, hip hop is embarrassing. What happened.
I would of liked to see Pouya and G. Perico on the 2018 XXL freshman list. They would have killed their freestyles
U know its all bad when even peoples opinions of who got snubbed are GARBAGE on top of a garbage list. Smh done wit this fuccin radio rap shit.
I’m getting too old for this shit! The only reason I know one of these dudes name is because of Cole. Str8 garbage.
How to be a “Rapper” in 2018…have shitty face tats, have colourful dreads (or in Tranny Don’s case a weave), not be able to actually rhyme or rhyme on beat, release shitty music, act like juvenile fuckwits, come up with inane sayings, look like a degenerate drug addict, look dirty and unwashed.
Nothing is fresh about no talent coming out in this era
wait. you mean there’s more trash they forgot about?
OMG no talent clowns and weirdo’s……..they’re making a mockery out of hiphop.
Foreal. I said the exact same thing when I seen this. He’s like “I can use my weakest bars and STILL have the best cypher out of all these people.”
Remember when XXL used to actually put food artists with talent on these lists? Hip hop dead man
Looks like the cover of new Scary Movie
Historic cover. It’s all females.
god damn looks like 1 guy took multiple shot. **** happened to hip-hop
Ski Mask the only decent one here… how the fuck did that trippie red weirdo make it he is beyond bad – fucking terrible really!!
XXLGBT
Cole Bennett gotta start giving us a Freshmen list now cause XXL getting more corny by the day smh… Wifis, Trippie and JID only good guys on here
no Lil’ Peep?