FOXX

A Baton Rouge-based artist who is also known as Mr. Wipe Down, rapper Foxx joined the Atlantic-distributed Trill label in 2007. Born Jonathan Reed, Foxx made his debut in 2007 with Street Gossip, an album that featured T-Pain, Paul Wall, and Webbie among its guests. Mixtapes (from 2009's My Haters Love Me the Most to 2012's Don't Work Don't Eat) plus appearances on Trill's label compilations carried his career to 2014, when he announced the sequel LP Street Gossip 2. ~ David Jeffries