Today is the first Monday of 2015 and hip-hop is alive and breathing. J. Cole threw us 2014 Forest Hills Drive in December, Nicki gave us the groundbreaking The Pinkprint to close out the year and a movie to go with it, and best of all, we have a lot to look forward to in 2015. Several major players in the game sat 2014 out as far as releasing an album goes, including Drake, Kendrick and Kanye, so that alone leaves us anticipating 2015 with a passion.

But, deeper than that, there are several new artists who made their way onto the scene in 2014 and are set to take over 2015 in an emphatic way. With that being said, we decided to highlight 10 Artists To Look Out For in 2015. You heard it here first.