”Anybody who rapped on DJ Screw tapes became legends, icons” - Paul Wall

”I want the oppressors, the enemy, to know that they haven’t created complete hopelessness yet.”

Four years after releasing ”FDT” (Fuck Donald Trump) in the midst of Trump's presidential campaign, YG releases ”FTP” in the midst of nationwide protests against police brutality.

Terrace Martin has released a powerful, intense song that addresses everything going on right now.

El is encouraging donations to the National Lawyers Guild's Mass Defense Program, ”an organization we have been working with since meow the jewels,” to help with legal representation for protesters.

”The police have been killing us for years and still are and we should come together around that cause,” Gunna writes.

Here are the best rap albums of May, including Freddie Gibbs/Alchemist, Ka, Preservation, Medhane, and more...

”We don’t want to see Targets burning, we want to see the system that sets up for systemic racism burnt to the ground,” Killer Mike said on Friday.

Listen to new songs by Flatbush Zombies, Freddie Gibbs, Lil Yachty/Tyler/Rocky/Tierra, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Young Dolph/Megan Thee Stallion, DaniLeigh, Wiki, JPEGMAFIA, and more.

This stacked week's Notable Releases include Chelsea Wolfe's new band Mrs. Piss, Lady Gaga's return to dance-pop, Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist's new collab LP, Preservation's guest-filled LP, Medhane's second LP of 2020, and more...