Atlanta rapper 21 Savage is pouring his support into rap rookie Young Nudy. The Georgia native has co-signed the hip-hop newcomer for XXL’s annual Freshman list.
Sav went to his Instagram Story this week to encourage fans to vote for Nudy to land in the XXL Freshman list’s 10th spot.
Looks like @21savage has made his pick! 🤔 @PDE_YOUNGNUDY @XXL pic.twitter.com/MSglE14sC3
— SOHH (@sohh) March 28, 2018
Vixen Blac Chyna has encouraged her IG followers to vote YBN Almighty Jay into the list.
Why should we be surprised? 😂 👌🏾 📸 @BLACCHYNA @XXL @ybnalmightyjay pic.twitter.com/ez9vy6hVSk
— SOHH (@sohh) March 27, 2018
This week, both YBN and rap rookie Lil Xan made a plea for fans to vote them into the 10th position.
Looks like both @lilxanfuhyobih @ybnalmightyjay both are making last minute ida to land on the @XXL freshman list! 💯 🎤 pic.twitter.com/VwDGy24mye
— SOHH (@sohh) March 26, 2018
https://twitter.com/XXL/status/978279151336648704
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In the past, social media has fired shots at XXL over the criteria used for picking its Freshmen.
Every single year there seems to be a handful of people upset with those chosen. XXL isn’t perfect; nobody is. On the contrary, you would expect such a highly regarded publication to be pretty accurate. Despite having past picks such as Kendrick Lamar,, that hasn’t always been the case. In 2016, comedy-rap artist Lil Dicky was chosen to the dismay of many people, considering much of his work is satire. The prior year many were mad that Kidd Kidd, who has been rapping since 2004, was chosen due to the longevity of his career. There are always valid claims that artists on a XXL Freshmen List didn’t belong there (think Trinidad James and Diggy Simmons) but one year, we’ll all be able to confidently say XXL got it right. (SOHH)
kidd kidd the best rapper in the retirement community i guess or somethin
— ricky eat acid (@rickyeatacid) June 3, 2015
I can think of a quintillion rappers that deserve a look more than a privileged snarkster named Lil Dicky, please don't @ me
— link in bio (@broazay) June 13, 2016