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Playboi Carti was set to perform at Houston's NRG Park on Saturday night. Unfortunately, the rapper never made it on stage.

“We not done,” says Playboi Carti on Instagram.

2020 felt like a decade due to all of the chaos happening in the world, but the one consistency was the amount of good music that dropped. Artists have been relatively quiet to start off the new year, but there are still plenty of quality singles for fans to enjoy. This month, the soundtrack to Judas and the Black Messiah produced new verses from JAY-Z, Nas, A$AP Rocky and even a posthumous song from Nipsey Hussle. Every month, HipHopDX puts a spotlight on the tracks that stand out from the ove...

The Georgia rapper has ducked and dodged drama going into 2021, whether it be making good with Iggy Azaalea after not spending time with his son or confrontations with strangers over allegations. He did start the year by having the first No. 1 album of the year with Whole Lotta Red moving over 100,000 equivalent album units after its December 25 release. Subscribe to DX Newsletter Get The Most Important Stories Of The Day Straight To Your Inbox Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! You’re Far To...

HipHopDX rolls out the Best Hip Hop Songs of January 2021 with Kid Cudi, Playboi Carti, Lil Durk and more.

This list includes albums released between December 2, 2020 and April 1, 2021 The Top Hip Hop Albums Of 2021 (December – April) Contributing writers: Trent Clark, David Brake, Kyle Eustice, Jeremy Hecht, Devon Jefferson, Dana Scott & Josh Svetz. The Plugs I Met 2 – Benny The Butcher & Harry Fraud Benny The Butcher has continued verbally chopping his way towards the top of Hip Hip’s most beloved MCs. His latest project Plugs I Met 2 offers more of the Griselda and Black Soprano Family ...

Before releasing his third studio album, Whole Lotta Red, Playboi Carti kept to himself and stayed out of the spotlight, leaving fans wondering what he was up to behind the scenes. Now that the highly-anticipated album is out, Carti has been seen all over like performing on Fans will be seeing even more of the Atlanta rapper now that he’s a model for Givenchy’s new campaign with creative director Matthew Williams. Williams handpicked Carti and models Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, Anok Yai ...

Leave it to Playboi Carti to show up to Christmas with the most divisive album of 2020.  In the time since 2018’s Die Lit, the rapper’s latest project Whole Lotta Red has been highly anticipated, to say the least. Expecting Carti to drop on time became a meme on Twitter; some fans grew so restless over its delayed release that they even threatened to release the album forhim. In terms of hype, it’s safe to say that the album is this year’s Astroworld. Hip-hop releases of this magnit...

On Sunday (Dec. 27), Iggy revealed that she had spoken with Playboi Carti and the talk ended cordially. "I’ve spoken to my bd and as fucked up as this shit’s been...it was for the best because now shits aired out & gonna change for the better w my son. That’s all I wanted," she posted on Twitter. "I hate to see the bad part of me have to come out at times because I’m really just a baby angel." Despite the positive conversation it sounds like the former couple had, Iggy made it clear tha...

The numbers are looking strong for Playboi Carti. According to first-week projections published by HitsDailyDouble, Cartis long-awaited Whole Lotta Red album is expected to debut atop of the charts and secure his first-ever No. 1 project. The record is projected to move 125,000-135,000 album equivalent units in its first week, potentially taking the top spot from Taylor Swifts Carti began working on the project in late 2018, shortly after the release of his debut album Die Lit, which debut...