The Bay Area Freshmen 10 Class of 2012

The Bay Area Freshmen 10 have been announced! In no particular order, here is the Bay Area Freshmen 10 Class of 2012, as nominated by the people and voted in by a panel of over 50 influential Bay Area tastemakers. See them all below. Shout out to Thizzler and stay up on a lot to come with these Freshmen here.

Kool John / @K00lJ0hn

Richmond

A-1 / @AdamRaps

San Francisco

Shady Blaze / @ShadyBlaze

Oakland

HBK Skipper / @HBKSkipper

Richmond

HD (of Bearfaced) / @HDofBearfaced

Oakland

Priceless Da Roc / @PricelessDaRoc

San Francisco

AkaFrank / @aka1Frank

Richmond

G-Mo Skee / @g_mo_skee

Richmond

Smoovie Baby / @SmoovieBaby

Fairfield

Hopie / @HopieSpitshard

San Francisco

Thank you to all the fans who nominated their picks in this year's Bay Area Freshmen 10 and a big thank you to the tastemaker panel, including:

Saaed Crumpler, Big Rich, DNas, Brandon Younger, David Ali, Damon Jamal, Mario Flores, Will Bronson, Karim Panni, Gary Archer, M1 Promo, PK, Tim House, Stretch, Rel & Aries of Distortion2Static, Billy Jam, Lawrence Le Blanc, Al Jieh, Rick Dz, DJ Asap, DJ Slowpoke, DJ Jack, DJ Tap10, Matthew Africa, DJ Mark7, Casual of Hieroglyphics, Equipto, White Mic, TheBasedUpdate.com, GSlaps.com, SouthernHospitality.co.uk, Perfection Is Perfected, 38th Notes, David Drake, Willy Staley, DJ Cos The Kid, and the Bay Area Area Freshmen 10 Classes of 2010 and 2011!