Reason Don Toliver Isn’t An XXL Freshman Revealed

Don Toliver Isn’t An XXL Freshman Because He Didn’t Want To Do Freestyles, Cyphers Or Concerts

The 2020 XXL Freshman Class has erupted controversy and heated debate amongst Hip Hop fans. The publication has been getting dragged for snubbing some names, most especially Don Toliver and also for the inclusion of 30 year old Fivio Foreign.

Just in time, XXL’s editor-in-chief, Vanessa Satten, had an interview with The Breakfast Club about the exclusions.

XXL had earlier shared that Pop Smoke was the first Freshman they chose and still wanted to include him after his death. Vanessa expounded on that, adding that it was Pop Smoke’s team who decided that they didn’t want him on the cover.

 

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Vanessa speak on the controversy regarding Don Toliver’s snub. “We love Travis [Scott], we love the Cactus Jack team, but Don Toliver came up and he said he didn’t want to take part in any of the concerts or anything,” said Vanessa.

“He would just stand there for the cover. He didn’t want to do freestyles, he didn’t want to do cyphers—just said I’m not gonna do anything. I’m just going to stand there for the cover.”

She continued, “The meeting was interesting because he said straight up, ‘I’m just not doing it,'” Vanessa added. She said they hadn’t offered it to him and were just having a “listening session,” but Toliver made it clear what he would and wouldn’t do so XXL decided to “move on.”

Vanessa also addressed Fivio Foreign’s addition for being 30-years-old and a Freshman. She said that it wasn’t as if he’s been in the running for 10 years. “He’s new to the game. We don’t know him from a few years ago. It just happens to be that he’s older.”