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Earlier this week, DJ Khaled hosted a Twitter Spaces with JAY-Z and several music executives, during which he divulged exactly how his “Juice WRLD DID” collaboration came to fruition. During their conversation, Khaled explained that Chicago’s Lil Bibby, who signed Juice WRLD to his label Grade A Production, sent him an MP3 file that included a track that the late rapper had created specifically for Khaled. “I get a text from Bibby [that] said, ‘I heard you’re working on your album, GOD DID.’ I said, ‘Yeah.’ And he sent an MP3 immediately,” Khaled said. “I ain’t get a chance to reply yet. So I listen to it on my phone and I start looking around like, ‘Am I bugging? Am I tripping right now?’” “I immediately ran to my laptop, had a little set up outside ’cause I was in my last-minute mag...

Lil Baby on Friday announced his third studio album, It’s Only Me, on Instagram, revealing the record’s official cover art and October 14 release date. “‘It’s Only Me’ 10-14-22,” Baby wrote on the social media platform under the official artwork. “I Kno Its Been Along Time Coming But I’m Coming Harder And Harder.” Evidently inspired by Mount Rushmore, the album cover features an illustration of Lil Baby’s various life stages carved into a mountain located above a waterfall and serene lake. It’s Only Me will follow Baby’s last studio album, My Turn, which was released in February 2020 and has since earned quadruple platinum certification from the RIAA. Additionally, the album became the longest-running effort to remain in the Top 10 of Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums c...

Following the release of 2020’s My Life 4Hunnid and 2021’s Kommunity Service, YG gearing up to return with a new full-length project. I Got Issues is slated to drop at the very end of this month through Def Jam. The rapper announced the news of the forthcoming album on Instagram on Thursday. The simple LP cover showcases the rapper wearing a black turtleneck and a thick layer of chains. Contrasting with a stark black background, YG holds a solo cup and a red glow encircles his head. The cover art appears to take inspiration from an iconic 1996 VIBE magazine cover, spotlighting Death Row Records artists 2Pac, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and Suge Knight, HipHopDx noted. “I GOT ISSUES My 3rd studio album,” YG wrote in the caption. “Pre-order 9/9, Official release date 9/30. go brazy in the comments i...

A$AP Rocky on Friday surprise-dropped a new untitled track and music video with Playboi Carti. The title of the single is not available, though Rocky did share the cut on Instagram with a caption reading “OUR DE$TINY.” At this time, it is unknown whether the track will imminently receive a DSP rollout. The visual, directed by Evilgiane of Surf Gang, features a slew of VHS-style footage from both Rocky and Carti’s performances, behind-the-scenes views of the artists traveling to-and-from venues and all of the general chaos that comes with their lime-lit lifestyles. Rocky, along with artists under his creative agency AWGE, are known to drop new tracks on the internet without officially making them available on streaming platforms. Notably, Carti’s “Cancun” has never officially been streamabl...