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XXL

Active (print + digital) Bling EraSouthern TakeoverBlog EraStreaming / Trap Dominance New York

Founders1

  • Dennis Page

Sourcing tier (per methodology)

Tier B for editorial. The annual Freshman Class list (since 2007) is a primary document of who the industry treats as a breakout in a given year — treat as Tier A on the question of who was selected.

Linked moments 1

External

Citations 2

  1. B
    Wikipedia — XXL (magazine) Retrieved 2026-05-24.
  2. B
    Wikipedia — XXL Freshman Class Retrieved 2026-05-24.

Per methodology: Tier A = scholarly / institutional / primary; Tier B = trade press + paper of record + Wikipedia; Tier C = fan / community / specialist (with corroboration).

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