From Hollywood to Home: Black Voices in Entertainment

Key takeaways

Drake releases multiple new tracks including ICEMAN, Maid of Honour, and Habibti, must hear additions.
Mýa's Retrospect, GIVĒON's BELOVED: ACT II, and Baby Rose's BUT, NVM deliver smooth R&B moments.
Emerging voices and bold collabs, BNYX, LUCKI, Mike WiLL Made-It feat. Young Thug, expand the playlist.

Drake, Mýa, GIVĒON, Baby Rose, BNYX, LUCKI, Kenny Mason, BabyChiefDoIt, and more stars drop new material for your listening pleasure

Today is Friday, which means there are tons of new releases to look forward to from some of your favorite hip-hop, R&B, reggae, dancehall, and afrobeats artists. To help you unwind and enjoy the weekend, check out VIBE’s picks of songs and albums you should hear and add to your soundtrack of weekend festivities.

Drake – ‘ICEMAN’

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Drake – ‘Maid of Honour’

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Drake – ‘Habibti’

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Mýa – ‘Retrospect’

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GIVĒON – ‘BELOVED: ACT II’

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BNYX – ‘GENESIS FM’

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LUCKI – ‘DR*GS R BAD’

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Mike WiLL Made-It Feat. Young Thug – “RUSSIAN ROULETT3”

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Skilla Baby – “GYSM”

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mgk, Wiz Khalifa – “girl next door”

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Mudbaby Ru – “Black Truck”

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Wale – “YSF”

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DESTIN CONRAD – “DIAMOND GOLD”

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BNXN, Sarz – ‘The Game Needs Us’

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DE’WAYNE Feat. Lenny Kravitz – “highway robbery (Remix)”

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Ealuhri – “DARLING”

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GENESIS OWUSU – ‘REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE’

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Danny Singh – “HONEYBBY”

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Kenny Muney – “U Dig Me”

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Tone Stith – ‘The Edge’

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Lord Sko, Statik Selektah – ‘ELEVATOR MUSIC’

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STAR BANDZ Feat. 1900Rugrat – “Buncha Crunch”

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Leven Kali – “Starlet”

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Fetty P Franklin – “ZELLE MONEY”

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Quail P – “Happy Tears”

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PARTYOF2, Jadagrace, SWIM – ‘AMERIKA’S NEXT TOP PARTY! (EXTENDED CUT)’

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Mike DFG – ‘HEI$MAN’

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Digital Nas – “Business”

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Immanuel Wilkins Quartet – ‘Live At The Village Vanguard, Vol. 3’

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Point 5ve Feat. October London – “Grown Man Business (Remix)”

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Lee Lewis – “The Long Way”

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Various Artists – ‘Pigeons & Planes Presents: See You Next Year 3’

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Courtney Bell Feat. Ron E – “He Don’t Know”

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