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Rap essentials

Your essential guide to the week’s biggest rap, drill and hip-hop from Tion Wayne and Cardi B to J. Cole, Skepta and the UK’s next wave. No filler. Just what’s moving.

This is 1Xtra’s Rap List your essential guide to the week’s biggest rap, drill, grime and hip-hop records. If it’s in the culture, it’s on the list.

From Tion Wayne’s slick “Streets A Lie” and Cardi B’s double dose of heat, to legacy moves from J. Cole and Ludacris, this week’s rundown blends global heavyweights with the UK artists setting the pace. Skepta links up with FinesseKid, Headie One keeps pressure on with “Bellingham”, and Central Cee, Clavish and AJ Tracey remind you why the UK scene stays dominant.

There’s serious variety too Little Simz delivers substance, KiLLOWEN and Nemzzz fly the flag for the new gen, while Meekz levels up with back-to-back energy. Add in Latto, Ice Spice, 21 Savage, Doechii and Don Toliver, and you’ve got a playlist that moves from bar-heavy to viral in seconds.

Handpicked by the team at BBC Radio 1Xtra, these are the tracks your timeline’s quoting, your group chats are debating and your favourite artists are rating. Stay ahead of the curve or catch up on what you missed this is Rap List.

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Music Played

  • Tion Wayne

    Streets A Lie

    • Tion Wayne.

  • JT

    Girls Gone Wild

    • Copyright Control.

  • KiLLOWEN

    Naughties

  • Blaqbonez

    Consistency (feat. AJ Tracey)

    • Chocolate City Music.

  • Cardi B

    Imaginary Playerz

    • Atlantic Recording Corporation.

  • Meekz

    Bk2life

    • TRU ENT.

  • Little Simz

    Free

  • AJ & Toddla T

    Family Ties

  • Lancey Foux

    Daytona

    • Human Re Sources.

  • Blanco

    Akaza

    • Paradise On A Lifeboat.
    • Believe UK.

  • TeeZandos & Cristale

    No, Yes!

  • Ndotz, DJ Mac & CrashDummy

    Watch Me Now! (WYFL Riddim)

    • Ndotz.

  • Skepta

    Sirens (From Ireland) (feat. Finessekid)

    • Epic Records UK.

  • Blxst

    Aye Girl

    • Blxst LLC / Empire.

  • Pozer & Kasst 8

    What's Good

    • Pozer.

  • KiLLOWEN

    Motion Sickness (feat. Songer)

  • Chronic Law & DJ Mac

    Badness Upgrade 2.0

    • DJ MAC MUSIC / CRASHDUMMY.

  • Kraff Gad

    F1

  • J. Cole & PJ

    Legacy

    • The Fall-Off.
    • Cole World Inc. / Interscope Records.
    • 6.

  • Digga D

    DPMO

    • Black Money Records.

  • Kojey Radical

    Drinking My Water (feat. MNEK)

    • Warner Music UK.

  • Cardi B

    Safe (feat. Kehlani)

    • AM I THE DRAMA?.
    • Atlantic.
    • 8.

  • M Huncho

    Championship

    • 10K Projects.

  • Central Cee

    Booga

    • Columbia.

  • Latto

    Gyatt (feat. Ice Spice)

    • StrameCut / RCA.

  • Don Toliver

    ATM

    • OCTANE.
    • CactusJack/Donnway/ATL.

  • Clavish & Chy Cartier

    CC Walk

    • Yesterday Was Once Tomorrow.
    • Clavish.

  • Tsb, DC & Cristale

    Paper Planes

  • Ms Banks

    WHY?

  • 21Savage

    DOG (feat. GloRilla)

    • WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STREETS?.
    • Slaughter Gang, LLC/Epic Records.

  • Knucks

    FRIENDS (feat. Tyler Daley)

    • No Days Off Ltd.

  • Pozer

    Money & Power

  • Headie One

    Bellingham

    • Bellingham.
    • One Records.

  • Doechii & SZA

    Girl, Get Up.

    • Top Dawg Entertainment / Capitol Records.

  • Don Toliver

    Body

    • OCTANE.
    • Atlantic Records.
    • 2.

  • EsDeeKid

    Century

    • XV RECORDS /.

  • JayaHadADream

    Hideout (feat. Frisco)

  • Kidwild

    Still Indecisive

    • Kidwild.

  • Ludacris

    44 Bars

    • Def Jam.

  • DaBaby

    POP DAT THANG

    • BE MORE GRATEFUL.
    • South Coast Music Group & Interscope Records.

  • Ms Banks

    4C

    • Believe UK.

  • EsDeeKid

    Omens

Broadcasts

  • Sat 21 Feb 202601:00
    BBC Radio 1Xtra
  • Mon 9 Mar 202601:00
    BBC Radio 1Xtra