2025 in hip-hop

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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip-hop for the year 2025.

Events

January

On January 1, A.D.O.R. died at the age of 55.^[1]
On January 15, Drake filed a federal defamation lawsuit against UMG over the release and promotion of claims made in Kendrick Lamar's diss track "Not Like Us".^[2]
On January 20, Nelly, Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, and Soulja Boy performed at President Donald Trump's Inauguration Ball.^[3]
On January 21, the trial began for ASAP Rocky on charges of assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly shooting former affiliate ASAP Relli in 2021.^[4]
On January 22, Barry Michael Cooper died at the age of 66.^[5]
On January 24, DJ Unk died at the age of 43.^[6]
On January 31, YFN Lucci was released from prison.^[7]

February

On February 2, the 67th Annual Grammy Awards were held.^[8] Kendrick Lamar won Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Music Video, Best Rap Song, and Best Rap Performance for "Not Like Us". Rapsody and Erykah Badu won Best Melodic Rap Performance for "3:AM". Doechii won Best Rap Album for Alligator Bites Never Heal. Roxanne Shante received the Lifetime Achievement Award.^[9]
On February 5, Irv Gotti died at the age of 54.^[10]
On February 7, Naâman died at the age of 34.^[11]
On February 9, Kendrick Lamar headlined the Super Bowl LIX halftime show at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, with guest performer SZA,^[12] which became the most watched halftime show, surpassing the Super Bowl XXVII halftime show with headliner Michael Jackson.^[13]
On February 13, Delcat Idengo was shot and killed in Goma.^[14]
On February 15, the 32nd Hanteo Music Awards were held. RM won the Special Award – Hip-hop.^[15]
On February 18, the MOBO Awards 2025 were held. Darkoo won Best Female Act and Song of the Year with Dess Dior for "Favourite Girl". Central Cee won Best Male Act. Bashy won Best Hip-hop Act and Album of the Year for Being Poor Is Expensive. Scorcher won Best Grime Act. Pozer won Best Drill Act.^[16] On the same day, ASAP Rocky was found not guilty on charges of assault with a deadly weapon.^[17]
On February 21, Khalil Fong died at the age of 41.^[18]
On February 22, the 56th NAACP Image Awards were held. Doechii won Outstanding New Artist. Kendrick Lamar won Outstanding Hip Hop/Rap Song and Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album for "Not Like Us".^[19]
On February 27, the 22nd Korean Music Awards were held. B-Free & Hukky Shibaseki won Best Rap & Hip-Hop Album for Free Hukky Shibaseki & the God Sun Symphony Group: Odyssey. 1. G-Dragon won Best Rap & Hip-Hop Song for "Power".^[20]

March

On March 1, the Brit Awards 2025 were held. Stormzy won Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Act.^[21]
On March 3, Beau Dozier died at the age of 45.^[22]
On March 5, DJ Funk died at the age of 54.^[23]
On March 13, J. B. Moore died at the age of 81.^[24]
On March 17, UMG filed a motion to dismiss Drake's federal defamation lawsuit over the claims made in "Not Like Us", stating that "he has sued his own record label in a misguided attempt to salve his wounds."^[25] On the same day, the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards were held. Kendrick Lamar won Hip-Hop Song of the Year for "Not Like Us". GloRilla won Hip-Hop Artist of the Year. BossMan Dlow won Best New Hip-Hop Artist. Future and Metro Boomin won Hip-Hop Album of the Year for We Don't Trust You. Stray Kids won K-Pop Album of the Year for Ate. Nelly won the iHeartRadio Landmark Award.^[26]
On March 19, the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards Japan were held. Yuki Chiba won Best Hip Hop Video for "Team Tomodachi". XG won Best Visual Effect for "Woke Up".^[27]
On March 22, Sayso P was killed and Sauce Walka was injured in a shooting in Memphis, Tennessee.^[28]
On March 28, Young Scooter died at the age of 39.^[29]
On March 30, the Juno Awards of 2025 were held. Snotty Nose Rez Kids won Rap Album/EP of the Year for Red Future. Jessie Reyez and Big Sean won Rap Single of the Year for "Shut Up". bbno$ won the Fan Choice Award. AP Dhillon won South Asian Music Recording of the Year for The Brownprint. Boi-1da received an International Achievement Award.^[30]

April

On April 5, Pasha Technique died at the age of 40.^[31]
On April 16, Drake filed an amended complaint in the defamation lawsuit filed against UMG earlier this year to include complaints about Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime performance.^[32]
On April 30, the APRA Music Awards of 2025 were held. Lithe won Most Performed Hip Hop / Rap Work for "Fall Back".^[33]

May

On May 5, the trial began for Diddy on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering.^[34]
On May 13, Rodney-O filed a lawsuit against Metro Boomin, Future and Kendrick Lamar, alleging unpaid royalties and lack of proper clearance of "Everlasting Bass" that was sampled for "Like That".^[35]
On May 17, Werenoi died at the age of 31.^[36]
On May 21, the 2025 Music Awards Japan were held. Creepy Nuts won Song of the Year, Best Japanese Song, Top Japanese Song in Europe, Top Japanese Song in Latin America, Top Japanese Song in North America, Best Japanese Hip Hop/Rap Song, Best Japanese Dance Pop Song, and Best Viral Song for "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" and Best Japanese Hip Hop/Rap Artist. Nujabes won Best Instrumental Song for "Aruarian Dance". Kendrick Lamar won Best International Hip Hop/Rap Song in Japan for "Not Like Us". Megan Thee Stallion and RM won Best of Listeners' Choice: International Song for "Neva Play".^[37]
On May 26, the American Music Awards of 2025 were held. Eminem won Favorite Male Hip-Hop Artist and Favorite Hip-Hop Album for The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce). Megan Thee Stallion won Favorite Female Hip-Hop Artist. Kendrick Lamar won Favorite Hip-Hop Song for "Not Like Us". Doechii won Social Song of the Year for "Anxiety".^[38]
On May 28, NBA YoungBoy, sentenced to 2 years in jail for gun-related crimes, was pardoned by president Donald Trump.^[39]

June

On June 9, the BET Awards 2025 were held. Kendrick Lamar won Album of the Year for GNX, Video of the Year for "Not Like Us", Best Collaboration alongside SZA for "Luther", Video Director of the Year alongside Dave Free, and Best Male Hip Hop Artist. Doechii won Best Female Hip Hop Artist. Future and Metro Boomin won Best Group. Snoop Dogg and Kirk Franklin won the Ultimate Icon Award.^[40] On the same day, the 2025 Libera Awards were held. Shygirl and Saweetie won Best Hip-Hop/Rap Record for "Immaculate". De La Soul won Best Sync Usage for "Say No Go" in the film Civil War. MF DOOM won Creative Packaging and Best Reissue for MM..FOOD (20th Anniversary Edition) and Best Remix for "One Beer" (Madlib Remix).^[41]
On June 11, Silentó was sentenced to thirty years in prison for murder charges relating to the 2021 death of his cousin, Frederick Rooks.^[42]
On June 16, Dave Scott died at the age of 52.^[43]
On June 21, the 34th Seoul Music Awards were held. RM won the R&B/ Hip-hop Award.^[44]

July

On July 31, the AIR Awards of 2025 are scheduled to be held.^[45]

November

Max B is scheduled to be released from prison.^[46]
On November 8, Outkast and Salt-N-Pepa will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.^[47]

Released albums

January


Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	03 Greedo	2025: The Streetz is Over Wiit	Self-released^[48]
	Duwap Kaine	Nobody Is Coming To Save You	TAF^[49]
	Edward Skeletrix	Museum Music	Self-released
	Lil Shine	Shine Forever	Self-released^[50]
3	Boldy James & RichGains	Murder During Drug Traffic	Self-released^[51]
	Jon Connor	Food for the Soul	Self-released^[52]
	Lil Baby	WHAM	Quality Control Music^[53]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Various artists	Death Row Revue	Death Row Records, Gamma^[52]
5	Bad Bunny	Debí Tirar Más Fotos	Rimas^[54]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
8	Ransom	Cabrini Green	Black Soprano Family, Momentum^[55]
10	Diamond D	The Diam Piece 3: Duo	Dymond Mine Records^[56]
	Doseone & Steel Tipped Dove	All Portrait, No Chorus	Backwoodz Studioz^[57]
	Rilès	Survival Mode	Self-released^[58]
	Rio da Yung OG	Rio Free	#Boyz^[59]	Debuted at No. 157 on the Billboard 200
	Skiifall	Lovers Till I'm Gone	Self-released^[60]
	The Heatmakerz	The Anti-Social Experiment	Self-released^[55]
	Ziak	Essonne History X	Errro, Chrome Castle^[61]
11	Wiley	Boom Bap Vol 4	Self-released^[62]
17	Busta Rhymes	Dragon Season... The Awakening	Conglomerate^[63]
	Logic	Aquarius III	BMG Rights Management^[64]
	Mac Miller	Balloonerism	Warner^[65]	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	Mick Jenkins	Type Shit	Self-released^[66]
	Myss Keta	Myss Keta	Island Records, Universal Music Italia^[67]
	OMB Peezy	Drifting Away	Overkill, Hitmaker^[55]
	Philthy Rich	Real, Rich & Respected	FOD^[55]
	Riff Raff	Welcome to Shaolin	Castles of Chrome, Black 17^[55]
	Verbal Jint	Happy End	Otherside^[68]
	Wu-Syndicate	Wu-Rona Virus	Self-released^[69]
21	YGTUT	Wash My Hands	The House^[70]
22	24hrs & King Kobi	24hrs on Saturn	NORP^[55]
23	Da Uzi	Original Gangsta	Warner France^[71]
23	Zillionaire Doe	D Boi Dreams	CMG, Interscope^[72]
24	Boldy James	Permanent Ink	Royal House^[73]
	Central Cee	Can't Rush Greatness	Columbia^[74]	Debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart Debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200
	Ghais Guevara	Goyard Ibn Said	Fat Possum^[75]
	Homeboy Sandman	Rich 2.5	Dirty Looks^[76]
	Hunxho	For Us	300^[77]
	Jeshi	Airbag Woke Me Up	Because^[78]
	Jordan Adetunji	A Jaguar's Dream	300 Entertainment, Warner UK^[79]
	Krizbeatz	Daddy Daycare	Streets Legend, ONErpm^[80]
	Moka Only & Reckonize Real	More Vibes & B-Sides	Real Deff^[71]
	OsamaSon	Jump Out	Atlantic Records, Motion Music^[81]	Debuted at No. 151 on the Billboard 200
	Uncle Murda	Murda He Wrote	ATM, Empire^[70]
	Young Franco	It's Franky Baby!	Neon^[82]
	Youssoupha	Amour Supreme	99 Revolution, AllPoints^[83]^{[non-primary source needed]}
27	Pink Siifu	Black'!Antique	Dynamite Hill^[84]
30	Young Dro & Zaytoven	10 Piece Hot	Grand Hustle^[85]
31	BabyTron	Song Wars	Hip Hop Lab, Empire^[86]
	Canibus	The Almighty Era V2: The Final Chapter	Q&A Logistics, 1332 Records^[87]
	Don Trip	Gladiator	MRVL Music Group^[88]^{[non-primary source needed]}
	EST Gee	I Aint Feeling You	CMG, Interscope^[89]	Debuted at No. 97 on the Billboard 200
	Iniko	The Awakening	Columbia, Audio Angel^[90]
	Madrox	More Music You Don't Wanna Hear From Someone You Barely Like	Majik Ninja Entertainment^[91]
	Madvillain	Madvillainy Demos	Stones Throw^[86]
	Mike	Showbiz!	10k^[92]
	The Weeknd	Hurry Up Tomorrow	XO, Republic^[93]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	V Don	Sent For	Black Soprano Family, Roc Nation Distribution^[90]

February

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
4	Nino Paid	Love Me as I Am	Signal, Columbia^[94]
5	Luhh Dyl	Intrude	300^[95]
6	Nardo Wick	Hold Off	Flawless Ent, RCA Records
7	Krept and Konan	Young Kingz II	Play Dirty^[96]	Debuted at No. 86 on the UK Albums Chart
	Larry June, 2 Chainz & The Alchemist	Life Is Beautiful	The Freeminded Records, ALC Records, Empire^[97]	Debuted at No. 89 on the Billboard 200
	Montana 700	700 Reasons	Remain Solid, 300 Entertainment^[98]
	Robb Banks	Tha Leak 3	Self-released^[99]
	Soulja Boy	The Influence	SODMG^[99]
	Sy Ari da Kid	The Last Shadow In The Shade	No I In Team Records, Cinq Music Group^[99]
	Tyga	NSFW	Last Kings, Empire^[100]
	ZelooperZ & Real Bad Man	Dear Psilocybin	Real Bad Man Records^[101]
12	A$AP Twelvyy	I Did More With Less	Two Twelve Technologies^[102]
	Capella Grey	U Miss Me Yet?	Allepac the Family, 10K Projects^[102]
	Coi Leray	What Happened to Forever?	Trendsetter Studios, Sony Music Entertainment^[103]
	Hurricane Wisdom	Perfect Storm	Open Shift Distribution^[104]	Debuted at No. 126 on the Billboard 200
	P-Lo	For the Soil	Everywhere Like Air, Golden State Entertainment, Empire^[105]
13	Black Milk & Fat Ray	Food from the Gods	Computer Ugly^[102]
14	Bartees Strange	Horror	4AD^[106]
	Brother Ali & Ant	Satisfied Soul	Mello Music Group^[107]
	D. Savage	We Love D. Savage	Empire^[102]
	Don Trip	King of Hearts	MRVL Music Group^[108]^{[non-primary source needed]}
	Dro Kenji	Love Kills	10K Projects^[109]
	Flau'jae	Flau & B	Flauge Entertainment^[110]
	Jacquees & DeJ Loaf	Fuck A Friendzone 2	Yellow World, FYB Records^[111]
	John Glacier	Like a Ribbon	Young^[112]
	Nems	America's Sweetheart	Goliath Records^[109]
	OhGeesy	Paid N Full	Atlantic^[113]
	PartyNextDoor & Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	OVO Sound, Republic Records^[114]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Skaiwater	#Mia	GoodTalk, Capitol^[115]
	They.	Love.Jones	Drink Sum Wtr^[116]
	Westside Gunn	12	Griselda Records^[117]
	Yung Bleu	What Makes Us Human	Moon Boy Music^[102]
17	Eem Triplin	Melody of a Memory	RCA^[109]
21	BlocBoy JB	The Purple M&M 2	Self-released^[118]
	Blockhead	It's Only A Midlife Crisis If Your Life Is Mid	Future Archive^[118]
	Cartel Bo	Pablo	Big Persona, Warner^[119]
	Elcamino & 38 Spesh	Martyr's Prayer III	Perfect Time^[120]
	Iann Dior	Nothings Ever Good Enough II	Big Noise^[121]
	Mike Posner	The Beginning	Arista^[109]
	Morray	Long Story Short	Empire^[122]
	Nardo Wick	Wick	Flawless Entertainment, RCA Records^[123]
	Paris Texas	They Left Me With The Sword	Self-released^[124]
	Ransom & Dave East	The Final Call	FTD, Momentum^[125]
	Saint Jhn	Festival Season	Godd Complexx^[126]
	Smif-N-Wessun	Infinity	Bucktown USA, Duck Down Music^[127]
	Stalley	Gamla Kyrkogatan	Blue Collar Gang^[128]
25	G-Dragon	Übermensch	Galaxy, Empire
27	Boldy James & Chuck Strangers	Token of Appreciation	Self-released^[129]
28	1300Saint	All Hail	YSL Records^[130]
	1900Rugrat	Porch 2 the Pent	Remain Solid, 300^[131]
	Antony Szmierek	Service Station at the End of the Universe	Mushroom Music, Virgin Music Group^[132]
	Busta Rhymes	Dragon Season... Equinox	Conglomerate^[131]
	Fridayy	Some Days I'm Good, Some Days I'm Not	Lost In Melody, Def Jam^[131]	Debuted at No. 51 on the Billboard 200
	Jim Jones	At the Church Steps	Hitmaker Music Group^[109]
	Lil Tony	Born Again	Priority, UMG^[133]
	Lisa	Alter Ego	Lloud, RCA^[134]	Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
	Paris Texas	They Left Me with a Gun	Self-released^[129]
	Reason	I Love You Again	Do More Records, 195 Oak^[135]
	Shygirl	Club Shy Room 2	Because^[136]

March

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
4	KenTheMan	Kinda Famous	Self-released^[137]
7	6ix	Homebody	Self-released^[138]
	Apollo Brown	Elevator Music	Escapism Recordings^[139]
	Capo Lee & Big Zuu	Signed & Delivered	Legacy Living^[140]
	Cookin' Soul & Ankhlejohn	The Michelin Man	Self-released^[139]
	De La Soul	Clear Lake Audiotorium (Re-release)	Chrysalis Records^[141]
	Evilgiane & Harto Falión	The Hurtless	Surf Gang^[142]
	Fredo Bang & TEC	8 Legged Gorilla	Create Music Group^[143]
	Icewear Vezzo	Undefeated	Iced Up^[144]
	Ill Tone Beats & Black Soprano Family	The Outcome	Black Soprano Family^[139]
	Jennie	Ruby	Odd Atelier, Columbia	Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
	Lord Finesse	The SP 1200 Project: Sounds & Frequencies in Technicolor	Underworld Label Group, Coalmine Records^[139]
	Mg Lil Bubba	Bub's Burgers	Create Music Group, GGR^[139]
	Slim Thug & Propain	Double Cup	Hogg Life, Double Trill^[143]
	Steel Banglez	One Day It Will All Make Sense	Mass Appeal, Gifted^[145]
	Tokimonsta	Eternal Reverie	Young Art^[146]
	Tory Lanez	Peterson	One Umbrella^[147]	Debuted at No. 25 on the Billboard 200
	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	More Leaks	Never Broke Again, Motown	Debuted at No. 29 on the Billboard 200
14	B.G.	Freedom Of Speech	Choppa City, Santa Anna^[148]
	Clipping	Dead Channel Sky	Sub Pop^[149]
	Curren$y & Harry Fraud	Never Catch Us	Jet Life Recordings^[150]
	Dano	Nuevos Trapos	Sony^[151]
	DeeBaby	Ms. Salazar	Already Platinum, Create Music Group^[152]
	Finesse2tymes	Stuck In My Ways	Mob Ties, Bread Gang, Atlantic^[153]
	Insyt	Dancing by Myself	Empire^[151]
	Jasiah	No Holds Barred	New 11^[151]
	K Camp	Built Different	Rare Sound^[154]
	OJ da Juiceman	Oj Da Juiceman, Pt. 2	32^[155]
	Playboi Carti	Music	AWGE, Interscope Records^[156]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Rojuu & Evilgiane	62Starz	Surf Gang^[154]
15	Starlito	Regretfully	Grind Hard^[157]^{[non-primary source needed]}
15	Young Buck	Renovation	Cashville^[158]
18	Kanye West	Bully V1	YZY
	Masiwei	The Lottery	A Few Good Kids^[159]^{[non-primary source needed]}
	Saba & No I.D.	From the Private Collection of Saba and No I.D.	ARTium^[160]
	Smoke DZA	The Barcelona Tape	RFC Music Group^[161]
19	Kevin Gates	I'm Him 2	Bread Winners Alumni^[162]	Debuted at No. 63 on the Billboard 200
20	PlaqueBoyMax	London	Self-released^[163]
21	Bishop Nehru	Now Or Never	Nehruvia^[161]
	B.U.G Antman	Y'all Ugly	Marki, Warner^[164]
	Goya Gumbani	Warlord of the Weejuns	Ghostly International^[165]
	Gunplay	Almost Free	X-Ray Records^[161]
	Masio Gunz	Masey Baby	MNRK^[166]
	Money Man	Insomnia	Black Circle, Empire Distribution^[166]
	Previous Industries	Evergreen Plaza	Merge^[164]
	Scorey	If You Feel Lost	Columbia Records, Sony Music Entertainment^[166]
22	KRS-One	Temple of Hip Hop Global Awareness	R.A.M.P Ent Agency^[167]
24	Sylvan LaCue & Our Heroes Rock	The Heroes of STEM!	Our Heroes Rock^[168]^{[non-primary source needed]}
25	Reuben Vincent & 9th Wonder	H.M.W.Y.G.H. (Hit Me When You Get Here)	Self-released^[167]
27	Joeboy	Viva Lavida	Young Legend, Warner Music Africa^[169]
28	Babyfxce E	M Block	Atlantic^[143]
	Backxwash	Only Dust Remains	Ugly Hag^[170]
	Boldy James & Antt Beatz	Hommage	Empire^[143]
	DaBoii	Heart of a Lion	Empire^[171]
	Deko	Eclipse	DreamsOnline^[172]^{[non-primary source needed]}
	Elcamino	Up The Block	Black Soprano Family^[169]
	Lil Durk	Deep Thoughts	Alamo^[173]	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	Lil' Keke	Legend Hotel	Slfmade 713, SoSouth^[174]
	Lord Sko	Piff	Uptown Sh!t, Stimulated, Roc Nation^[167]
	Nav	OMW2 Rexdale	XO, Republic^[175]	Debuted at No. 37 on the Billboard 200
	Nemzzz	Rent's Due	Self-released^[143]	Debuted at No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart
	Poptropicaslutz!	The new 925	Epitaph^[171]
	Q Marsden	10 Songs	Boy Meets Euphoria, Columbia^[176]
	Sada Baby	Bridge Kard Blessings	Big Squad, Groundwerk, BMG^[167]
	Termanology & Bronze Nazareth	Things I Seen	Black Day In July^[143]
	Timbaland	Timbo Progression	Mosley Music, Gamma^[167]
	Vory	You Made Me This Way	Ikonic Global^[167]
	Will Smith	Based on a True Story	Rave In The Wasteland, Slang^[177]
	Willie the Kid & Real Bad Man	Midnight	Real Bad Man Records, The Fly^[178]
	Yung Beef & Goa	Traumatismo Kraneoencefalico 2	La Vendicion^[179]
29	Lil' Flip & Z-Ro	Kingz of the South, Vol. 2	1 Deep Ent, Clover G^[180]^{[non-primary source needed]}
30	Kota the Friend	No Rap on Sunday	Self-released^[181]

April

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	ABGR Lil Cory	Act Broke Get Rich	Signal, Columbia^[182]
1	Luh Kel	Better Late Than Never	Different Vibes Only, Frvr^[182]
2	Bloodhound Q50	Long Live My Brudda He Prolly Kilt Yo Brudda	Grade A Productions^[182]
2	Duckwrth	All American FuckBoy	Stem^[183]
3	Corbin	Crisis Kid	September^[184]
4	2hollis	Star	Interscope^[183]
	Ant	Collection of Sounds Vol. 4	Rhymesayers^[182]
	Boldy James & V Don	Alphabet Highway	Serious Soundz, RRC Music^[185]
	Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals	A City Drowned in God's Black Tears	Self-released^[186]
	Jace!	Greenway	Simple Stupid Records, UMG^[187]
	Jane Remover	Revengeseekerz	DeadAir
	Lou Phelps	Chèlbè	Celestial Morals^[188]
	Mbnel	Epoch	Empire^[189]
	Shoreline Mafia	Back in Bidness	300, Atlantic^[190]	Debuted at No. 182 on the Billboard 200
6	LaRussell & Mike G Beatz	Make Hip-Hop Fun Again!	Good Compenny, Empire^[191]
8	Bb trickz	80'z	Sony Music España^[192]
	DJ Fokus & Chino XL	Map of Bones	Magician Records, Holy Toledo^[193]
	RXKNephew	Slither Not Slime	GetYouKilledRecords^[194]
11	Berner	Carbon	Three Brothers, Compound Interest^[194]
	Bliss n Eso	The Moon (The Light Side)	Flight Deck, Mushroom^[195]
	Cortisa Star	E.M.O. (Evil Motion Overload)	Open Shift^[196]
	Deante' Hitchcock	Good Things Take Time	Do Better Records, 195 Oak^[197]
	KayCyy & Sign Crushes Motorist	Saddest Truth	BuVision, Columbia^[198]
	Ken Carson	More Chaos	Opium^[199]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Yung Bans	Before RR	Newilluminessence, 1of1^[200]
12	Del the Funky Homosapien & Thegoodnews	This Just In	Nature Sounds^[182]
12	Wu-Tang Clan & Mathematics	Black Samson, the Bastard Swordsman	Ruffnation Entertainment^[201]
17	Cappadonna	Godly Wealthy & Beautiful	GLF^[202]
18	Bfb Da Packman	That's Brilliant!	The Lunch Crew Company^[203]
	Blu & August Fanon	Forty	Nature Sounds^[202]
	Chip	Grime Scene Saviour	Cash Motto^[202]
	Dave Blunts	You Can't Say That	Listen to the Kids^[182]
	G Perico & DJ Drama	LA Gangster	Empire^[204]
	Kool Keith	Karpenters	Post Up Music, Fat Beats^[202]
	Lupe Fiasco	Ghotiing MIT	Self-released^[203]
	Millyz	Blanco 7	Create^[202]
	Mozzy	Intrusive Thoughts	Empire^[202]
	Scrim	Via Crucis	G59 Records^[205]	Debuted at No. 194 on the Billboard 200
	Swizz Beatz	Godfather of Harlem: Season 4 (Soundtrack)	Epic, Sony^[203]
	That Mexican OT & Sauce Walka	Chicken & Sauce	STB Entertainment^[202]
	The Underachievers	Homecoming	Slang^[202]
	Too $hort	Sir Too $hort, Vol. 1 (Freaky Tales)	Dangerous Music, Empire Distribution^[206]
	Westside Gunn	Heels Have Eyes	Griselda Records^[207]
	Wiz Khalifa	Kush + Orange Juice 2	Taylor Gang, Asylum Records^[208]	Debuted at No. 62 on the Billboard 200
23	BabyChiefDoit	Zoo Life	Artist Partner Group^[209]
23	Warhol.SS	Free Andy III	3200, FRVR^[210]
24	Kai Ca$h	Cash Rules	Generation Now, Atlantic^[211]
25	1300Saint	Saint Season	YSL Records^[212]
	Belly Gang Kushington	The Streets Is Yours	LVRN^[213]
	DaBaby	Please Say DaBaby, Vol. 1	Self-released^[214]
	Fly Anakin	(The) Forever Dream	Lex Records^[215]
	Lil Double 0	IOU1	Freebandz^[213]
	Mike Dean	425	MWA, Decent^[210]
	MoneySign Suede	Mi Familia Por Vida	The Machine Works, Atlantic^[211]
	MRG	It's MRG Not Mr.G	Eastvilla, Empire^[213]
	Ray Vaughn	The Good The Bad The Dollar Menu	Top Dawg^[216]
	Ricky Bravo	TELEGRAM TITAN	IIIXL Studio^[217]
	Vinnie Paz	God Sent Vengeance	Iron Tusk^[218]
29	Pap Chanel	The Girl Next Door	1865^[217]
30	Lloyd Banks	AON 3: Despite My Mistakes	Money by Any Means^[219]

May

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
2	Ben Kenobe	Up In Smoke	Made by God, UnitedMasters^[220]^{[non-primary source needed]}
	Benny the Butcher	Excelsior	Black Soprano Family^[221]
	Boldy James & Real Bad Man	Conversational Pieces	Real Bad Man Records^[222]
	DDG	Blame the Chat	Epic^[217]	Debuted at No. 131 on the Billboard 200
	Fatoni, Edgar Wasser & Juse Ju	Bawrs	Warner Music Central Europe^[223]
	Flume & JPEGMafia	We Live in a Society	Self-released^[224]
	Jimmie D & Nicholas Craven	Good Music Hypnotizes	Self-released^[225]
	Key Glock	Glockaveli	Paper Route Empire, Republic Records^[226]	Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200
	OMB Peezy & FBLManny	OverKrash	Overkill, FBL, Blac Noize!, Hitmaker^[217]
	Ro$ama	Orange Tape	600, UnitedMasters^[217]
	Scarlxrd	Traplxrd	LXRD^[227]
	Teether & Kuya Neil	Yearn IV	Chapter Music^[223]
	Tha Alkaholiks	Daaam!	Cleopatra Records^[223]
	Wretch 32	Home?	AWAL^[228]
	Youngs Teflon	Keep The Change	Warner Music UK, Atlantic^[223]
	Yung Lean	Jonatan	World Affairs, AWAL^[229]
7	Knowledge The Pirate & Roc Marciano	The Round Table	Treasure Chest, Pimpire^[230]
7	Mike & Tony Seltzer	Pinball II	10K Projects^[231]
9	Billy Woods	Golliwog	Backwoodz Studioz
	Lefty Gunplay & JasonMartin	Can't Get Right	OTR, 50million, Futuristic, Empire^[232]
	Starlito & Don Trip	Step Brothers 4 Life	MRVL, Grind Hard, Connect^[227]
15	Snoop Dogg	Iz It a Crime?	Death Row Records, Gamma.^[233]
16	Aminé	13 Months of Sunshine	CLBN, 10K Projects^[234]
	Chuck D	Enemy Radio: Radio Armageddon	Soundspeak, Def Jam^[235]
	DRAM & Ellis Quinn	Leorpio	Waver, OneLand^[236]
	Kilo Kish	Negotiations	Independent Co^[237]
	Lecrae & Miles Minnick	Get Well Soon!	Reach^[227]
	Rico Nasty	Lethal	Fueled by Ramen, Atlantic Records^[238]
	Tee Grizzley	Forever My Moment	300^[239]
	Tha God Fahim & Nicholas Craven	Ultimate Dump Gawd	Self-released^[240]
	Valee & Harry Fraud	Egonomics	SRFSCHL, Fake Shore Drive^[241]
	Xzibit	Kingmaker	Greenback Records^[242]
18	Kodak Black & G6Reddot	Zap Stars	Self-released^[243]
21	Kirko Bangz	Choose Self	APR Blueblood^[244]
22	Rob49	Let Me Fly	Rebel, Geffen^[245]	Debuted at No. 180 on the Billboard 200
23	Boldy James & Your Boy Posca	Magnolia Leflore	Near Mint^[246]
	Cola Boyy	Quit To Play Chess	Record Makers^[244]
	DJ.Fresh & The Musalini	Live and Let Fly	Perfect Time^[227]
	Fredo Bang	The Big Bang	Empire^[245]
	G-Eazy	Helium	RCA^[244]
	Kuru	Stay True Forever	DeadAir^[245]
	Pan Amsterdam	Confines	Heavenly Recordings, PIAS^[245]
	PlaqueBoyMax	Atlanta	5$tar, UMG, Field Trip, Capitol^[244]
26	Tha God Fahim & Nicholas Craven	Hyperbolic Time Chamber Rap 12	Self-released^[247]
27	Tobi Lou	Diabolical <3	Free Agency^[248]
30	Aesop Rock	Black Hole Superette	Rhymesayers^[249]	Debuted at No. 171 on the Billboard 200
	Benji Blue Bills & Bnyx	Out The Blue	Self-released^[250]
	Bruiser Wolf	Potluck	Fake Shore Drive, Bruiser House^[251]
	Coyote	Yotelandia	Smoker's Club^[250]
	EBK Jaaybo	Don't Trust Me	Encore^[251]
	GoldLink	Enoch	RBC Records, BMG^[250]
	Luh Tyler	Florida Boy	Motion, Atlantic^[250]
	Masta Killa	Balance	Nature Sounds^[250]
	Molly Santana	Molly and Her Week of Wonders	Victor Victor^[250]
	Ovrkast	While The Iron Is Hot	IIIXL Studio^[251]
	PlaqueBoyMax	Five Forever	5$tar, UMG, Field Trip, Capitol^[250]
	Rome Streetz & Conductor Williams	Trainspotting	The Influenyce Enterprise, Station, Mass Appeal^[251]
	Yung Bans	Real Rockstar	Newilluminessence, 1of1^[250]

June

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
6	Chicken P	Lights, Camera, Action	Really Rich Empire, 10K Projects^[252]
	Cypress Hill & The London Symphony Orchestra	Black Sunday Live at the Royal Albert Hall	Mercury^[253]
	Joey Purp & Thelonious Martin	Champagne Seats	Fake Shore Drive^[254]
	Lil Kayla	I'm Just A Girl	Empire^[255]
	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter VI	Young Money Entertainment, Republic Records^[256]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Little Simz	Lotus	AWAL^[257]	Debuted at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart
	McKinley Dixon	Magic, Alive!	City Slang Records^[258]
	Sada Baby	Black Tape N.W.O.	Big Squad, Hitmaker^[259]
	The High & Mighty	Sound of Market	Eastern Conference^[255]
	UntilJapan	Trompe L'oeil	Silence In The Ballroom^[260]
13	AJ Tracey	Don't Die Before You're Dead	Revenge Records^[261]
	EST Gee	My World	CMG, Interscope^[262]	Debuted at No. 155 on the Billboard 200
	Iann Dior	Cycles	Big Noise^[263]
	Juicy J & Logic	Live and In Color	Trippy Music, Stem^[259]
	KayCyy	Before I Was Born	Self-released^[259]
	Leikeli47	Lei Keli ft. 47 / For Promotional Use Only	Acrylic, Hardcover, Thirty Tigers^[264]
	Lil Tecca	Dopamine	Galactic, Republic Records	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	Onefour	Look at Me Now	Onefour Records^[265]
	Skaiwater	PinkPrint 3	GoodTalk^[266]
	Slick Rick	Victory	7Wallace, Mass Appeal Records^[267]
	Smiley	Don't Box Me In	OVO, Santa Anna^[268]
	Tha God Fahim & Nicholas Craven	Dump Gawd: Hyperbolic Time Chamber Rap 13	Self-released^[269]
	Yamê	Ébêm	DBS, Naïve^[262]
15	Daz Dillinger	Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back 2	Self-released^[270]
17	Bas & The Hics	Melanchronica	The Fiends^[271]
17	Ghais Guevara	The Other 2/5ths or: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Trench Baby	Self-released^[272]
18	Isaiah Hull	Pocomania	Young^[273]
19	Vic Mensa	Sundiata	Self-released^[259]
20	Aitch	4	Infinitum, NQ^[273]
	Dave East & Yung Chris	Fine Dining	FTD, CDR^[259]
	K-Trap	When The Dust Settles	Thousand8^[273]
	Kwengface	Victim of Circumstance	Warner UK, Zoned Out^[273]
	Loyle Carner	Hopefully!	EMI Records^[274]
	Lukah & Statik Selektah	A Lost Language Found	Raw Materials^[275]^{[non-primary source needed]}
	Memphis Bleek	Apt 3D	Self-released^[259]
	Midwxst	Archangel	Broke^[273]
	Nick Grant	I Took It Personal	Infinity &^[273]
	Pluto	Both Ways	Motown^[273]
	Samara Cyn	Backroads	Vanta^[273]
	ScarLip	Scarred B4 Fame	Broken Child, Epic^[276]
	Yhung T.O.	Trust Issues 2	Self-released^[259]
	YTB Fatt	Da Foxprint	Loaf Boyz, 10K Projects^[259]

Upcoming releases

June

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Ref.
27	Baby Money	Less Is More	Third Eye, Empire	^[259]
	Bktherula	Lucy	Warner	^[277]
	Felly	Ambroxyde	Everwonder	^[278]
	Gashi & Jimi Banks	The Killah Whales of Gotham	Orca Sound	^[259]
	Gelo	League of My Own	Def Jam	^[279]
	Jon Connor & KLC	Twenty Four	All Varsity	^[259]
	Kevin Abstract	Blush	Juno	^[280]
	Pi'erre Bourne	Made In Paris	SossHouse, Interscope	^[281]
	RJMrLA	Ommio 4	Ommio, Empire	^[259]
	Rmc Mike	Like Mike	Mine, Empire	^[282]
	Russ	W!ld	Diemon	^[283]
	Tech N9ne	5816 Forest	Strange Music, Virgin Music Group	^[284]
TBA	Kanye West	Bully	YZY	^[285]
	Rx Papi	Sexy Wave for You Girls 2	TBA	^[286]
	Trae tha Truth	Angel	Self-released	^[259]

July

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Ref.
11	360	Out of the Blue	Teamwrk Records	^[287]
	Boldy James & Nicholas Craven	TBA	Self-released	^[288]
	Burna Boy	No Sign of Weakness	Spaceship, Bad Habit, Atlantic	^[289]
	Clipse	Let God Sort Em Out	Roc Nation	^[290]
	Open Mike Eagle	Neighborhood Gods Unlimited	Auto Reverse	^[291]
18	$ilkMoney	Who Waters The Wilting Giving Tree Once The Leaves Dry Up And The Fruits No Longer Bear?	Lex	^[292]
	Ace Hood	S.O.U.L.	Hood Nation	^[293]
	Joyner Lucas	ADHD 2	Twenty Nine, Tully	^[294]
	Roddy Ricch	The Navy Album	Atlantic Records	^[295]
	Ty Dolla Sign	Tycoon	EZMNY, Atlantic	^[296]
24	Homeboy Sandman & Sonnyjim	Soli Deo Gloria	Dirty Looks, We Buy Gold	^[297]

August

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Ref.
1	Hilltop Hoods	Fall from the Light	Island Australia, Universal Australia	^[298]
8	JID	God Does Like Ugly	Dreamville	^[299]
15	Rich Brian	Where is My Head?	88rising	^[300]
TBA	Joey Badass	TBA	TBA	^[301]

September

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Ref.
9	Ho99o9	Tomorrow We Escape	Last Gang	^[302]
19	Cardi B	Am I the Drama?	Atlantic	^[303]

October

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Ref.
3	Bliss n Eso	The Moon (The Dark Side)	Flight Deck, Mushroom	^[304]
17	Gucci Mane	Episodes	1017	^[305]

Unscheduled and TBA

Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Ref.
2 Chainz	Red Clay	Gamebread, Empire	^[306]
2 Chainz & Statik Selektah	TBA	TBA	^[307]
50 Cent & Eminem	TBA	TBA	^[308]
Ab-Soul	Soul Burger: The Odyssey	TDE	^[309]
André 3000	TBA	TBA	^[310]
Anuel AA & Ozuna	Los Dioses 2	Real Hasta la Muerte, Aura Music	^[311]
Anycia & DJ Drama	Grady Baby	UnitedMasters	^[312]
A$AP Rocky	Don't Be Dumb	A$AP Rocky Recordings, RCA	^[313]
Baby Keem	Child with Wolves	PGLang, Columbia Records	^[314]
Big L	Harlem's Finest: Rise of the Forgotten King	Mass Appeal	^[315]
Big Sean & The Alchemist	TBA	TBA	^[316]
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony	TBA	Greenback	^[317]
Boosie Badazz & B.G.	TBA	TBA	^[318]^{[needs update]}
Bruiser Wolf	Ambassador Bridge	Fake Shore Drive, Bruiser House	^[319]
Busta Rhymes	Dragon Season	Conglomerate, Epic	^[320]
Cam'ron & Mase	TBA	TBA	^[321]
Chance the Rapper	Star Line Gallery	Self-released	^[322]
Conway the Machine & J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League	TBA	Empire Distribution	^[323]^{[needs update]}
Coolio	Long Live Coolio	Tommy Boy Records	^[324]^{[needs update]}
Damon Dash & Freeway	365	TBA	^[325]^{[needs update]}
Dave	TBA	TBA	^[326]^{[needs update]}
De La Soul	TBA	Mass Appeal	^[327]
Denzel Curry	Designed By Angels	PH Recordings, Loma Vista	^[328]^{[needs update]}
DJ Khaled	Aalam of God	We The Best Music, Def Jam Recordings	^[329]
DJ Premier & Roc Marciano	TBA	TBA	^[330]
DMC	TBA	TBA	^[331]^{[needs update]}
DMX	DMX Features	SYB, Twenty Nine, DNA Music, Hitmaker	^[332]
Doechii	TBA	TDE	^[333]
Doja Cat	Vie	Kemosabe, RCA	^[334]
Drake	Iceman	OVO	^[335]
Dres & J Dilla	TBA	Stones Throw	^[336]^{[needs update]}
E-40	Rule of Thumb 2	Heavy On The Grind Entertainment	^[337]
Erykah Badu & The Alchemist	Abi & Alan	Control Freaq, Empire	^[338]
Fabolous	SOUL Tape 4	Def Jam Recordings, Roc Nation	^[339]^{[needs update]}
Flipmode Squad	TBA	TBA	^[340]
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib	Montana	TBA	^[341]
Ghostface Killah	Supreme Clientele 2	Mass Appeal	^[342]
Hot Boys	TBA	Cash Money Records	^[343]
Isaiah Rashad	TBA	TDE, Warner	^[344]
J. Cole	The Fall Off	Dreamville	^[345]
Ja Rule	TBA	M-PIRE Records, Def Jam Records	^[346]
JackBoys	JackBoys 2	Cactus Jack Records	^[347]
Jadakiss	TBA	SoRaspy, Roc Nation, Def Jam	^[348]^{[needs update]}
Jay Rock	Eastside Johnny	Top Dawg Entertainment, Interscope Records	^[349]
JID & Metro Boomin	Jidtro	Dreamville, Boominati Worldwide	^[350]
Juelz Santana & DJ Drama	We In Motion	Def Jam Recordings, Diplomat Records, Generation Now, MNRK Music Group	^[351]^{[needs update]}
Juicy J & BeatKing	Ratchet P	TBA	^[352]^{[needs update]}
Kanye West	Cuck	YZY	^[353]
Kanye West	Yage	YZY	^[354]
Kevin Gates	Luca Brasi 4	Bread Winner Alumni, Artist Partner Group
Kid Cudi	The Soundtrack of Moon Man	Wicked Awesome, Republic	^[355]
K.O	I Think You Spoke Too Soon	Sony Music Entertainment Africa, Skhanda Republic	^[356]
KSI	Caught In Two Minds	Atlantic, Warner	^[357]
Lady London	TBA	High Standardz, Def Jam	^[358]
Lil Baby	Dominique	Quality Control, Motown, Glass Window, Wolfpack	^[359]
Lil Baby & Young Thug	TBA	Glass Window, Wolfpack, Quality Control, Motown, YSL, 300, Atlantic	^[360]
Lil Double 0	Walkwrld 2	Freebandz	^[361]
Lil Gotit & Lil Keed	Fraternal	ONErpm	^[362]
Lil Nas X	Dreamboy	Columbia	^[363]
Logic	Side Quest	BobbyBoy Records, Three Oh One Productions, BMG	^[364]
Lucki	Drugs R Bad	Empire	^[365]
Ludacris	TBA	Disturbing Tha Peace, Def Jam Recordings	^[366]
Mac Miller & Madlib	Maclib	Stones Throw, Rostrum	^[367]
Mach-Hommy & Conductor Williams	TBA	TBA	^[368]
Meek Mill	Dream Chasers Vol. 1: La Familia	Dream Chasers Records, Atlantic Records	^[369]
Megan Thee Stallion	Megan: Act 3	Hot Girl Productions	^[370]
Mike Will Made It	R3set	Eardrummers Records	^[371]
Mobb Deep	Infinite	Mass Appeal	^[372]
Nas & DJ Premier	TBA	Mass Appeal	^[342]
N.E.R.D.	TBA	I Am Other	^[373]^{[needs update]}
Nicki Minaj	Pink Friday 3	Young Money	^[374]
Offset	Kiari	Motown Records	^[375]
Penomeco	The Face of KK	Ego, Kakao	^[376]
Pharoahe Monch	External Affairs	TBA	^[377]^{[needs update]}
Playboi Carti	Baby Boi	AWGE, Interscope Records	^[378]
Project Pat & Juicy J	Them Goats	TBA	^[352]^{[needs update]}
Pusha T & DJ Drama	TBA	Heir Wave Music	^[379]^{[needs update]}
Quadeca	Vanisher, Horizon Scraper	X8, Co:brand	^[380]
Raekwon	The Emperor's New Clothes	Mass Appeal	^[381]
Remy Ma	TBA	TBA	^[382]^{[needs update]}
Rick Ross	Champagne Moments	Maybach Music Group, Def Jam Recordings	^[383]
Roc Marciano	Criminal Jazz	Art That Kills, Marci Enterprises	^[384]
Run the Jewels	Run the Jewels 5	Jewel Runners, BMG	^[385]^{[needs update]}
Saweetie	Pretty Bitch Music	Artistry, Warner	^[386]
Skepta	Knife and Fork	Boy Better Know	^[387]
Snoop Dogg & Dave East	TBA	Death Row	^[388]
Statik Selektah	Expensive Taste	Mass Appeal, Showoff	^[389]
Styles P & Black Thought	TBA	D-Block, Def Jam Recordings	^[390]^{[needs update]}
Suicideboys	Thy Kingdom Come	G59	^[391]
Takeoff	TBA	Quality Control Music, Motown Records	^[392]^{[needs update]}
Tana	Me	Galactic, Republic	^[393]
Tay-K	TBA	TBA	^[394]^{[needs update]}
The D.O.C.	TBA	Death Row Records	^[395]^{[needs update]}
The Game	The Documentary 3	TBA	^[396]
The Lox	TBA	D-Block, Roc Nation	^[397]
The Roots	End Game	TBA	^[398]
T.I.	Kill the King	Grand Hustle Records	^[399]
T.I.	Kiss the King	Grand Hustle Records	^[399]
Travis Scott	TBA	Cactus Jack, Epic	^[400]
Treach	TBA	Tommy Boy, Arista	^[401]^{[needs update]}
Trippie Redd	TBA	1400 Entertainment	^[402]
Westside Gunn	Flygod Is An Awesome God III	Griselda Records	^[403]
Westside Gunn	Heels Have Eyes 2	Griselda Records	^[404]
Wiz Khalifa	Wizzlemania	Taylor Gang, Asylum Records	^[405]
Yasiin Bey & The Alchemist	Forensics	Self-released	^[406]
YoDogg & Cardo	TBA	Madhouse Records, Epic Records	^[407]
Young Thug	UY Scuti (Young Thug Album)	300 Entertainment, Atlantic Records	^[408]
Your Old Droog & Madlib	TBA	Madlib Invazion	^[409]
Yung Miami	Yams	Quality Control Music, Motown Records	^[410]

Highest-charting songs

United States

Hip hop songs from any year which charted in the 2025 Top 40 of the *Billboard* Hot 100^[411]
Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"4x4"	Travis Scott	TBA	1
"Luther"	Kendrick Lamar and SZA	GNX	1
"Nokia"	Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	2
"Evil J0rdan"	Playboi Carti	Music	2
"Rather Lie"	Playboi Carti and The Weeknd	Music	4
"All the Way"	BigXthaPlug featuring Bailey Zimmerman	TBA	4
"Gimme a Hug"	Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	6
"Anxiety"	Doechii	Alligator Bites Never Heal	9
"30 for 30"	SZA and Kendrick Lamar	Lana	10
"Dum, Dumb, and Dumber"	Lil Baby, Young Thug and Future	WHAM	16
"Fat Juicy & Wet"	Sexyy Red and Bruno Mars	TBA	17
"Good Credit"	Playboi Carti and Kendrick Lamar	Music	17
"Crush"	Playboi Carti and Travis Scott	Music	20
"Denial Is a River"	Doechii	Alligator Bites Never Heal	21
"Backd00r"	Playboi Carti featuring Kendrick Lamar and Jhené Aiko	Music	25
"Mojo Jojo"	Playboi Carti		27
"Philly"	Playboi Carti and Travis Scott		28
"Dark Thoughts"	Lil Tecca	Dopamine	28
"Tweaker"	Gelo	League of My Own	29
"Fine Shit"	Playboi Carti	Music	33
"Toxic"	Playboi Carti and Skepta	Music	34
"Hip-Hop"	Lil Wayne and BigXthaPlug featuring Jay Jones	Tha Carter VI	36
"K Pop"	Playboi Carti	Music	38
"Money on Money"	Young Thug featuring Future	UY Scuti	39
"Small Town Fame"	Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	40

United Kingdom

Hip hop songs from any year which charted in the 2025 Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart^[412]
Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"GBP"	Central Cee and 21 Savage	Can't Rush Greatness	6
"CRG"	Central Cee and Dave	Can't Rush Greatness	6

Highest first-week consumption

List of albums with the highest first-week consumption (sales + streaming + track equivalent), as of June 2025 in the United States
Number	Album	Artist	1st-week consumption	1st-week position	Refs
1	Music	Playboi Carti	298,000	1	^[413]
2	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	PartyNextDoor & Drake	246,000	1	^[414]
3	WHAM	Lil Baby	140,000	1	^[415]
4	Tha Carter VI	Lil Wayne	108,000	2	^[416]
5	Balloonerism	Mac Miller	81,000	3	^[417]
6	Deep Thoughts	Lil Durk	64,000	3	^[418]
7	More Chaos	Ken Carson	59,500	1	^[419]
8	Alter Ego	Lisa	45,500	7	^[420]
9	Can't Rush Greatness	Central Cee	37,000	9	^[421]
10	Glockaveli	Key Glock	34,000	8	^[422]

All critically reviewed albums ranked

Metacritic

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	Saba & No I.D.	From the Private Collection of Saba and No I.D.	90	4 reviews	^[423]
2	Antony Szmierek	Service Station at the End of the Universe	89	4 reviews	^[424]
3	Wretch 32	Home?	89	4 reviews	^[425]
4	Billy Woods	Golliwog	88	16 reviews	^[426]
5	Little Simz	Lotus	87	14 reviews	^[427]
6	John Glacier	Like a Ribbon	87	8 reviews	^[428]
7	Backxwash	Only Dust Remains	86	5 reviews	^[429]
8	McKinley Dixon	Magic, Alive!	83	5 reviews	^[430]
9	Clipping	Dead Channel Sky	82	10 reviews	^[431]
10	Loyle Carner	hopefully!	82	9 reviews	^[432]
11	Mike	Showbiz!	81	7 reviews	^[433]
12	Pink Siifu	Black'!Antique	81	4 reviews	^[434]
13	Shygirl	Club Shy Room 2	81	4 reviews	^[435]
14	Mac Miller	Balloonerism	77	10 reviews	^[436]
15	Aesop Rock	Black Hole Superette	77	6 reviews	^[437]
16	2hollis	Star	76	4 reviews	^[438]
17	Central Cee	Can't Rush Greatness	74	9 reviews	^[439]
18	Playboi Carti	Music	73	10 reviews	^[440]
19	Rico Nasty	Lethal	71	6 reviews	^[441]
20	Ken Carson	More Chaos	71	5 reviews	^[442]
21	Lisa	Alter Ego	58	6 reviews	^[443]
22	Lil Baby	WHAM	55	4 reviews	^[444]
23	PartyNextDoor & Drake	Some Sexy Songs 4 U	54	7 reviews	^[445]
24	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter VI	51	5 reviews	^[446]
25	Will Smith	Based on a True Story	40	8 reviews	^[447]

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