New Music Friday Hip-Hop Drops
Baby Keem released *CA$INO* featuring Kendrick Lamar, Che Ecru, Momo Boyd, and Too $hort, headlining a packed New Music Friday. Other notable releases included Larry June, Curren$y & The Alchemist's *Spiral Staircases*, plus singles from Don Toliver ("CREEPIN"), SZA ("Save The Day"), and Ty Dolla $ign & Leon Thomas ("Miss U 2").
- Baby Keem's new album *CA$INO* follows his critically acclaimed debut studio album, *The Melodic Blue*, which was released on September 10, 2021. - *The Melodic Blue* debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 chart and featured the single "Family Ties" with Kendrick Lamar, which won the 2022 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance. - *Spiral Staircases* is the third project from Larry June and The Alchemist in the past three years, and they have a history of collaboration with Curren$y on previous tracks. Larry June has previously stated that Curren$y was influential in encouraging him to develop his signature laid-back sound. - Don Toliver's new single "CREEPIN" arrives shortly after the release of his fifth studio album, *Octane*, which dropped on January 30, 2026. - SZA's new song "Save The Day" was released as part of the soundtrack for the movie "Hoppers." - The single "Miss U 2" is the first preview of Ty Dolla $ign's upcoming project *girl music vol. 1*, a six-song EP scheduled for release on March 6. - This marks another collaboration between Ty Dolla $ign and Leon Thomas, who is signed to Ty's EZMNY Records imprint and has previously worked with him on songs like "Far Fetched" and "Love Jones."
