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Lil Durk fans can stop holding their breath. His eighth studio album Almost Healed has finally hit. The project arrives two weeks after its initially scheduled drop date, when YoungBoy Never Broke Again stepped up to claim the spotlight with Richest Opp. Durk announced his pushback at the last minute, though he did release the lead single “All My Life” featuring J. Cole. Since […]

YoungBoy Never Broke Again returns with Richest Opp, marking his second album in less than a month, following the 33-track Don’t Try This at Home. The 23-year-old also dropped the video for opener “Bitch Let’s Do It”: The Baton Rouge rapper announced the release this week when he called out his longtime rival Lil Durk. After firing expletive insults at Durkio, […]

Jack Harlow has offered another critique of whiteness in hip-hop.  The Kentucky-born rapper revisited the topic in “Common Ground,” the opening track of his newly released third studio album, Jackman. Harlow addresses the ways in which some white rap fans have become cultural tourists who embrace and appropriate the hip-hop lifestyle while cloaked in privilege. “The suburbs […]

Jack Harlow has come through with his third studio album Jackman.  The Kentucky-born artist announced the surprise project on Wednesday, less than a year after he delivered his sophomore effort Come Home the Kids Miss You. Harlow unveiled the release date along with the album art, which shows him shirtless in a residential alleyway with his arms crossed. Social media […]

NLE Choppa has released the long-awaited sequel to his 2019 breakout EP Cottonwood. The Memphis-born rapper began teasing the album at the top of the year, telling fans it would be a star-studded effort that would reaffirm his status in the game.  “Cottonwood 2 is one of those projects where it’s going to solidify me even though […]

It’s a new era for Daniel Caesar. The Toronto singer-songwriter returned this week with his long-awaited third studio album, Never Enough. The project, which marks his first full-length drop since 2019’s Case Study 01, finds Caesar embracing more stripped-down sounds that take cues from a wide variety of genres and eras. The Grammy-winning artist spoke about the effort […]

DJ Drama has returned to remind everyone that he’s really like that.  Drama’s new album I’m Really Like That features copious appearances from the likes of Tyler, the Creator, Lil Baby, Lil Uzi Vert, Nipsey Hussle, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Jim Jones, Roddy Ricch, T.I., Jack Harlow, Offset, Westside Gunn, and more.  The stacked tracklist is rounded out by Gucci Mane, […]

03 Greedo has released the new mixtape Halfway There, his first release since getting out of prison. The tape features appearances from Rich the Kid, Babyface Ray, Maxo Kream, Ty Dolla Sign, and others, and serves as the follow-up to Greedo’s Free 03 project from January. Halfway There is the California rapper’s comeback after being freed from the Texas prison where he’d been incarcerated since 2018, having […]

The King of AutoTune has gone au naturel. Years after releasing his sixth studio album, T-Pain returned with On Top of the Covers, a much-anticipated project on which he showcases his natural singing voice. The Grammy-winning artist said he began working on the effort in 2019, immediately after he won The Masked Singer. T-Pain said in a press release, […]

Gangsta Boo’s legacy lives on. More than two months after her untimely death, TMZ Hip Hop confirmed plans for the rapper’s first posthumous album. Sources said Gangsta Boo’s estate has already secured a number of big-name features, including Latto, Run the Jewels, Skepta, and La Chat.  The insiders also revealed that Drumma Boy, Nick Hook, and El-P have signed on to […]