SZA previews a new song sampling Natanya's "Hush." In the clip, she says she "made a song about feeling like a bitch today."
New rap to hear this week 🎧
New Music Friday
🎧 Fresh (Lil Baby) · Nov 6
🎧 The Fork and Knife (Skepta) · Nov 6
🎧 Expensive Taste (Statik Selektah) · Nov 6
🎧 Sweet Action II (Jack Harlow) · Nov 6
🎧 Off To The Races (Curren$y & Harry Fraud) · Nov 6
🎧 Black Samson: The Saga Continues (Mathematics & Wu-Tang Clan) · Nov 6
🎧 FROM THE LAND (SOB x RBE) · Nov 6
🎧 Better Over Time (BigXthaPlug) · Oct 30
🎧 Nu Zamrock (Sampa the Great) · Oct 30
Coming Up
📅 HEELMATIC (Westside Gunn) · Nov 13
📅 GMFU (Offset) · Nov 13
📅 Otis (Conway The Machine) · Nov 20
📅 Nocturnal (OsamaSon) · Nov 27
📅 Live From NPR's Tiny Desk (JID) · Nov 27
Underrated Drop
💎 BLackneck (k-os) · Oct 30
Regional Spotlight
📍 Lil Baby, Offset, Young Nudy (Atlanta)
Fat Joe, Jadakiss, and Stove God Cooks perform 'New York/The Aroma' on Tiny Desk. East Coast trinity, stripped down, locked in.
Leon Thomas asking fans if he should drop new music. In the clip, he poses the question directly — 'Should we drop this? Let me know.'
Chris Rock opened up about his marriage ending, attributing it to porn addiction and repeated infidelity. The clip captures him addressing the personal breakdown directly.
Rick Ross thanks his legal team after felony battery charge dropped. In the clip, he credits his attorney Steve Sadow: "I want to thank you for being who you are, what you are, and always bringing the truth to light." Charge of battery by strangulation dismissed.
The week in rap numbers 📊
Billboard charts dated Oct 31
Billboard Hot Rap Songs
🎵 1 – Janice STFU (Drake)
🎵 2 – Dead Fresh (Lil Baby) ▲1
🎵 3 – Quebec (Drake) ▼1
🎵 4 – WTF GOIN (Belly Gang Kushington & 21 Savage) ▲1
🎵 5 – Cold Shoulder (Drake, Don Toliver & Yebba) ▼1
🚀 Biggest climber: Impulsive (Thekidszn) ▲5 to No. 14
🆕 Top debut: 60 mgs (LUCKI) at No. 17
Billboard Top Rap Albums
💿 1 – ICEMAN (Drake)
💿 2 – Take Care (Drake)
💿 3 – Octane (Don Toliver)
Album sales, last week
📀 30,954 – HABIBTI (Drake) · 31,100 so far this week
📀 27,936 – ICEMAN (Drake) · 28,200 so far this week
📀 23,610 – Take Care (Drake) · 23,700 so far this week
📀 20,141 – Octane (Don Toliver)
2 Chainz and Keith Lee go back and forth on celebrity restaurant moves. In the clip, they're debating whether famous names should open spots or stick to what they know.






