ON THE COVER: FUTURE

Freebandz/Epic’s Future recently scored a career-best chart bow with the #1 set I Never Liked You, the first in a flurry of superstar releases that marked a big spring flowering in the marketplace. Future, recently dubbed “Best Rapper Alive” in a splashy GQ cover story, also has a monster streaming track with “WAIT FOR U” f/Drake & Tems. Would he trade his other magazine looks to make this HITS cover appearance go away? Only the Future will tell.