Lil Baby drops an introspective track named after after the rainy West Coast city “Seattle.” Throughout the short track, the Atlanta hotboy goes over some of his everyday struggles in life.

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Jonah Hill is gearing up to release his much talked about passion project Mid90s. Influenced by ’90s skate culture in California, the film chronicles a group of young skaters, coming of age, while attempting to navigate through the good and bad sides of the culture. Mid90s debuts on Oct 19.

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Fans of the Starz hit television series POWER were glued in on Sunday at the stroke of midnight, as Kendrick Lamar made his acting debut. The Pulitzer prize winner and Grammy Award-winning artist starred in episode 5 of the current fifth season. The episode, titled “Happy Birthday,” featured Lamar playing the role of a drug addict named Laces. In his brief cameos during the new episode, Kendrick stole the show, first trying to sell Kanan (played by 50 Cent) some stolen gift cards before later having a second encounter with Kanan where a firearm was given to the animated Lamar to sell for money.

Prior to the episode airing, Lamar, 50 Cent and POWER creator Courtney A. Kemp spoke about the appearance, which took four years in the making. “What happened was [50 Cent] was like, ‘Kendrick had mentioned he wanted to be on the show,’” said Kemp. “And then I got on the phone with Kendrick and said, ‘What do you want to play?’ ‘Cause that’s my favorite thing to ask an actor. ‘What do you want to do that you’ve never done before?’ That’s my favorite question. And then he said, ‘You know, I’d like to play’ — well, he didn’t say ‘drug addict, ‘but he used a different word [laughs]. But so then we created the character Laces.”

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With two new projects coming later this year, Love Me Now? and the all-latin album El Agua, Tory Lanez has a lot of free music to give to his loyal fans before then. The Toronto star recently announced the return of his “Fargo Fridays” weekly series. For the first drop, Tory releases a new song and accompanying music video called “Numbers Out the Gym.” A melodic record with a street edge, see the Mid Jordan-directed visual below.

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Diplo enlisted Lil Pump and French Montana for the Deadpool 2 single “Welcome to the Party,” released earlier this year. The record now gets a new look, as the Major Lazer producer recruits Juicy J and Famous Dex for the song’s official remix. Out now on iTunes and all streaming platforms, hear Uncle Juice and Dex take the all-night rager to another level on the remix below.

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After taking over summer ’17 with his No. 1 hit “I’m the One,” DJ Khaled is back to reclaim his crown with his new single “No Brainer.” Executive produced by Asahd (obviously), “No Brainer” features an almost identical lineup from last year as Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper and Quavo reunite for what’s sure to be their second summer smash. Yes, another one! *DJ Khaled voice*

“No Brainer” will appear on DJ Khaled’s upcoming album Father of Asahd, dropping October 19.

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“Mo Reala” may not have appeared on Future and Zaytoven’s Beast Mode 2 album (it’s off Zay’s Trap Holizay compilation, which dropped a few weeks earlier), but the song’s accompanying video (directed by Marc Diamond) finds the pair getting in touch with nature. It isn’t just wild beasts they come across in the wilderness, though, but black magic, too.

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His latest project Addicted to the Underground is only a couple weeks old, but Dom Kennedy is already looking forward his next release. To warm us up for Los Angeles Is Not For Sale Vol. 2, which he promises is coming “REAL soon,” Mr. OPM returns with this new single called “Best Friend,” which you can add to your Dom Kennedy Summer Jams playlist.

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Wow. Wiz Khalifa x The Alchemist? There’s a collaboration I wasn’t expecting. But given their mutual love of mary jane, I guess it makes sense. For the latest installment in his Craft Singles series, A-L-C laces Wiz with the kind of smoked-out, soul-chopping beat I wish he picked more often. Not least because of the Ferrante & Teicher sample (as flipped by Premo on Jay-Z’s “A Million & One Questions/Rhyme No More”).

“Universal Studios” is available on vinyl via Bandcamp.

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Santigold has never confined herself to just one genre, but on her new mixtape (or album, same thing) I Don’t Want: The Gold Fire Sessions, the Philly native goes full dancehall. Produced by dancehall don and Mixpak Records founder Dre Skull, the 11-track project blends powerful social commentary — from raging against political apathy to rejecting guys who catcall girls on the street — with summery, island vibes.

“The whole point was: These are the issues on my mind right now. Just throw it down. Don’t be too precious about the lyrics,” Santigold tells Pitchfork. “That’s why I called it The Gold Fire Sessions, because it’s a collection of songs from the moment.”

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