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Rap essentials

1Xtra鈥檚 Rap List rounds up the biggest rap, drill, grime and hip-hop tracks moving the culture right now, featuring Central Cee, Cardi B, J. Cole, Headie One and more.

This is 1Xtra鈥檚 Rap List your essential guide to the week鈥檚 biggest rap, drill, grime and hip-hop records. If it鈥檚 in the culture, it鈥檚 on the list.

From bar-heavy bangers like M Huncho鈥檚 鈥淐hampionship鈥� and Headie One鈥檚 鈥淏ellingham鈥�, to viral heat from Central Cee, Latto and Ice Spice, this is a no-filler rundown of what鈥檚 really moving the scene. Legends are still shelling it down 鈥� with J. Cole and Ludacris in the mix 鈥� while the next generation step up, including EsDeeKid, Nemzzz, KiLLOWEN and more.

Handpicked by the team at 麻豆社 Radio 1Xtra, these are the tracks your friends are posting, your timeline鈥檚 quoting and your favourite artists are rating. Stay ahead of the game or catch up on what you missed 鈥� this is Rap List. All fire. No skips.

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Music Played

  • Kojey Radical

    Drinking My Water (feat. MNEK)

    • Warner Music UK.

  • Cardi B

    Safe (feat. Kehlani)

    • AM I THE DRAMA?.
    • Atlantic.
    • 8.

  • M Huncho

    Championship

    • 10K Projects.

  • Central Cee

    Booga

    • Columbia.

  • Latto

    Gyatt (feat. Ice Spice)

    • StrameCut / RCA.

  • Don Toliver

    ATM

    • OCTANE.
    • CactusJack/Donnway/ATL.

  • Clavish & Chy Cartier

    CC Walk

    • Yesterday Was Once Tomorrow.
    • Clavish.

  • Tsb, DC & Cristale

    Paper Planes

  • Ms Banks

    WHY?

  • 21Savage

    DOG (feat. GloRilla)

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

  • Knucks

    FRIENDS (feat. Tyler Daley)

    • No Days Off Ltd.

  • Pozer

    Money & Power

  • Headie One

    Bellingham

    • Bellingham.
    • One Records.

  • Doechii & SZA

    Girl, Get Up.

    • Top Dawg Entertainment / Capitol Records.

  • Don Toliver

    Body

    • OCTANE.
    • Atlantic Records.
    • 2.

  • EsDeeKid

    Century

    • XV RECORDS /.

  • JayaHadADream

    Hideout (feat. Frisco)

  • Kidwild

    Still Indecisive

    • Kidwild.

  • Ludacris

    44 Bars

    • Def Jam.

  • DaBaby

    POP DAT THANG

    • BE MORE GRATEFUL.
    • South Coast Music Group & Interscope Records.

  • Ms Banks

    4C

    • Believe UK.

  • EsDeeKid

    Omens

  • Tion Wayne

    Streets A Lie

    • Tion Wayne.

  • JT

    Girls Gone Wild

    • Copyright Control.

  • KiLLOWEN

    Naughties

  • Blaqbonez

    Consistency (feat. AJ Tracey)

    • Chocolate City Music.

  • Cardi B

    Imaginary Playerz

    • Atlantic Recording Corporation.

  • Meekz

    Bk2life

    • TRU ENT.

  • Little Simz

    Free

  • AJ & Toddla T

    Family Ties

  • Lancey Foux

    Daytona

    • Human Re Sources.

  • Fredo

    Birthday (feat. Burna Boy & Steel Banglez)

    • Since 93 / RCA.

  • Blanco

    Akaza

    • Paradise On A Lifeboat.
    • Believe UK.

  • TeeZandos & Cristale

    No, Yes!

  • Ndotz, DJ Mac & CrashDummy

    Watch Me Now! (WYFL Riddim)

    • Ndotz.

  • Skepta

    Sirens (From Ireland) (feat. Finessekid)

    • Epic Records UK.

  • Blxst

    Aye Girl

    • Blxst LLC / Empire.

  • Pozer & Kasst 8

    What's Good

    • Pozer.

  • KiLLOWEN

    Motion Sickness (feat. Songer)

  • Chronic Law & DJ Mac

    Badness Upgrade 2.0

    • DJ MAC MUSIC / CRASHDUMMY.

  • Kraff Gad

    F1

  • J. Cole & PJ

    Legacy

    • The Fall-Off.
    • Cole World Inc. / Interscope Records.
    • 6.

  • Digga D

    DPMO

    • Black Money Records.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 14 Feb 2026 01:00
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  • Mon 2 Mar 2026 01:00
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  • Fri 27 Mar 2026 01:00
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