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Rap essentials: Cardi B, Headie One, Lancey Foux, 21 Savage...

The hottest rap, drill, grime and hip-hop tracks right now. Central Cee, Ice Spice, Meekz, Doechii, AJ Tracey and more. Fully certified by 1Xtra. No filler, all fire.

This is 1Xtra’s Rap List, your guide to the biggest rap, drill, grime and hip-hop tracks right now. If it’s making noise in the culture, it’s here. Only the hardest and most talked about tracks make the cut. From viral moments to bar-heavy bangers, rising names to legends still shelling it, this is what’s running 2026.

Central Cee, Ice Spice, Meekz, Doechii, AJ Tracey, Cardi B, Headie One, Lancey Foux, 21 Savage, JayaHadADream, Drake, Ms Banks, Skepta, Knucks and more all deliver. From underground energy to chart heat, this playlist hits.

Every track is handpicked by the 1Xtra team. The tunes that matter. The ones everyone’s posting, quoting and pulling up again and again. Keep locked.

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Music Played

  • Central Cee

    Booga

    • Columbia.

  • Ice Spice

    Baddie Baddie

    • 10K Projects/Capitol Records.

  • Meekz

    Bk2life

    • TRU ENT.

  • Blanco

    Akaza

    • Paradise On A Lifeboat.
    • Believe UK.

  • Ms Banks

    4C

  • Knucks

    FRIENDS (feat. Tyler Daley)

    • No Days Off Ltd.

  • Wale

    City On Fire (feat. Odeal)

  • JT

    Girls Gone Wild

    • Copyright Control.

  • Mobb Deep

    Down For You (feat. Jorja Smith & Nas)

    • Infinite.
    • Mass Appeal.
    • 6.

  • Scorcher, Giggs & Sir Spyro

    Ups

    • Ups.
    • Lizzy Records.

  • JayaHadADream

    The Bank

    • JayaHadADream.

  • Headie One

    Bellingham

    • Bellingham.
    • One Records.

  • Sexyy Red

    For No Reason

    • Rebel/Gamma.

  • AJ & Toddla T

    Family Ties

  • Clavish & Chy Cartier

    CC Walk

    • Yesterday Was Once Tomorrow.
    • Clavish.

  • Lil Uzi Vert

    What You Saying

    • Cor(e) / Roc Nation Distribution.

  • Tsb, DC & Cristale

    Paper Planes

  • 21Savage

    MR RECOUP (feat. Drake)

    • WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STREETS?.
    • Slaughter Gang & Epic Records.

  • Wohdee

    My Name

  • Finessekid

    Semolina & Pounded Yam

    • US NEVER DEM RECORDS.

  • TeeZandos & Cristale

    No, Yes!

  • M Huncho

    Triple Double

    • MYB Entertainment & 10K Projects.

  • Cardi B

    Imaginary Playerz

    • Atlantic Records.

  • KiLLOWEN

    Motion Sickness (feat. Songer)

  • D‐Block Europe

    PRIVATE FLIGHTS (feat. Nemzzz)

  • EsDeeKid

    Century

    • XV RECORDS /.

  • 21Savage

    DOG (feat. GloRilla)

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

  • Lancey Foux

    Daytona

    • Human Re Sources.

  • Tyler, The Creator

    Mother

    • Columbia Records.

  • Strandz & Teejay

    Rebel

    • Strandz Music Ltd.

  • Queen Millz & DOWORK

    Oi!

  • J Hus

    Outside (feat. Skepta)

  • Rimzee & Tiny Boost

    Lonely Nights

  • Knucks

    Cut Knuckles

    • Copyright Control.

  • Blaqbonez

    Consistency (feat. AJ Tracey)

    • Chocolate City Music.

  • Ndotz

    Watch Me Now (WYFL Riddim)

  • Blxst

    Aye Girl

    • Blxst LLC / Empire.

  • JID, Clipse, Pusha T & MALICE

    Community

    • God Does Like Ugly (Preluxe Edition).
    • Dreamville/Interscope Records.

  • Meekz

    BLOW ME A DXB

    • Meekz.

  • Doechii & SZA

    Girl, Get Up.

    • Top Dawg Entertainment / Capitol Records.

  • Yeat

    COMË N GO

    • Capitol Records.

  • Aitch

    BOUNCE

    • Infinitum Music/NQ Records.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 17 Jan 202601:00
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