Tay-K penned a page-long letter to XXL magazine, requesting to be featured in the 2018 Freshman list. The teen rapper shared a photo of the letter on Instagram (which appeared to be uploaded on his behalf).

The caption read:

"NO MATTER IF TAY MAKES THE LIST OR NOT HE WANTED ME TO SHARE HIS LETTER HE WROTE TO @xxl I NEED ALL THE RUGRATS TO COMMENT #TAYK4XXL AND TAG @xxl TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR TAY #FREETAYK"

In the letter,Tay-K states his case, saying that he's the first "SoundCloud artist" to make Billboard Hot 100. Furthermore, he has 100+ views on his mega-hit "The Race". Tay K ended the letter by saying that he would be home soon.

Source: instagram.com