XXL will drop a documentary, unreleased interviews with DJ Drama, and more to celebrate ten years since their iconic 2016 Freshman Class.
21 Savage, Denzel Curry, Kodak Black, Lil Yachty, Lil Uzi Vert, Anderson .Paak, Desiigner, Lil Dicky, G Herbo, and Dave East all made history in 2016. XXL selected them for that year’s Freshman Class, and for many reasons, their influence lives on and folks continue to look back fondly at the freestyles, cyphers, interviews, and more. As such, the outlet is reminiscing and launched a project to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of this moment.
They have created an anniversary landing page for their ninth annual Freshman issue powered by Rémy Martin. At press time, they have all the artist bios, freestyles, and cyphers available, as well as a lengthy write-up speaking to the class’ history and impact. For example, it included statistics on their numbers, chart placements, and other commercial metrics.
Also, they announced they will do much more to celebrate this class via new anniversary content over the next two months. These will include videos of DJ Drama interviewing class members about the cover’s impact and where their careers have gone since. In addition, they will release a documentary about these artists’ cultural influence, the cover shoot, all the stories from recording sessions, and more.
