2025 in hip-hop

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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2025.

Contents

Events

January

February

November

Upcoming releases

January

DayArtist(s)AlbumRecord label(s)Ref.
3 Lil Baby WHAM (Who Hard As Me) Quality Control Music [5]
17 Mac Miller Balloonerism Warner [6]
24 Central Cee Can't Rush Greatness Columbia [7]
Ghais Guevara Goyard Ibn Said Fat Possum [8]
Jeshi Airbag Woke Me Up Because [9]
The Weeknd Hurry Up Tomorrow XO, Republic [10]
Young Franco It's Franky Baby!Neon [11]
27 Pink Siifu Black’!AntiqueDynamite Hill [12]
31 Lil Durk Deep Thoughts Alamo [13]
Mike Showbiz!10k [14]
TBA Saba & No I.D. From the Private Collection of Saba & No I.D. ARTium [15]

February

DayArtist(s)AlbumRecord label(s)Ref.
7 Krept and Konan Young Kingz IIPlay Dirty [16]
Bartees Strange Horror 4AD [17]
14 Brother Ali Satisfied Soul Mello Music Group [18]
John GlacierLike A Ribbon Young [19]
21 Roddy Ricch The Navy Album Atlantic Records [20]

Unscheduled and TBA

Artist(s)AlbumRecord label(s)Ref.
André 3000 TBATBA [21]
Cardi B TBATBA [22]
Chance the Rapper Star Line GallerySelf-released [23]
Clipping TBATBA [24]
Clipse Let God Sort Em Out Def Jam [25]
Ken Carson More Chaos Opium [26]
Saweetie Pretty Bitch Music Artistry, Warner [27]
The Roots TBATBA [28]
Xzibit KingmakerGreenback Records [29]

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