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Gunna Confirms He’s Dropping New Music This Year

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As the year transitioned from 2023 to 2024 it got a lot of rap fans thinking about who they hope to hear from this year. Fans of Spotify’s Rap Caviar playlist were thinking the same thing after social media from the playlist asking them to “@ a rapper who needs to drop in 2024.” Gunna pulled up in the comment section of the post talking about somebody he wants to drop this year, himself. Check out his comment on the post below.

Gunna didn’t just @ himself in his comment but he also said “soon” tasing fans with the promise of more music on the way. Gunna has been relatively quiet since dropping his new album a Gift & a Curse earlier this year. The project marked his first release since cutting a plea deal in the high-profile YSL RICO case. Across the album he rapped about the allegations of snitching he faced since taking the deal. Despite that, the album performed quite well and resulted in “fukumean,” one of the biggest rap hits of 2023.

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Gunna Has New Music On The Way

Since then Gunna has only appeared on a few features. He joined producer Turbo for his single “Bachelor” a few months ago. The pair have worked together on Turbo’s official music before. They collaborated on the hit song “QUARANTINE CLEAN” back in 2020 which also featured Young Thug. Their new collaboration “Bachelor” has already racked up more than 12 million streams on Spotify alone since it dropped.

Last month, one of Gunna’s former collaborators may have taken another shot at him. Lil Baby made a reference to “rats” during a performance in early December. Many interpreted that as a direct shot at Gunna. The duo made the smash hit “Drip Too Hard” back in 2018 as part of a full collaborative album. What do you think of Gunna potentially dropping new music in 2024? Are you excited about a potential new album from him? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Drake Named “Rap Caviar’s” 2023 MVP

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One of the most popular accounts on Spotify has to be “Rap Caviar.” Especially with the hip-hop genre being one of the most popular across the globe. Their playlist currently sits at 15,521,112 followers and routinely has the most well-known rap hits and stars featured. As the hip-hop community is more than aware, Drake is almost always at the top of the heap. Overall, it is hard to picture who else is over him for “Rap Caviar’s” MVP for 2023.

With no Drake album until For All The Dogs later this year, his feature run is undeniable. Some of his most notable are his two appearances on Young Thug’s surprise album BUSINESS IS BUSINESS. He shows out for “Parade on Cleveland,” and “Oh U Went” with over 33 million spins. Then, Drake and Travis Scott who consistently deliver on their collaborations, teamed up for “MELTDOWN” off of UTOPIA. Using some ASMR style he went into an intimidating but whispered flow while taking shots at Pharrell and Pusha T.

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“Rap Caviar” also has an All-Rap First Team featuring 21 Savage, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Baby, and Metro Boomin alongside Drake. All four of these respective artists have hits under their belts too. Lil Uzi gave fans the long-awaited Pink Tape about a month ago. Metro Boomin not only put out HEROES & VILLAINS at the end of 2022 but also curated the soundtrack for Spider Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Some fans did not mince their words on Drake’s selection for this award either. 

One comment reads, “And yet he’s a terrible rapper,” with another saying, “This man can’t rap, please stop. No one cares about tik tok shower music.” How do you feel about Drake being atop the list for ‘RapCaviar’s’ 2023 MVP? Who do you think deserved to be the best hip-hop artist? Let us know your opinions in the comments. As always stay in tune with HNHH for all the music news. 

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Hulu’s “Rap Caviar Presents” Trailers: Roddy Ricch, Megan Thee Stallion, Polo G, Coi Leray, Pharrell & More

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Next week, fans will receive an intimate look at some of their favorite artists on Rap Caviar Presents. What began as a Spotify playlist created by Tuma Basa has become one of the leading sources of the best Hip Hop music releases. It’s a coveted playlist that artists clamor to be on. Now, a new Hulu docuseries will highlight the culture’s most popular artists. We’ve highlighted teasers ahead of the March 30 premiere, and Rap Caviar Presents returns with more information about each episode.

The six-part series will feature the likes of Coi Leray, City Girls, Polo G, Roddy Ricch, Tyler, The Creator, and more. We received a breakdown of each episode, and it looks like the artists will touch on current events, the culture of Hip Hop, facing critics, and their overall experiences as artists. The Igor hitmaker and his peers will address hypermasculinity in Rap. Tyler has defied those norms to amass success. A press release asks, “Can a rapper like him make it past gatekeepers and truly be accepted?”

Rap Caviar Presents Digs Deep

Other episodes include City Girls, who will reportedly speak on “a new generation of women openly celebrating wealth and sexuality. But with greater exposure comes even more vicious attacks and criticism.” Roddy Ricch‘s feature will see the Los Angeles rapper talking about the “constant public scrutiny and internet backlash” he’s endured. In a world where social media is critical, how do artists use the platform to earn fame while navigating negativity?

Polo G discusses mental health, healing from trauma, and breaking negative cycles. Coi Leray had a meteoric climb in Hip Hop, and as a woman in the industry, she’s faced obstacles that were set to displace her career. She wants to “create a space for a new kind of beauty, empowerment, and control,” while showing the world she’s more than just TikTok famous. Additionally, on “Rhyme and Punishment,” Rap Caviar Presents looks into law enforcement surveilling Black Americans. Further, they highlight the targeting of Hip Hop artists. We’ve seen in the YSL RICO case involving Young Thug that the authorities want to use lyrics in court. The docuseries will have artists discuss Hip Hop unifying to “harness its political power to combat the criminalization of Rap.”

Important Discussions In Hip Hop

For fans of Hip Hop—and music, overall—Rap Caviar Presents is a must-watch. Other artists featured include Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion, Pharrell Williams, Fivio Foreign, Post Malone, and more. Check out the new teasers above and let us know which episode you’re looking forward to the most.

Spotify’s ‘Rap Caviar’ Podcast Is Being Turned Into A Hulu Docuseries

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The podcast-to-streaming-docuseries pipeline has proven quite lucrative over the past several months/years, so with Spotify branching out, it only makes sense that the music streaming giant would partner with television streaming giant Hulu to produce a docuseries about one of its own most popular podcasts, RapCaviar, titled RapCaviar Presents. According to The Hollywood Reporter the show will “explore major cultural topics from the perspectives of some of today’s top hip-hop artists.”

Those top artists include familiar names like Doja Cat, Jack Harlow, Megan Thee Stallion, Roddy Ricch, Saweetie, and Tyler The Creator. The director behind the Tekashi 69 docuseries Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine, Karam Gill, is billed as executive producer and creative director, along with Av Accius (Murder In The Thirst) and Marcus A. Clarke (Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali).

Spotify’s RapCaviar playlist is credited with boosting the careers of new artists whose names appear on it alongside more established stars, including many of the focus artists of the upcoming series. Meanwhile, select artists have also performed at live shows bearing the playlist’s title and the indie label LVRN even performed a group cypher for the RapCaviar vertical.

And while those artists’ stories may very well offer fertile ground for a documentary or two, let’s not get carried away. While the podcast-to-streaming-docuseries process almost inevitably turns out a scripted series, I’m not sure anybody needs to see their stories dramatized by Emmy-baiting, peak TV-style directors and directors. Except me. As soon as I wrote that, I wanted it. Give it to me. NOW.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Rap Caviar Launched Some ‘Rap Mount Rushmore’ Murals That Surely Won’t Be Controversial

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Let’s begin by thanking Spotify for the great utility of their plentiful playlists. For instance, in the Running section of the app, the pop playlists are broken down into ’00s pop, ’10s pop, and even ’90s pop — this one goes hard for those middle miles.

Anyway, it seems like their hip-hop curation team, Rap Caviar, has decided to break down their own genre in a similar way, by organizing it into decades. That seems fine, except, they also decided to tap into the ongoing greatest-of-all-time conversation by actually painting a “Rap Mount Rushmore” mural in various cities. They also chose to break their Rushmore down into just the 2010s, selecting Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Nicki Minaj, and J. Cole. Which is exactly where things might get a little messier.

First of all, I have great respect for Nicki Minaj and believe she’s an incredibly important MC, but her greatest sphere of influence was definitely waning around 2015. By the time Queen hit, she wasn’t very influential at all. So putting her on the mountain when other massive names like Future, Young Thug, Tyler The Creator, Travis Scott and even Kanye himself are all let off is pretty alarming for even a casual rap listener. She might be there due to the fact that she called out a similar Rushmore on Twitter for not including her, but hey, desire isn’t achievement.

The fact that there’s no southern rap (no, J. Cole doesn’t count) is another issue some might find contentious! Anyway, at least they got Kendrick right.