Will XV get signed before 2010? Of course he will! After releasing one of the most anticipated mixtapes of 2009 "Everybody's Nobody", and receiving 2500 downloads in under 12 hours, he has proven to all his critics that he is one of the best unsigned in the world. Not just in Kansas… in the world. Not just is America… in the world.

His new management team, Noizy Cricket, has all of the connections and promotional power that XV will need in order to create a record label bidding war. XV recently stated on his twitter that he got a call from Interscope Records (the record label that signed Noizy Cricket's other artist, Charles Hamilton), and in his recent interview with Karen Civil he mentioned that he's been getting a lot of support from record label executives. He's been featured on Hot 97, A-List Radio… heck, the college radio stations are still spinning tracks from his previous album "Complex", which I promoted for him back in 2007. He's now a featured artist on myspace music, and he'll most likely be on the cover of XXL's 10 freshmen of 2010 magazine in a few months. He is absolutely bound to get picked up by a major label, (most likely from the Universal Music Group family, unless he gets an offer from Roc Nation.). If XV isn't signed by 2010, I'll change my name to Mary Poppins.

UPDATED 8/13/2009

I remember when all the hip-hop websites were featuring Charles Hamilton, calling him the next big thing in hip-hop, and praising his lyrical skill and delivery. What happened?

After a few media incidents, a lot of his die-hard fans have jumped on the "I hate Charles Hamilton" bandwagon.

I think a lot of people are forgetting that Charles Hamilton is linked to one of the strongest hip-hop management teams in New York City, and he's still signed to one of the most profitable record labels in the world. His career is far from over. His lyrical skill hasn't changed, if he was good in 2008 then he's still good now. So what, he got publicly embarrassed. I'm sure you've been embarrassed at one time in your life. Everyone makes mistakes. His public affairs have nothing to do with his lyrical skill.

Where are all the Charles Hamilton Fans?