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Today, rising St. Petersburg, Fla. rapper Rod Wave released his second studio album, Pray 4 Love. In an interview with Complex, he opened up about the recording process for the project while also revealing it was made “in about a month.”

Five years after the release of Another Eternity, Canadian electronic duo Purity Ring is back with its latest album, WOMB. The 10-track album includes recent singles like “pink lightning” and “stardew.” Production on the project is handled by group members Megan James and Corin Roddick.

Drake’s new single, “Toosie Slide,” arrived on Friday as a solo track, but it almost had a big-name feature on it. Atlanta’s Lil Baby revealed on Instagram that Drake asked him to be on the song last month, but Baby forgot to send a verse.

Future’s 2015 mixtape, Beast Mode, is now available on all streaming platforms. He released it as part of a legendary run of projects kicking off with Monster, which the Atlanta rapper brought to streaming services for the first time in October 2019.

Bill Withers, the ‘70s soul singer behind classics like “Lean On Me” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” died from heart complications in Los Angeles, according to a statement his family released to the Associated Press. Withers was 81.

Days after vinyl copies of his songs arrived at fans' doorsteps, Frank Ocean released his new singles, “Cayendo” and “Dear April,” on streaming services. Although the vinyls feature both acoustic and remixed versions of the songs, only the latter are currently available on streaming.

Rod Wave just released his new album, Pray 4 Love. It follows a breakout 2019 during which he released two projects, PTSD and Ghetto Gospel. The latter effort is executive produced by Kevin Gates.

After popular dancers Ayo & Teo and Toosie first teased the song a few days back, Drake’s new single, “Toosie Slide,” has arrived. The track is produced by OZ, who previously worked with Drake on songs like “U With Me?” and “Omertà.”

Rod Wave just released his new album, Pray 4 Love. It follows a breakout 2019 during which he released two projects, PTSD and Ghetto Gospel. The latter effort is executive produced by Kevin Gates.

Los Angeles bassist and singer-songwriter Thundercat returns today with his fourth album, It Is What It Is. The 15-track project includes appearances from Childish Gambino, Steve Lacy, Flying Lotus, Ty Dolla $ign, Lil B, comedian Zack Fox, and more. It’s his first album since 2017’s Drunk.

Sam Hunt became one of country’s hottest stars in 2014 with the release of his debut album, Montevallo, but it’s taken him six years to ready a follow-up. Today, he finally returns with his sophomore effort, SOUTHSIDE.

Baltimore’s All Time Low is back with its eighth studio album, Wake Up, Sunshine. The band collaborated with ​blackbear on “Monsters” and The Band CAMINO on “Favorite Place.”

Bad Bunny is arguably one of the biggest musical acts on the planet and continued his run with the latest video for his song, “Yo Perreo Sola,” or “I Twerk Alone.” The fifth track off of his sophomore album, YHLQMDLG, it is an anthem for women who go to the club on their own just to dance for themselves. Genius News also spoke to the guest artist Nesi for her take on being featured.

After several days of teasing the track online, Young Thug, Gunna, and producer Turbo released their new song, “QUARANTINE CLEAN,” today. The track references the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the self-isolation measures that millions of people across the world are taking in order to slow the spread of the disease.

Brooklyn rapper 6ix9ine is out of prison several months early, Inner City Press reports. The embattled MC has been locked up since he was arrested in late 2018 for his role in a variety of gang-related crimes, and received a 24-month prison sentence in December 2019.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, many festivals and tours have either been cancelled or postponed indefinitely. During a FaceTime interview with Big Boy’s Neighborhood, Young Thug revealed he stands to lose millions if his shows get cancelled through the end of June. On top of that, he feels obligated to spend more money to keep his family comfortable during the quarantine.

Lil Yachty’s latest single, “Oprah’s Bank Account,” unites him with the star power of Drake and DaBaby, and finds him playing none other than the famous talk show host herself in the music video. In a new interview with The Associated Press, Oprah Winfrey gave the track her official cosign.

Guapdad 4000 has stayed busy during the coronavirus pandemic by hosting a weekly Rona Raps cypher series. For this week’s episode, the Oakland rapper linked up with Denzel Curry and Wiz Khalifa to spit bars over Luniz’s 1995 classic, “I Got 5 on It.”

Hailing from Argentina, KHEA has become one of the hottest young stars in South America’s trap scene. On today’s episode of Verified, which premiered exclusively on Apple Music, KHEA breaks down the meaning of his hit song, “Loca,” which features Cazzu and Duki.

Each month, the Genius Community collaborates on a comprehensive calendar of every new EP, mixtape, and album dropping throughout the month. The calendar features projects from all genres and gives Genius contributors a heads up about what releases they can help transcribe and annotate to earn IQ and share music knowledge with the world.

Danny Brown and Ab-Soul have worked together on popular tracks like “Terrorist Threats” and “Really Doe,” but it seems the latter song marked a turning point in their relationship. The Atrocity Exhibition posse cut features Ab-Soul, Kendrick Lamar, and Earl Sweatshirt, but Danny explained in a recent Twitch stream that Ab-Soul got upset after discovering that the track wasn’t just the two of them.

Scott Storch and Mannie Fresh are the latest producers to participate in Timbaland and Swizz Beatz’s Instagram Live battle series. Fresh steps in as a replacement for T-Pain, who was originally selected to battle Storch.

Memphis, Tenn. rapper NLE Choppa spoke with Genius News to break down his song with Roddy Ricch, “Walk Em Down.” Choppa mentioned how the collaboration came together relatively quickly, saying that Ricch laid a verse down the same night he asked him to be on the record. Choppa is home right now and is just focusing on prepping his debut album, Top Shotta.

Late last month, Drakeo the Ruler was denied bail as his latest trial was put on hold amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the California rapper will continue to sit in prison while awaiting trial for charges of criminal gang conspiracy and shooting from a motor vehicle where he could get 25 to life if found guilty, he is still releasing music. Earlier this week, Drakeo released “Ion Rap Beef (Remix)” with Earl Sweatshirt and 03 Greedo.

Troye Sivan isn’t letting quarantine get in the way of rolling out new music. Today, the Australian singer debuted his new single, “Take Yourself Home.” It’s his first solo track since the release of his Gold-certified 2018 album, Bloom, although he did score a major hit alongside Lauv with “I’m so tired…” last year.

Following in the footsteps of Logic X Pro, the makers of Ableton are offering free 90-day trials of the digital audio workstation. The trial also unlocks all of the program’s features, including exporting and saving. You can download the trial right here.

Today, DaBaby released his latest single, “Find My Way.” It is produced by DJ K.i.D and is accompanied by a 10-minute video directed by his frequent collaborators Reel Goats. In the clip, the North Carolina MC goes on a Bonnie and Clyde-inspired robbing spree with Wild ‘n Out cast member and comedian B. Simone.

On today’s episode of Verified, which premiered exclusively on Apple Music, Lana Condor—the star of Netflix’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before—sings “Raining in London” with her real-life boyfriend, actor-singer Anthony de la Torre. The song appears on De La Torre’s debut EP Find Me, and marks Condor’s first time singing on a track.

It turns out Flavor Flav wasn’t actually kicked out of Public Enemy after a political dispute over Bernie Sanders. Today, the pioneering hip-hop group’s leader Chuck D released a statement on its website revealing the hoax, while also promoting Public Enemy Radio’s new album, Loud Is Not Enough. Public Enemy Radio is an offshoot of the group without Flav in the lineup.

Netflix has a hit on its hands with Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness, a true-crime documentary series about the exploits of Joe Exotic and the Big Cat community that’s become meme fodder in recent weeks. One surprising aspect of the series filled with shocking moments is finding out Joe Exotic has released multiple albums and music videos, and he’s actually a pretty good singer. Or so it would appear.