Lil Yachty has always been known to engage in some antics from time to time. In his music, Yachty exudes youthful exuberance and this same philosophy applies to his everyday life. At times, Yachty likes to film these antics and share them with the world. Typically, it always makes for some fun viewing and it's ultimately part of the reason why he is so beloved by all of his fans.

On Friday, Yachty decided to film a friendly race with his 50-year-old father, and it was entertaining, to say the least. Throughout the video, you can see Yachty talking a whole lot of smack before considerably outpacing his father. From there, he calls his dad an "old ass man" and belittles him for losing what appeared to be a make-shift 100-meter dash.

Prior to his sudden murder in 2018, Florida rapper XXXTentacion was in the midst of becoming a superstar. Boasting albums like 17 and ? to his name, Triple X quickly won fans through his experimental nature, his strong ear for melodies, and his ability to flip the script and spit bars when prompted. In truth, few of the new generation of hip-hop artists boast his level of versatility, a quality that went a long way in widening the scope of his base. To this day, there are some who deem him legendary, another young pioneer gone before he could truly reveal his full potential.

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As his death anniversary slowly approaches, Lil Yachty took a moment to reflect on Triple X's passing. "I still can’t believe this n***a x really gone," he writes on Twitter, though it's unclear as to what prompted his mourning. In any case, it goes to show the impact XXXTentacion truly had on his fellow artists. 

Though Yachty and XXX never actually linked up on wax, it's not the first time that Lil Boat openly reflected on the rapper's passing. A few weeks after Triple X's murder, Yachty sat down with Big Boy TV and explained how the news had impacted him. "I've been a good person, I've always been a good person, but I want to be the best person, in a serious way," he explained. "I really want to be like, active. I want to help, and learn more about what's going on in the world."

Rest in peace XXXTentacion, and respect to Lil Yachty for showing his memory some love. Should you be looking to support Lil Boat in your own way, be sure to check out his brand new Lil Boat 3 album.

This was not an ordinary week. We won't pretend as though it was. There is a revolution happening outside and, although we would love to solely focus on music and the regular hip-hop news, that's not entirely appropriate right now.

We have made an effort across our editorial staff to bring you news from the protests in addition to some hip-hop news. This week, labels and artists decided to push back their releases and, although there was still some new music released today, it was to a much lesser degree than what was expected.

Every week, we update our TIDAL-exclusive TIDAL Wave playlist with the songs that our staff has been feeling the hardest. If you've been turning to music for a temporary distraction from the world that surrounds us, check out the updates we've made this week.

We start off with one of the stand-outs from Lil Wayne's brand new Funeral deluxe edition before bringing you the fire "T.D." freestyle from Lil Yachty's new album with Tierra Whack, A$AP Rocky, and Tyler, The Creator. Next up on the docket is Conway's "Front Lines" effort before Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist take over.

We've also got new cuts from G Herbo, Kevin Gates, SAINt JHN and Future, RMR, ROSALÍA and Travis Scott, 6LACK, Aminé, and more. Check out our individual contributions below and sign up for a TIDAL trial here.

Alex Zidel (Editorial)

Lil Yachty - Whew' Chile
Lil Yachty & Tierra Whack - T.D. (feat. A$AP Rocky & Tyler, The Creator)
Slimelife Shawty - Street N**** Dream (feat. Rylo Rodriguez & DT)
Gunna - DOLLAZ ON MY HEAD (feat. Young Thug)
Juice WRLD & Trippie Redd - Tell Me U Luv Me

Alex Cole (Editorial)

Lil Yachty & Lil Keed - Range Rover Sports Truck
RMR - I'm Not Over You
G Herbo - Trenches
Ace Hood - Facts
GASHI - Paranoid

Mitch Findlay (Editorial)

Lil Yachty & Tierra Whack - T.D. (feat. A$AP Rocky & Tyler, The Creator)
Lil Wayne - Russian Roulette (feat. Benny The Butcher & Conway)
Conway - Front Lines
Joell Ortiz & KXNG Crooked - Get Ya Money
Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Frank Lucas (feat. Benny The Butcher)

Erika Marie (Editorial)

Lil Wayne - Russian Roulette (feat. Benny The Butcher & Conway)
Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Frank Lucas (feat. Benny The Butcher)
Lil Wayne - Help (feat. Tory Lanez)
Kamaiyah - Extravagant
The LOX - Gave It To ‘Em

Cole Blake (Editorial)

JPEGMAFIA - CUTIE PIE!
Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Something to Rap About (feat. Tyler, The Creator)
Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Frank Lucas (feat. Benny The Butcher)
Lucki - Nigo
Conway - Front Lines

Lynn S (Editorial)

ROSALÍA & Travis Scott - TKN
6LACK - ATL Freestyle
Lucky Daye - Shoulda (feat. Babyface)
Aminé - Riri

Paul Pirotta (Sales)

Lil Wayne - Russian Roulette (feat. Benny The Butcher & Conway)
SAINt JHN - Roses Remix (feat. Future)
Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Scottie Beam (feat. Rick Ross)

Aron A (Editorial)

Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - God Is Perfect
Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Scottie Beam (feat. Rick Ross)
Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Skinny Suge
Kevin Gates - Grandmotha Grave

Rose Lilah (Editorial)

SAINt JHN - Roses Remix (feat. Future)
Gunna - DO BETTER
Gunna - I’M ON SOME
Lucky Daye - Shoulda (feat. Babyface)

Lady Gaga has a clear path to debut at the top spot on next week’s Billboard 200. 

The pop superstar has been leading the field in terms of first-week sales projections and, in a batch of updated figures, it looks like she’s still charging forward as the leader of the pack. With a total of approximately 285,000 equivalent album units moved, she’s looking guaranteed for an easy route to the #1 spot. On top of all that, the majority of her numbers account for pure album sales.

As for hip-hop, we’re still represented well in the top-moving albums of the week. Several of the genre’s most popular characters, including Lil Baby, Future, Lil Uzi Vert, Gunna, Post Malone, Drake, and DaBaby, are within or just outside of the Top 10 for this week’s biggest albums.

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Lil Yachty and Freddie Gibbs (with The Alchemist) came through with some booming new albums this week too, but neither of which is expected to debut within the Top 10 of the Billboard 200. 

Lil Yachty’s Lil Boat 3 is currently anticipated to move up to 37,000 equivalent album units, making it good for a debut around #12. 

Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist are two spots down at #14, looking at up to 32,000 equivalent album units with the majority of them accounting for pure sales.

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Are you surprised by any of these numbers?

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Lil Yachty and G Herbo both came through with projects on Friday and it's safe to say that fans were both excited and satisfied. Yachty came through with his highly-anticipated Lil Boat 3 tape while Herbo dropped the deluxe version of PTSD. There is plenty of music here to dissect and over the last couple of days, fans have been adding their favorite tracks to their respective playlists.

Regardless of how good the music is, sales are always something that is highly debated in the industry. Your first week numbers can give people a glimpse of how well you're doing although there are many factors that go into how many units are sold. Having said that, according to DJ Akademiks, Lil Boat 3 is on track to sell 45K units in the first week while PTSD Deluxe is on pace for 27K units.

Our “Fire Emoji” playlist is looking stacked with tons of new music from Kevin Gates, Lil Yachty, Gunna, Migos, Freddie Gibbs—the list goes on and on. We know it’s been a very tough and emotional week for our audience, with the horrific murder of George Floyd by police and subsequent protests, and we hope that we can offer you some solace and comfort. Music has always been an incredible form of healing, and continues to be during the darkest of times.

This week, we’ve included more tracks off Gunna’s new album, Wunna, on “Fire Emoji,” including “DO BETTER,” “NASTY GIRL / ON CAMERA,” “COOLER THAN A BITCH” with Roddy Ricch, and “DOLLAZ ON MY HEAD” with Young Thug. We’ve also added Kevin Gates’ new single, “Grandmotha Grave,” a joint off Lil Yachty’s new album, Lil Boat 3, called “Pardon Me” with Future, and Migos new collab with NBA YoungBoy, “Need It.” Check out the rest of our new additions to the “Fire Emoji” playlist below, and remember to take care of yourselves and stay safe.

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Once upon a time, Lil Yachty proved to be a branding expert, infiltrating the world of hip-hop with his signature red braids and becoming an easy costume for kids to recreate on Halloween. Still, he is one of the most recognizable characters in rap and tonight, he will continue his path with his new album Lil Boat 3. 

Set to feature Drake, DaBaby, Tyler, The Creator, A$AP Rocky, Tierra Whack, and more, Lil Yachty will close out the trilogy before moving onto new avenues. Already, he has taken a different route with his hair, no longer sporting the colorful beaded braids that we once loved him for. In a new feature with Highsnobiety, the rapper explained his decision and said it’s not as deep as people think.

Some of Lil Boat’s fans theorized that the change in hair colors symbolized a musical switch for the critically-acclaimed superstar but, according to him, that’s simply not the case.

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“Honestly, it was hard to maintain,” said the bubbly personality. “The bleach was literally killing my hair. My hair was just dying. It’s growing now. That’s all. It’s just hair. I just kept it red because I loved it. But it kept falling out. It never would grow.”

Now that he has black hair, some of Yachty’s fans assumed that he would be making darker music. Again, that couldn’t be further from the truth.

“I think sometimes people just assume things are a lot more complex. In my world, it’s just not that deep, bro,” he explained. “It’s just music. It’s all fun to me. There’s no strategy behind it, like, ‘oh, his hair was red, it’s black now. [He’s] making evil rap music.’ It’s not like that.”

Lil Yachty previously released the music video for “Split/Whole Time” this week, which serves as the official follow-up to “Oprah’s Bank Account” with Drake and DaBaby.

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Lil Yachty warmed fans up with the release of a new song, “Split/Whole Time,” yesterday which seemed to leave a good impression on fans, amping up the excitement for the rest of Lil Boat 3. The album, which will serve as the final instalment in the Lil Boat series, arrives Thursday at Midnight.

Ahead of it’s release, Yachty follows up with the tracklist today. The album features an early-released single, “Oprah’s Bank Account,” which includes Drake and DaBaby as guests. Additional appearances come from A$AP Rocky, Tyler, The Creator and Tierra Whack on what must be quite the unique collab, “T.D.,” while Lil Durk and Young Thug show up towards the end of the tracklist, with the collab “Till The Morning.” Future and Mike WiLL Made It, Lil Keed and Draft Day help round out the tracklist, with 19 songs total.

Check it out below, let us know which song you’re most excited to hear.

Lil Boat 3 Tracklist

1. Top Down

2. Wock In Stock

3. Split/Whole Time

4. T.D. Feat. A$AP Rocky, Tyler, The Creator & Tierra Whack

5. Pardon Me Feat. Future & Mike WiLL Made It

6. Demon Time Feat. Draft Day

7. Black Jesus

8. From Down Bad

9. Love Jones

10. Can’t Go

11. Oprah’s Bank Account Feat. Drake & DaBaby

12. Range Rover Sports Truck Feat. Lil Keed

13. Lemond Head

14. Don’t Forget 

15. Up There Music

16. Westside

17. Till The Morning Feat. Lil Durk & Young Thug

18. Whew’ Chile

19. Concrete Boys

Lil Yachty has been gearing up for the release of his highly anticipated project Lil Boat 3 which is slated to drop on Friday, May 29th. Fans have been waiting on this tape to come out and Yachty surely won't disappoint. Over the past few months, Yachty has been able to drum up excitement thanks to his incredibly produced music video for the Drake and DaBaby-aided track "Oprah's Bank Account." While this track has helped tide fans over, it's clear that there is some real hunger for new Yachty music.

Well, today on Twitter, Yachty provided his fans with some great news as he revealed that on Tuesday, May 26th at Noon EST, he will be dropping a brand new single and it will also be accompanied by a music video.

While Lil Yachty has released an abundance of music throughout his relatively young career, many of his fans cite his Lil Boat album series as his best work thus far. The first installment was somewhat of a breakout for the Atlanta rapper, who won hearts and minds with his unique style and breezy melodies. The second arrived a little later on down the line, and by that point Boat's base were clamoring for more bars -- and thus, Lil Boat 2 was born, arriving with a splash in 2018.

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Now, Boat is looking to make his aquatic franchise a trilogy. At long last, the Quality Control artist has lifted the curtains on his climactic chapter, announcing that Lil Boat 3 will be arriving on May 29th, clocking in at a staggering nineteen songs. At such a gargantuan runtime, it's set to be the longest of the trilogy so far -- though those expecting a more concise voyage might be left wanting as a result. Still, it's clear Yachty had a lot to say on this go-around, and it should be interesting to see which direction he pursues.

Given that we have yet to hear any music from the upcoming album, it's unclear whether he'll be following the melodic stylings of Boat 1 or the more rap-focused direction of Boat 2. In any case, Yachty has proven himself to be a solid captain -- let us see where he takes us on May 29th. Are you excited for Lil Boat 3?