Drake is kicking off one of his most unconventional album rollouts yet with ICEMAN. We’ve seen creative rollouts before, J. Cole hitting the road in a hoopty to promote his project, or Kanye West and 50 Cent going head-to-head with the same day releasees. Now Drizzy is taking taking things to a whole different level. […]
Kehlani is gearing up to drop a self-titled album, and this one feels different. Coming off the success of they’s biggest song to date, “Folded,” the pressure is on, but if history proves anything, Kehlani knows how to deliver. The Bay Area singer has been putting together strong bodies of work for years, dating back […]
Kanye West dropped his latest project, BULLY, about a week ago, and now the numbers are in. According to Billboard, the Chicago rapper’s new album landed on the Billboard 200 after moving 152K album units in its first week. Of those units, 96K came from streaming, while 56K came from pure album sales. The numbers […]
Jack Harlow is back with a new album titled Monica, arriving after a three-year gap since his last full-length project. In 2023, the Louisville MC released Jackman, which many fans considered his most complete body of work. Fast-forward to March 13, Harlow’s 28th birthday, and the rapper has returned with another project, but this one […]
Before The Fall-Off, J. Cole’s come-up was already being documented. As the world gears up for the Forest Hills Drive rapper to release his alleged final album, Hip-Hop Wired caught up with someone who played a pivotal role in Cole’s earliest days as an artist. Nervous Reck, half of Fayetteville, N.C., rap group Bomm Sheltuh, […]
J. Cole shares an additional cover for his upcoming album, The Fall-Off. In a lengthy post, he detailed the story behind the first cover: “The Fall-Off that is circulating is a picture that I took on a disposable camera when I was 15 years old. My very first setup. My first beats were made in […]
J. Cole has released four new freestyles, packaging them as a project titled Birthday Blizzard ‘ 26.
Hip-Hop Wired approached the compiling of this list of top Hip-Hop releases in the same fashion we approach our CRT FRSH playlist.
Gunna continues to put the work in regardless of his critics and detractors. He has confirmed that he is recording an album with Offset.
Ye continues to lean into social media to express himself. He recently shared an unfinished version of his new album Bully online.
A$AP Rocky fans will have to wait just a bit longer for the release of Don’t Be Dumb. The rapper has announced it is delayed to later this year.
Bardi Gang will have to continue waiting for Cardi B’s sophomore album. She has confirmed she isn’t releasing it this year.