Yesterday XXL magazine debuted its seventh-annual "Freshman cover" on BET's weekday music video show 106 & Park, and in addition to profiling 12 buzzing rappers the issue could pass for a special about Chicago hip-hop. A third of the MCs who appear on the cover are local—Lil Bibby, Chance the Rapper, Lil Durk, and Vic Mensa—and they've all popped up in the Reader before.…
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