In celebration of XXL’s increasingly irrelevant and often hilarious ‘Freshmen’ list, here’s a list of five freshmen that dipped out shortly after the first day of classes:
#5 – Gorilla Zoe
Zoe’s career started off on a desperate note when his rasp replaced Young Jeezy’s in Diddy’s failed Boyz n da Hood boy band venture. Things seemed to be looking up for a minute when Zoe scored features on ‘Coffee Shop,’ and ‘Bottle Poppin’,’ but then he signed up for a spot with the Urban Wrestling Foundation and held a gun in his glamour pic. ‘Hood Figga’ still jams, though. Zoe was last seen rocking a parking lot show and staying at the Hard Rock Hotel.
#4 – Blu
Ok, we all know Blu is a great MC. But he decided firmly against eating in 2012, embarrassing himself on Twitter by lashing out at L.A.’s Schoolboy Q, mistakenly thinking he was dissed on Q’s ‘My Homie.’ His repeated attempts to perform intense lyrical acrobatics while blackout drunk are flat-out depressing. Blu is no longer my favorite color.
#3 – Pill
Yesterday I saw Pill gooning a cameo in a Cyhi da Prynce video. He was body slammed off MMG in favor of Mr. Ice Box and then tweeted about it. ‘Trap Goin’ Ham,’ Newports, and overwhelming depression on repeat.
#2 – Fred Da Godson
The human cocoa butter ball tried his best to ride the end of Jada’s ‘washed-up old New York rapper’ vibe but forgot he wasn’t poppin’ in the ’90s. His chain got Young Berg’d shortly after his XXL appearance, which featured Da Godson as the substitute rapper by the blackboard, unable to command the attention of his classmates. Note his subpar Paid In Full remake.
#1 – Charles Hamilton
Charles Hamilton’s career was pretty much over the second he got punched in the face by a girl he was battling while wearing a porkpie hat and pink headphones. Then, he shrugged it off as a marketing ploy. Hamilton gave up rapping, but was recently side-hired by Def Jam as Lil’ Reese’s round-the-clock private anger management consultant/punching bag.
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