The last three years have elevated the Rapzilla Freshmen class brand even further with three successful albums, a sold-out concert at Hillsong Atlanta, great performances at Flavor Fest, and a widely praised cypher music video series. We are still cooking up ideas for this year and we plan to make it big, but it all starts here with our annual nominee fan poll where you have a chance to help us determine our final list.
This year’s nominees were compiled through suggestions from the previous two years of Freshmen, staff picks, and the number of times a name appeared on our social media posts.
*The one rule is no music on streaming platforms earlier than 2019.
The 2023 Rapzilla Freshmen class artist nominees are 99 Apex, Alex Jean, Arik Nelson, Childlike Cici, Chris Al3x, Condoseven, Cyrus Sonata, Deon, Don Ready, EmanuelDaProphet, Gio., Isaac Mather, Kashh Kade, Kenny Rivers, Kidd Lee, Kieran the Light, Lazarus!, Legacy, NK4, PEEDY CASE, QEW, Relena Rochelle, William Cata, Zdiorx, Zou
The 2023 Rapzilla Freshmen class producer nominees are ADØE, Calm, Case, CRFT, Elijxh, Eli Williams, I Project, Jay Boskie, Opto Music, Tahi.
In creating the final list of artists, we will take into account the number of votes from this poll. Then, the final spot will be the artist with the highest number of votes who is not in our final picks. The same with the producers, with one being selected by fan vote.
Voting ends (Feb. 2nd). Please do not vote more than once.
Good luck to all the artists nominated! If you were nominated, please send us a hi-res photo of yourself via Instagram DM or to me@rapzilla.com and we’ll send you a Freshmen graphic for socials. If you don’t want to be involved, please let us know ASAP.