As they do every year, XXL will hold a concert in NYC with their Freshman Class. Often times, because of the last minute nature of the announcement and because it’s such a large group of popular artists with hectic schedules, not everyone is able to appear, but hopefully this year we’ll get the full Dirty Dozen! XXL also revealed that there are “more shows to announce,” so I wouldn’t be surprised if we get a Chicago show (as there are FOUR Chi-Town artists on this year’s cover!), and maybe a few other major cities like L.A. and ATL. Get the deets on the concert in the gallery, and below, go behind the scenes of this year’s cover shoot.

Marisa Mendez

Source: XXL