Pop Smoke’s death was a tragedy that shook the hip-hop community. The rapper was slain on the brink of superstardom, just as his name was making its way into household status. Still, Pop Smoke’s family and management are forging onwards with the late New York MC’s first posthumous album now scheduled for release.

We knew it was coming, but Steven Victor, Pop Smoke‘s manager, shared the official details on his Instagram. Victor shared what could be the artwork– or could simply be a promotional image– alongside a release date: June 12th. The manager didn’t leave more information in his caption than the release date, so stay tuned. In the interim, the rapper has already popped up posthumously on several records recently, including a verse on Nav’s new album Good Intentions and Lil Tjay’s State of Emergency EP.

50 Cent recently shared a few details about Pop Smoke‘s album as well, as he filled the role of executive producer. The OG confirmed they were adding a select few features, naming Roddy Ricch among them– so we’ll have to see if that one came together.

Check out Steven Victor’s new IG post below, and keep your eyes peeled for more details on the album.

Gunna has been teasing his new album, WUNNA, with droplets here and there-- he confirmed that the album would arrive in May at the very end of April, but he hadn't given us a real date to expect it aside from that. Today, he's finally given fans a real date, so we can start the countdown-- May 22nd.

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Gunna shared the news by way of a mini Instagram video trailer for the album, announcing something is in the works with Amazon as well to help promote the album. The video appears to tease a little film of sort, with Spike Jordan directing. The video shows Gunna in his habitat-- the studio, surrounded by lady friends, etc, and runs through the expected producers on WUNNA. Wheezy, Keyz, Turbo and more all going to be behind the boards. We'll have to see if this is really just a video trailer for the album, or if it'll result in something documentary-style from Gunna.

Check out the video clip below. Are you excited for WUNNA? Who do you want to see feature-wise on the album? He recently killed an appearance on Lil Durk's Just Cause Y'all Waited 2, so maybe Durkio will return the favour. Stay tuned.

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Wunna Album 5/22/2020 Me My team and @amazon got sum special to show y’all the creation !

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A week after The-Dream shared the tracklist for Sextape 4, the multi-hyphenated entertainer has given fans a release date. While many artists are opting to delay their albums because of the COVID-19 quarantine, The-Dream has decided to press forward with confidence. He made the official announcement just moments ago on social media where he stated that Sextape 4 would arrive on April 17.

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“SXTP4! April 17. Honestly, I didn’t want to put it out with what’s going on in the world and here!” he wrote in a caption to a post on Instagram. “I had so many people tel me , NO music is what we need right now more than ever. Love and Blessings to everyone touched by this moment in our lives. 4-17 out EVERYWHERE! @apple @Tidal @Spotify @amazonmusic.”

We learned last week that Sextape 4 would be a 13-track offering that wouldn’t have any features. The-Dream last shared the first, second, and third installment of his Sextape series back in 2018 when he released Ménage à Trois: Sextape Vol. 1, 2, 3. We can only imagine what he has in store this time around. Check out the tracklist for Sextape 4 below and let us know if you’re looking forward to new hits from The-Dream.

Tracklist

1. Passion
2. Nothing Will Feel The Same
3. Sang
4. Hard 4 Me
5. Notice
6. Spiritual
7. Ecstacy
8. Wee Hours
9. Body Work
10. Fuck My Brains Out
11. Say Something
12. Take Care
13. Coltrane

The release date for Megan Thee Stallion‘s upcoming debut album, Suga, will likely be falling on her late mother’s birthday in the spring. In her solo “Women Shaping The Future” piece for Rolling Stone, the Houston Hottie opened up about how difficult it has been for her to cope with the loss of her mother, Holly Thomas, and her great-grandmother in such a short period of time. Megan lost both loved ones in March 2019, and has since spoken about the pain she’s experienced since their passing.

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With the upcoming release of her official debut album, Suga—following the success of her debut mixtape, Fever, in 2019—Megan is prepping to put out her first body of work since Holly, who was also her manager and a rapper herself, passed away. To honour her late mother’s memory, Megan hopes to put Suga out on Holly’s birthday, May 2nd, this year.

Megan first announced the title of her upcoming album back in October, revealing that it would serve as the introduction to a new alter ego called “Suga” who is a “sensitive gangsta” and “besties” with her other alter ego, Tina Snow. So far, collaborations from Kehlani and SZA, as well as production from the Neptunes, are confirmed for Suga. Her latest drop, “B.I.T.C.H.” which flips Tupac’s “Ratha Be Ya N*gga,” will serve as the album’s lead single. Stay tuned for confirmation of an official release date for Suga.

Adele recently suggested that she might be dropping an album this year while at a private wedding. It's been five years since the "Someone Like You" singer released her third studio album, 25 (2015), and her massive fan base is eagerly awaiting her next musical offering. But with 25 selling over ten million copies, officially going diamond, and earning her a total of five Grammys at the 59th annual Grammy Awards, the creative process can become daunting for someone who's achieved success at that magnitude. 

Last year, G Herbo was teasing fans about a forthcoming project titled PTSD. When he announced a North American tour of the same name at the beginning of December, it seemed the project’s release was imminent. The Chicago rapper did drop an album at the tail-end of the month, but it was given a different name: Sessions. For nine tracks, Herbo spills out gut-wrenching bars about the lasting scars of street life. “MY ALBUM IS GOING TO SHED LIGHT ON THE THINGS THAT ME AND MY BROTHERS EXPERIENCE EVERY DAY,” Herbo tweeted before it dropped. “THIS IS GOING TO BE THE REALEST ALBUM IVE EVER DROPPED AND IMA TELL IT LIKE IT IS.”

Turns out, PTSD was not scrapped, just postponed. G Herbo has announced that the album will be released on February 28. He also shared the cover art, which shows him holding up a US flag punctured with bloody bullet holes and with the stars substituted with the faces of his fallen friends. This news was accompanied by the album’s first single, “In This Bitch.” While PTSD‘s title and cover suggest that this will be another album filled with heavy themes, “In This Bitch” consists of aggressive flexing.