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Rap essentials

The hottest rap, drill, grime and hip-hop tracks right now, featuring Kendrick, Dave, Unknown T, Drake, J. Cole and more. Fully certified by 1Xtra.

This is 1Xtra’s Rap List your essential guide to the biggest rap, drill, grime and hip-hop tracks right now.

Only the hottest and most talked-about tunes make the cut. This week, expect heat from Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Kano, J. Cole, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Dave, Headie One, K-Trap, Unknown T and more.

From viral smashes to heavyweight bars, these are the tracks setting the culture alight, no filler, just fire.

Handpicked by the BBC Radio 1Xtra team, this is what your group chat’s quoting, your socials are spinning, and your favourite artists are rating.

Stay locked this is the Rap List.

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Music Played

  • Common & will.i.am

    I Have A Dream

    • G.O.O.D.

  • PARTYOF2

    FRIENDLY FIRE

    • Def Jam.

  • Tsb, DC & Cristale

    Paper Planes

  • Mimi Mxnroe, Toddla T & Steeze Factory

    Parking Sensors

  • Doechii & SZA

    Girl, Get Up.

    • Top Dawg Entertainment / Capitol Records.

  • D‐Block Europe

    PRIVATE FLIGHTS (feat. Nemzzz)

  • ArrDee & Mazza L20

    Trouble

  • TeeZandos & Cristale

    No, Yes!

  • Kairo Keyz

    Float 2.0 (feat. Thiago Sub)

    • No Given.
    • © 2025 Isekai / broke.

  • Gunna

    wgft (feat. Burna Boy)

    • 300 Entertainment.

  • Knucks

    GOLDTOOTH (feat. Blaqbonez)

    • No Day Off Ltd.

  • D‐Block Europe

    Wrongs (feat. Lil Tjay)

    • PTSD 2.
    • D-Block Europe.
    • 3.

  • A Boogie Wit da Hoodie

    Part Of Me

    • Atlantic / Highbrigde The Label.

  • Kairo Keyz

    3AM In South

    • New Jazz.
    • Hitmaker Music Group /Graduation / Hitmaker Distro.

  • JayaHadADream

    Hideout (feat. Frisco)

  • Blaqbonez

    Consistency (feat. AJ Tracey)

    • Chocolate City Music.

  • Strandz & Teejay

    Rebel

    • Strandz Music Ltd.

  • Nemzzz

    ART (feat. Latto)

    • Elevated Music Limited.

  • JID, Clipse, Pusha T & MALICE

    Community

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

  • Offset

    Different Species (feat. Gunna)

    • Motown Records.

  • Blxst

    Aye Girl

    • Blxst LLC / Empire.

  • Chronic Law & DJ Mac

    Badness Upgrade 2.0

    • DJ MAC MUSIC / CRASHDUMMY.

  • Lil Uzi Vert

    What You Saying

    • Cor(e) / Roc Nation Distribution.

  • A$AP Rocky

    Helicopter

    • Don't Be Dumb.
    • A$AP Rocky Recordings.
    • 2.

  • A$AP Rocky

    F***** Problems (feat. Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar)

    • Sony.

  • Young Thug

    The London (feat. J. Cole & Travis Scott)

    • Atlantic.

  • Cardi B

    Up

  • Headie One

    Bellingham

    • Bellingham.
    • One Records.

  • Kidwild

    Still Indecisive

    • Kidwild.

  • Tyler, The Creator

    Mother

    • Columbia Records.

  • Pozer & Kasst 8

    What's Good

    • Pozer.

  • Lancey Foux

    Daytona

    • Human Re Sources.

  • Rimzee & Tiny Boost

    Lonely Nights

  • Wretch 32 & Avelino

    More Fire More Flamez

    • Wretch 32 Limited.

  • J Hus & Skepta

    Outside

    • Militér Music / EMPIRE.

  • Central Cee

    Booga

    • Columbia.

  • 21Savage

    DOG (feat. GloRilla)

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

  • Wale

    Watching Us (feat. Leon Thomas)

  • Little Simz

    Free

    • Little Simz.

  • European 305, Lethal Bizzle & Terminal 4

    Hold On (Bacardi Yardi)

    • Dench Records.

  • JayaHadADream

    The Bank

    • JayaHadADream.

  • Dave

    No Weapons (feat. Jim Legxacy)

    • Neighbourhood Recordings.

  • ODUMODUBLVCK

    Pay Me (feat. Stormzy & Zlatan)

    • 0207 DefJam.

  • Finessekid

    Coucoo

    • US NEVER DEM RECORDS.

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