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Future Calls 'The Real Me' the Album of the Century

His 10th solo album lands July 10 with the single 'Radio.' He's not doing humble.

38 Spesh Turns a Missing Verse Into a War

A Jadakiss verse that never came became a jab, a Harlem warning, and now a four-front dispute with Fat Joe, Jim Jones, and DJ Khaled in the crossfire.

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GloRilla and Pooh Shiesty Lock In on 'MANE'

Big Glo's first solo single of the year is a Memphis-on-Memphis link — ice-cold, video out, Shiesty back in rotation.

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Lil Baby and Wemby Held Court at Louis Vuitton

Pharrell's front row in Paris is where hip-hop, the NBA's next face, and luxury keep shaking hands.

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YoungBoy Drops 'More Leaks 2' With No Warning

A Friday surprise from the most-streamed rapper who never needed the industry's permission.

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Ye Drops BULLY (Deluxe), Stretches the Run

BULLY gets a Deluxe edition on June 19, and the tour keeps adding stadiums even as London falls off the map.

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Young Thug Plays a YSL Album Live on Stream

Thug joined PlaqueBoyMax's Twitch, premiered an unreleased YSL compilation for the chat, and said he's re-signing Nine Vicious.

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Tsu Surf and Brizz Rawsteen Take It to the Timeline

Two of battle rap's heavy hitters traded shots on X this week, and the scene watched it spread without a single stage involved.

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Akai's Gen 2 MPCs Land: One G2 and Key 37 G2

The new standalones bring four times the processing power, a fatter spec sheet, and MPC OS 3.9 — at $799 and $999.

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YG Signs A New Major Deal

The Gentlemen's Club is YG's first major-label deal in nearly five years, landing through 4Hunnid and 10K Projects.

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D12 Returns Without Eminem

Twenty-two years later, Kuniva and Swifty released D12 Forever (Vol. 1) — the group's first album since Proof died.

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Tay Keith Dead At 29

The Memphis producer behind some of rap's biggest hits died at 29 with a royalty lawsuit still unsettled.

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The Grammys Hit 100 Categories

Five new categories push the 2027 Grammys to 100 awards — and rap fans have heard the bloat argument before.

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Mariah The Scientist's Breakout Year

Five BET nominations and a No. 1 R&B album put Mariah the Scientist in the conversation rap usually keeps to itself.

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Cardi B Leads BET Awards 2026

Am I the Drama? made Cardi the only female rapper with back-to-back No. 1 debuts, and the BET Awards noticed.

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JAY-Z Headlines Roots Picnic 2026

JAY-Z headlined a sold-out Roots Picnic with The Roots, marking 30 years of Reasonable Doubt and reuniting State Property.

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Vince Staples Cry Baby Album Review

Cry Baby is the Long Beach rapper's first album as an independent artist, and the freedom shows in every guitar line.

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Clipse Earn Five Grammy Nominations

Sixteen years between albums, and Let God Sort Em Out pulled Album of the Year and four more Grammy nods.

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Freddie Gibbs Goes Independent Again

You Only Die 1nce (Deluxe) stacks 10 new songs onto a 2024 surprise drop, all of it through AWAL.

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Future Calls 'The Real Me' the Album of the Century

38 Spesh Turns a Missing Verse Into a War

GloRilla and Pooh Shiesty Lock In on 'MANE'

Lil Baby and Wemby Held Court at Louis Vuitton

YoungBoy Drops 'More Leaks 2' With No Warning

Ye Drops BULLY (Deluxe), Stretches the Run

Young Thug Plays a YSL Album Live on Stream

Tsu Surf and Brizz Rawsteen Take It to the Timeline