The Boombox decided to look back at the rappers and singers who made it to XXL’s prestigious Freshman Class. Find out where they are now and see what they have been doing in their careers since their recognition from the magazine.
If you think having a rich and successful father like Rev. Run or media mogul uncle like Russell Simmons might seem like all you need to become a hip-hop star -- just ask JoJo Simmons how his rap career is going. You can imagine how much it stung when his younger brother Diggy took his own shot at rapping at just 13 years old, and blew us all away...
Trey Songz is using his celebrity status for good by helping kids get in the spirit to return back to school after summer vacation. However, the R&B crooner isn't the only one letting some of his youthful fans known the importance of getting an education. He...
As if working with Skrillex wasn't random enough, A$AP Rocky is now appearing as JFK in Lana Del Rey's music video for "National Anthem." "It's some swag shit," Rocky explains. "I play JFK, she plays Jackie O. It's some cool trippy shit, some real 2015 shit...
Canibus is now blaming his recent MC battle loss on an alien abduction. "A few days before the KOTD Vendetta event, I was abducted by human blood sucking leeches who did not make their identity known," he wrote on his Tumblr, though his manager quickly denied he was behind the post...
50 Cent and Oprah finally hugged it out on "Next Chapter," where 50 claimed his appearance on the media mogul's show was a "milestone," despite being confronted for naming his dog after her. "I heard you had a bitch named Oprah, that's what I heard," Oprah inquired...
Rihanna has a new fragrance called Naked, and to match that image, she recently released some photos of herself in various levels of undress. Not mad.
Just Blaze live-tweeted from a Paris jail over the weekend, after he was cuffed for an unknown offense...