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It’s been a huge year for Fivio Foreign. Following a minor setback in 2021, he emerged victorious with his appearance on Kanye West’s Donda. Ultimately, this sparked the beginning of their creative partnership and turned Fivio into one of the hottest artists of the year.

Following the release of The B.I.B.L.E, Fivio’s back in action with his new “London Freestyle.” It’s a full circle moment that finds Fivio laying down bars over UK drill production, as he’s done, while the video documents his recent journey to London including cameos from Jack Harlow and Alicia Keys.

Prior to the release of “London Freestyle,” Fivio Foreign teased a new single that samples Mase’s “Tell Me What You Want.” However, it seems like the friction between the two might prevent the song from dropping.

Quotable Lyrics
This is Fivi’ in rare form
I might do the Nikes for a year long
All of this diamonds’ll get on
Can’t sit at the table, your chair gone

It seems like Nicki Minaj is fully committed to dropping her new album this year. Since the top of 2022, she’s blessed fans with a slew of new music including two collabs with Lil Baby and the Fivio Foreign-assisted, “We Goin Up.” Over the past few months, she’s ramped up the anticipation for the Rick James-sampled, “Super Freaky Girl,” which arrived on Friday. Today, she blessed fans with an extended version including a new verse from her famed alter ego, Roman. “Super Freaky Girl (Roman Remix)” brings a fiery double-timed verse from Nicki as she brags about her mixtape sales and shouts out the YMCMB dynasty. 

Later this month, Nicki Minaj will be honored with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the MTV VMAs for breaking “barriers for women in hip-hop with her versatility and creative artistry.”

“She has shifted the music industry and cemented her status as a global superstar with her crossover appeal, genre-defying style and continuing to be unapologetically ‘Nicki’,” said Bruce Gillmer, president of music, music talent, programming and events, Paramount+. 

Quotable Lyrics
Don’t play with Nicki ’cause it could get tricky
And that’s word to Dricki, bitch, it could get sticky
And that’s word to Dwayne Mi–, Michael Carter
I’ma finish these dumb bitches, Michael Myers 

The CMG camp is coming out on top this year. After years of building up his roster, Yo Gotti’s introduced a slew of incredible rappers on his label who are defining the sounds of the South right now. Though 42 Dugg is from Detroit, he’s remained an integral force of the CMG movement. Unfortunately, his legal situation have hindered his career. However, he’s still delivering new music to the fans.

This week, the rapper came through with his latest single, “IDGAF.” The gritty banger pairs Dugg’s distinct nasally flow with a chilling instrumental, courtesy of Prodbyjm and Tyymachine, where Dugg flexes his rising status in the rap game.

Check out the latest offering from 42 Dugg below and let us know your thoughts in the comments.

Quotable Lyrics
Fetti, bricks in seeing five to a 6’10”, I’m the shit still
Who care if he don’t hold it down ’cause my bitch will
Maybach, Maybach with the big wheel
Seven million, all cash, that was this deal

Key Glock isn’t slowing down at all. He’s weathered through setbacks and delivered tons of music this year including the deluxe edition of Yellow Tape 2. However, he has more music in the vault that he’s ready to unload on his fans.

This week, the rapper came through with his latest offering, “From Nothin.” The celebratory anthem reflects his success in recent times but not without acknowledging the hardships that come with it. Glizzock details the unmatched hustle that took him from the streets to stages across the globe, including Europe, where he filmed the music video for his new single.

Prior to the release of “From Nothin,” the Memphis rapper blessed fans with his single, “Diapers.” It looks like we might be able to expect even more music from Glock before the year ends.

Quotable Lyrics
Cartier shades, yeah, I ball like Karim 
Yeah, I leave a mark when I love the scene
I’m nothin’ like y’all, these n***as be green
From the same city that killed Martin Luther King

Babyface Ray is moving in his own lane. Over the past two years, he’s ascended from Detroit’s bubbling underground scene to becoming a prominent face of the new sound of Motor City. This week, the rapper returned with the release of his latest single, “Anotha One.” His laidback flow slides over the eerie production that leaps with urgency. Babyface flaunts his success, detailing one-night-stands, copious amounts of lean, and his endless winning streak. 

The latest from Babyface Ray serves as his first offering since dropping off FACE earlier this year. Hopefully, it’s a sign that he has a follow-up in the cut and ready to drop before the end of the year. 

Check out Babyface Ray’s new single, “Anotha One” below and sound off with your thoughts in the comments.

Quotable Lyrics
If it’s them and us, probably gang, they don’t spend enough 
We the winnin’ team, built the team, like I’m Dr. Bust 
Heard he good with words, Patrick Benz, he done locked it up
Got her from the lobby, hit the bed, and she propped it up

Symba is easily one of the most exciting rappers right now with a plethora of major co-signs to back him. Over the past few months, he’s gone viral off of his freestyles, and singles. Earlier this year, he blessed fans with “Never End Up Broke,” and now, he’s returned with a sequel featuring one of Virginia’s finest.

“Never End Up Broke Pt. 2” dropped over the weekend, which finds Symba colliding with Pusha T for the sequel. Push slides through with flashes of his early years and his motives to dive into the streets. The song includes two of Symba’s original verses but Push’s inclusion on the sequel elevates the song even further.

Hopefully, we’ll hear more from Pusha T and Symba in the future.

Check the song below.

Quotable Lyrics
Three-hundred thousand in tennis chains, I’m ropеd in it
Wavin’ through a glass top coupe, like the Pope’s in it
Heaven only snows in my trunk when the dope’s in it
The more that you see murdered, you’re closer to no limit

It’s been nearly two years since Armani Caesar made her debut with The Liz. The short effort with a potent introduction to Griselda’s First Lady but her musical output slowed down significantly in 2021. With a sequel to her 2020 project on the way, she came through with her latest single, “Hunnit Dolla Hiccup” ft. Benny The Butcher and Stove God Cooks this morning. The new song finds the three Griselda artists blazing through eerie production with lavish flexes of their come-up. 

Between the release of her recent freestyles, May’s “Poker Night,” and now, “Hunnit Dolla Hiccup” with Benny The Butcher & Stove God Cooks, The Liz 2 is looking like it’ll be a promising effort from Griselda’s First Lady.

Check out the latest release from Armani Caesar and sound off with your thoughts below. 

Quotable Lyrics
Fly by you in the Cullinan, just left the plug again
Crackheads do the runnin’ man, the money runnin’ in 
Couldn’t fit no more inside the pot, I had to stuff it in
Free my n***a Woe’, he five summers in

He may not be able to celebrate his latest trip around the Sun the way that he intended to before being arrested earlier this year, but Young Thug’s friends and fans have sure been doing their part to commemorate the rapper’s big day.

On Tuesday (August 16), the Young Stoner Life Records founder turns 31, and in honour of him, we’re spotlighting one of his biggest hits from 2019’s So Much Fun – “Hot” featuring Gunna.

The popular song was produced by Wheezy and finds the labelmates and long-time friends boasting about their luxurious lifestyles and rising status in the music industry.

“I’m sick and tired of these young n*ggas act like they firin’, they tellin’ these lies / Actin’ like they the ones created this and they get all the drip from my guys,” the birthday boy spit on his verse, also bragging about “[whipping] up a new Chanel Patek” and buying a “Cartier bag for the Cartier thot.”

Revisit “Hot” on Spotify, Apple Music, or Soundcloud below, and read how Young Thug’s rumoured boo, Mariah the Scientist, showed out for the Atlanta native in honour of his birthday here.

Quotable Lyrics:

I’m in the coupe by myself
I had to kick a door when I was 5
Keep the awards on the shelf
Whole sixteen round in the fire
I’m sick and tired of these young n*ggas act like they firin’, they tellin’ these lies
Actin’ like they the ones created this and they get all the drip from my guys

Back in 2020, Canadian R&B vocalist Jessie Reyez delivered her debut album with Before Love Came to Kill Us, and in the time since then she’s delivered a slew of impressive features while working with artists like Kehlani and dvsn.

More recently, the 31-year-old has been gearing up to share her sophomore project, Yessie, with the arrival of singles like “Fraud” and this past weekend, “MUTUAL FRIEND.” The latter arrived on August 12th, following Reyez’s appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, during which she debuted the ruthless track. 

“If you died tomorrow, I don’t think I’d cry,” the Toronto native croons on the chorus. “I gave you one too many nights / Don’t care if it sound cold, it is what it is.”

Yessie is due out on September 16th via FMLY/Island Records. Stream Jessie Reyez’s latest single below, and tap back in with HNHH later for more music news updates.

Quotable Lyrics:

Our mutual friend said you’d been callin’
And said that you’re sorry and said that you wish we could talk
Well, guess what? You’re about seven months late
Our mutual friend don’t know that you’re too self-serving
But I do and that’s why your words don’t mean shit
And guess what? This heartbreak morphed into hate

[Via] 

Could a new project from Fabolous be on the way? The Brooklyn rapper hasn’t released a full body of work since 2019’s Summertime Shootout 3 but the influx of freestyles and singles he’s released in recent times is a strong indication that he’s cooking something up in the studio these days. Ober the past few months, he’s unveiled a handful of records including Friday’s “Say Less” ft. French Montana.

Around the same time his new collab with French hit DSPs, he also quietly unveiled a new freestyle online. After delivering a freestyle over Drake’s “Champagne Poetry,” he’s back with his “1Thing Freestyle” sampling Amerie’s single. The rapper gets in his bag on this one as he flexes his sharp lyrical prowess. 

It might have been a minute since we’ve received a body of work from Fab but his recent singles are a strong indication that he hasn’t lost his creative spark.

Quotable Lyrics
Free all of the real ones, should be on the streets, huh
Still fuck Donald Trump, he should’ve pardoned Meech, huh
Pardonin’ my speech, huh? I’m hard for you to reach, huh?
I’m in and out of Brooklyn, James Harden in these streets, huh