Produced by League Of Starz.

Two new tracks from Mr. Gates, who will soon be popping up with a major label deal, we suspect.

From Lux’s Beloved project, available now on iTunes.

From Luca Brasi 2: A Gangsta Grillz Special Edition . Directed Jon J.

DJ Drama hosts the new mixtape form Kevin Gates, with a little help from August Alsina, Rico Love, K Camp, Rich Homie Quan, B.o.B. and more.

New music from Converse, featuring Vince Staples, Bad Rabbits, Black Milk, BADBADNOTGOOD, Jarren Benton, Flatbush Zombies, Kevin Gates, and more.

New music from Kevin Gates, with Cypress Hill’s B-Real on the boards.

From the Oct. 14th release, Blood Money: Year Of The Wolf.

XXL: “Ever since we unveiled the cover of the XXL 2014 Freshmen issue last month, we’ve been rolling out a ton of freestyles, behind the scenes photos, interviews, videos, and plenty more with our class of 12 guys. But now that we’ve got a slew of stories and links for you to check out, it’s time to get down to the Freshmen Cyphers, one of the most anticipated aspects of the cover shoot.

This year, we’ve got an additional three cyphers for everyone to enjoy, and we’ll be rolling them out all week. The first features Chance The Rapper, Isaiah Rashad, Vic Mensa, August Alsina, and Kevin Gates, and is as entertaining visually as it is lyrically. Check out the video above, compare it with some of last year’s Cyphers right here, and let us know what you think in the comments.”

The XXL Freshman enlists Yo Gotti and K Camp to help out on his remix to “Don’t Know”.

Probably the best freestyle thus far from the XXL Freshmen 2014 series.

Get to know XXL Freshman Kevin Gates in this interview from The Whoolywood Shuffle.

XXL Magazine has released their official 2014 Freshmen cover. The list of artists included are as follows: Chance the Rapper, Isaiah Rashad, Ty Dolla $ign, Rich Homie Quan, Vic Mensa, August Alsina, Troy Ave, Kevin Gates, Lil Bibby, Jon Connor, Lil Durk, and fan pick, Jarren Benton. That actually makes 12, rather than the usual 10, complete with an asterix that reads “Yeah we’ve got R&B this year.” Something tells us this will be the first and last year that happens.

How did we fare on our initial predictions for the list back in March? Not bad. We got 6 of the artists correct, with Chance The Rapper, Isaiah Rashad, Ty Dolla $ign, Rich Homie Quan, Troy Ave, and Jon Connor.

We were a bit surprised to see Sage and IamSu omitted given their heavy buzz, and we’re sure the Bay is none to thrilled about that.

Our pick of Gunplay was a gamble, but not surprisingly, the political MMG slot was instead filled in with their R&B artist, August Alsina, strangely.

We also knew Riff Raff was a bit of a stretch, considering that he isn’t taken that seriously, but we thought there might have been a ODB / wildcard type angle on that one.

Much love was given to the bubbling Chicago scene; we didn’t think there was any way that both Vic Mensa and Chance The Rapper could make the list, let alone two rappers from the same city with “Lil” in their name, but hey. Afterthought, we would have picked Vic Mensa as well.

From Kevin’s By Any Means, available March 18th.

New single off of Shyst Red’s forthcoming mixtape Black Migo Shyst.