Georgette Cline

Prepare yourself for the celebrations and the debates because the 2015 XXL Freshman class cover is here.

Suge Knight's time behind bars is looking bleaker by the day. During an arraignment in Los Angeles court on Thursday morning (April 30), the former Death Row Records founder's request for a bail reduction was denied.

Welcome to Oakland, rap fans. Resident rapper Mistah F.A.B. invites you inside his neighborhood -- around 40th Street and West Street to be exact -- thanks to XXL's new video series, Run This Town. Mr. "Beast Mode" Marshawn Lynch, a running back for the Seattle Seahawks, also joins in the conversation, which gives an inside look into the people, places and things that influenced them coming up in the home of the hyphy movement.