2022 in hip hop music

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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2022.

Events[]

January[]

  • On January 1, Kodak Black was arrested in Pompano Beach, Florida, on trespassing charges, twelve months after Donald Trump pardoned him.[1][2][3]
  • On January 2, Traxamillion died at the age of 42.[4]
  • On January 11, Justin Johnson and Shondale Barnett, Young Dolph's killers, were arrested in Indiana; the same day, Cornelius Smith, another of Dolph's killers, was indicted on a first-degree murder charge.[5]
  • On January 13, CPO Boss Hogg died at the age of 52.[6]
  • On January 14, Sad Frosty died at the age of 24.[7][8] That same day, rap group Brockhampton announced that they were splitting up after a performance at Coachella 2022.[9]
  • On January 26, NBA YoungBoy's Texas home was raided by SWAT team.[10]
  • On January 28, it was announced that Pusha T had parted ways with GOOD Music.
  • On January 31, it was announced that Yo Gotti would be releasing his last album CM10.

February[]

  • On February 8, Nelly apologizes for posting his sex tape on social media.[11]
  • On February 9, it was announced that Snoop Dogg would be the new owner of Death Row Records.
  • On February 10, it was announced that Mozzy would be signed to Collective Music Group.
  • On February 12, Blueface was arrested for gun possession in Hollywood, California.[12] The same day, Kodak Black was shot after a fight at a Justin Bieber party in Los Angeles, California,[13][14] and Kanye West attacks Pete Davidson, Kid Cudi, Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift on Instagram.[15]
  • On February 13, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige, and Snoop Dogg performed at the Super Bowl LVI halftime show at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.[16] 50 Cent and Anderson .Paak also made appearances during the performance.[17]
  • On February 14, Kanye West and his girlfriend Julia Fox broke up.[18] Fox later revealed their relationship was a publicity stunt and she was never in love with him.[19]
  • On February 18, it was announced that Pusha T had squashed his beef with Drake.
  • On February 22, Kanye West held his Donda 2 listening party. That same day, 600 Breezy was released from prison.
  • On February 23, South African-native rapper, singer, and songwriter Riky Rick died by suicide at the age of 34.
  • On February 26, American rapper Snootie Wild died after being shot in Houston, Texas, at the age of 36.[20] The same day, True Bleeda was shot and killed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

March[]

  • On March 1, Eric Holder Jr. is scheduled to go to trial for the murder of Nipsey Hussle after being arrested on April 2, 2019.[21]

May[]

  • On May 23, YNW Melly is scheduled to go to trial for the murders of YNW Juvy & YNW Sakchaser after being arrested on February 13, 2019.

August[]

  • On August 1, R. Kelly is scheduled to go on trial for federal sex charges.[22][23]

Released albums[]

January[]

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
1 FNKPMPN (Del the Funky Homosapien and Kool Keith) Subatomic Threshold Recordings[24]
6 Montana of 300 Rap God Fly Guy Entertainment, E1 Music
7 Gunna DS4Ever YSL Records, 300 Entertainment
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
10 The Musalini and 9th Wonder The Don & Eye Jamla Records[25]
14 Cordae From a Birds Eye View Atlantic Records, Art@War, Hi-Level [26]
  • Debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200
DigDat Pain Built Sony Music UK
Earl Sweatshirt Sick! Tan Cressida, Warner Records[27]
  • Debuted at No. 80 on the Billboard 200
Kota the Friend Lyrics to GO, Vol. 3 FLTBYS
Lil Wayne Sorry 4 the Wait (Re-release) Young Money Records
  • Debuted at No. 60 after re-release on the Billboard 200
Maez301 Hello, Goodbye. Strange Music, INgrooves[citation needed]
Token Pink Is Better Atlantic Records[citation needed]
Slim Thug BIGslim Hogg Life, SoSouth[28]
21 Iann Dior On to Better Things 10k Projects
  • Debuted at No. 28 on the Billboard 200
King Iso Get Well Soon Strange Music, INgrooves[citation needed]
Paper Route Empire Long Live Young Dolph EMPIRE Distribution, Paper Route
  • Debuted at No. 44 on the Billboard 200
YoungBoy Never Broke Again Colors Never Broke Again, Atlantic Records
  • Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
Young T & Bugsey Truth Be Told Black Butter Records
26 BlocBoy JB Bacc 2 da Bloc Foundation, Interscope Records
Doe Boy OH REALLY Epic Records, Freebandz
27 Glaive Old Dog, New Tricks Interscope Records
28 Babyface Ray Face EMPIRE Distribution, Wavy Gang
  • Debuted at No. 31 on the Billboard 200
Dro Kenji WITH OR WITHOUT YOU Internet Money Records, 10k Projects
KYLE It's Not So Bad Self-released
NLE Choppa Me vs. Me Warner Records
  • Debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200
PnB Rock SoundCloud Daze Atlantic Records
AZ Doe or Die II (Deluxe Edition) Quiet Money[29]
31 Matt Ox YEAR OF THE OX OX

February[]

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
4 2 Chainz Dope Don't Sell Itself T.R.U., Def Jam
  • Debuted at No. 23 on the Billboard 200
Beam Alien Epic Records, Be I Am
Saba Few Good Things Pivot Gang LLC[30]
Upchurch People's Champ Holler Boy Records, Stonebaby Sounds
  • Debuted at No. 101 on the Billboard 200
Yo Gotti CM10: Free Game Collective Music Group, Inevitable Records, Interscope Records
  • Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
11 Cousin Stizz Just For You Stizz Music
Huskii Antihero Island Records Australia
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums chart
Juicy J and Wiz Khalifa Stoners Night Taylor Gang, Rostrum Records, Trippy Music
Snoop Dogg BODR Death Row Records
  • Debuted at No. 104 on the Billboard 200
$NOT Ethereal 300 Entertainment
  • Debuted at No. 66 on the Billboard 200
Trae tha Truth Truth Season: The United Streets of America ABN, EMPIRE[31]
Yungen Passionate & Paranoid Sony Music UK
18 Big K.R.I.T. Digital Roses Don't Die Multi Alumni, BMG
Calboy Black Heart Self-released
Curren$y and The Alchemist Continuance Jet Life Recordings, ALC Records[32]
  • Debuted at No. 200 on the Billboard 200
DC the Don My Own Worst 3nemy Rostrum Records
Yeat 2 Alivë Field Trip Recordings, TwizzyRich, Geffen Records
  • Debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200
22 Boosie Badazz Heartfelt Bad Azz Music, Connect Music
KRS-One I M A M C R U 1 2 Self-released
Smoke DZA and Real Bad Men Mood Swings Real Bad Men, RFC[33]
23-24 Kanye West Donda 2 Self-released
25 Ace Hood M.I.N.D. Hood Nation, EMPIRE
Central Cee 23 Self-released
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart
Conway the Machine God Don't Make Mistakes Griselda Records, Shady Records, Interscope Records, Drumwork[34]
  • Debuted at No. 175 on the Billboard 200
EarthGang Ghetto Gods Dreamville, Interscope Records, Spillage Village
  • Debuted at No. 114 on the Billboard 200
Kodak Black Back for Everything Dollaz N Dealz, Sniper Gang, Atlantic Records
  • Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200

March[]

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position
4 Babytron Megatron The Hip Hop Lab Records, EMPIRE
DaBaby and YoungBoy Never Broke Again Better than You South Coast Music Group, Interscope, Atlantic
  • Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
King Von What It Means to Be King Only The Family, EMPIRE
  • Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
Kojey Radical Reason to Smile Asylum[35]
  • Debuted at No. 11 on the UK Albums Chart
Smoke DZA, 183rd, and Nym Lo Driplomatic Immunity RFC Music Group[36]
Sueco It Was Fun While It Lasted Atlantic
  • Debuted at No. 122 on the Billboard 200
Tom MacDonald and Adam Calhoun The Brave Self-released
  • Debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200
11 Benny the Butcher Tana Talk 4 Black Soprano Family, Griselda, EMPIRE[37]
  • Debuted at No. 22 on the Billboard 200
Bun B and Cory Mo Mo Trill C-Mozart Muzik, II Trill Enterprises
Dave East How Did I Get Here? From the Dirt
Elzhi Zhigeist Nature Sounds[38]
Fly Anakin Frank Lex Records[39]
KXNG Crooked and Joell Ortiz Rise & Fall of Slaughterhouse Hitmaker Music Group[40]
  • Debuted at No. 152 on the Billboard 200
Ho99o9 SKIN A DTA, Elektra
Lil Durk 7220 Only The Family, Alamo Records
  • Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
tobi lou Non-Perishable Artclub, EMPIRE
Warhol.SS Where's Warhol 2 Create Music Group
18 ArrDee Pier Pressure Island Records, Universal
Cypress Hill Back in Black BMG
Juice WRLD Fighting Demons (Deluxe) Interscope Records, Grade A Productions
22 Phife Dawg Forever Smokin' Needles, AWAL[41]

Upcoming releases[]

March[]

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Ref.
25 Buddy Superghetto RCA Records
Key Glock Yellow Tape 2 (Deluxe) Paper Route Empire
Denzel Curry Melt My Eyez, See Your Future Loma Vista, PH [42]
Latto 777 RCA, Streamcut
Nigo I Know Nigo Victor Victor
TBA J Stone The Definition of Sacrifice All Money In, No Breaks
Mount Westmore Mt. Westmore Def Jam
YoungBoy Never Broke Again Realer 2 Atlantic Records

April[]

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Ref.
1 Stevie Stone Raising The Bar Ahdasee Records [43]
8 Girl Talk, Wiz Khalifa, Smoke DZA & Big K.R.I.T. Full Court Press Taylor Gang, GT Recordings, Asylum Records [44]
Fivio Foreign B.I.B.L.E Columbia Records, RichFish
15 Digga D Noughty by Nature CGM
TBA Vince Staples Ramona Park Broke My Heart Motown, Blacksmith [45]

May[]

Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Ref.
6 Jack Harlow Come Home the Kids Miss You Generation Now, Atlantic Records
20 M Huncho Chasing Euphoria Island Records
TBA A Boogie wit da Hoodie A Boogie vs Artist Highbridge The Label,Atlantic Records

Unscheduled and TBA[]

Artist Album Label Ref.
2 Chainz & Lil Wayne Collegrove 2 Young Money, Republic, Def Jam, T.R.U. [46]
42 Dugg & EST Gee Last Ones Left Collective Music Group
50 Cent TBA G-Unit, Caroline [47]
6ix9ine TBA Create Music Group, 10K Projects, Caroline [48]
6LACK Difference LVRN, Interscope [49]
Ab-Soul TBA RCA Records, Top Dawg Entertainment
A$AP Ferg TBA Roc Nation, RCA Records
B Money Volume 3 BMR, Inc.
Bobby Shmurda Ready To Live GS9, Epic Records
Bow Wow Before 30 Death Row Records [50]
Bryson Tiller Serenity RCA [51]
Busta Rhymes TBA Conglomerate, EMPIRE [52]
Cardi B TBA Atlantic [53]
Chris Brown Breezy RCA Records
Coi Leray Coi Republic [54]
DaBaby Masterpiece Billion Dollar Baby, Interscope, South Coast Music Group [55]
Danny Brown Quaranta Warp [56]
De La Soul TBA Trinitee Urban Records [57]
AOI3
DQ Mr. Hustle Capitol, Zoe Boi, Priority, Puzzlepiece
Diddy Off the Grid Vol. 1 Bad Boy, Epic [58]
DJ Khaled Major Key II We The Best Music, Epic Records, Roc Nation
Drake TBA OVO Sound, Young Money Entertainment
Dr. Dre Detox Aftermath, Interscope [59]
Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 3 Shady, Aftermath, Interscope [60]
EPMD Big Business Hit Squad Digital [61]
Freddie Gibbs Soul Sold Separately ESGN, EMPIRE [62]
Future Monster 2 Freebandz, Epic [63]
HNDRXX 2
The Game Drillmatic Prolific Records, MNRK Music Group [64]
Ghostface Killah Supreme Clientele 2 Yapp City, Def Jam Recordings [65]
Hopsin Minor Disturbance Undercover Prodigy
Ja Rule 12.Twelve.XII Mpire, Fontana [66]
Jay-Z Blueprint 4 Roc Nation, Atlantic
JID The Forever Story Dreamville, Interscope, Spillage Village [67]
JL Brain Scatter 3 4 Ever B.Hood Records
Joyner Lucas & Chris Brown Angels & Demons Twenty Nine Music Group, CBE, RCA [68]
Juice WRLD The Party Never Ends Grade A Productions, Interscope Records
Kendrick Lamar Oklama Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records
Kenneth Cooke TBA Republic, Kendolla$ [69]
Kid Cudi TBA Republic, Wicked Awesome [70]
Entergalactic
Lil Baby Lamborghini Boys 4PF, Wolfpack, Quality Control, Motown, Capitol [71]
Lil Keed Keed Talk To Em 2 YSL, 300, Atlantic [72]
Lil' Kim 9 Part 2 Queen Bee, MNRK Music Group [73]
Lil Mosey Universal Interscope, Mogul Vision, Certified Hitmakers
Lil Uzi Vert The Pink Tape Generation Now, Atlantic [74]
Lil Wayne Dedication 7 Young Money, Republic [75]
I Am Not a Human Being III [76]
Tha Carter VI [77]
LL Cool J G.O.A.T. 2 Def Jam
Logic Vinyl Days Def Jam [78]
Ludacris TBA Disturbing Tha Peace
Maybach Music Group Self Made 4 Maybach Music Group, Atlantic Records, Warner Records
Megan Thee Stallion Tina Snow II 300, 1501 Certified Warner Records [79]
Metro Boomin & Lil Durk No Auto Durk Boominati Worldwide, Republic Records, Only The Family, Alamo Records
MC Eiht Revolution in Progress Blue Stamp, Year Round
Mike WiLL Made-It Michael EarDrummers, Atlantic [80]
Nas King's Disease III Mass Appeal [81]
NAV & Metro Boomin Perfect Timing II XO, Republic, Boominati Worldwide [82]
Nicki Minaj Pink Friday 2 Republic [83]
Nigo I Know Nigo Victor Victor Worldwide [84]
NxWorries TBA Stones Throw [85]
Offset Father of 5 Quality Control, Capitol Records, Motown Records
Playboi Carti Narcissist Interscope, AWGE, Opium Records
Post Malone twelve carat toothache Republic [86]
Pusha T It's Not Dry Yet GOOD, Def Jam [87]
Q-Tip AlGoRhythms GOOD, Def Jam [88]
Riotdiaries
The Last Zulu
Quavo TBA Quality Control Music, Capitol Records, Motown Records, YRN The Label
Redman Muddy Waters 2 Gilla House, Riveting Music [89]
Remy Ma TBA Empire Distribution
Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. III Ice H2O, EMPIRE [90]
Rick Ross & Drake TBA Maybach Music Group, OVO Sound
Roddy Ricch Feed Tha Streets III Atlantic, Bird Vision [91]
Rowdy Rebel Rowdy vs Rebel Epic, GS9 [92]
Russ Chomp 3 Russ My Way Inc
Saweetie Pretty Bitch Music Warner, Artistry, Icy [93]
ScHoolboy Q TBA Top Dawg, Interscope [94]
Swae Lee Human Nature EarDrummers, Interscope [95]
SZA TBA Top Dawg Entertainment, RCA Records
T-Pain The Phoenix Nappy Boy, EMPIRE [96]
T.I. Kill the King Grand Hustle Records, Interscope Records [97]
Tory Lanez & Chris Brown TBA One Umbrella, CBE, RCA [98]
Travis Scott DYSTOPIA Cactus Jack, Epic [99]
UTOPIA [100]
Travis Scott & Kid Cudi The Scotts Cactus Jack, Epic, Wicked Awesome, Republic [101]
Trippie Redd A Love Letter to You 5 1400 Entertainment, 10K Projects, Caroline Distribution
Twenty88 TBA Def Jam
Tyrese Beautiful Pain Voltron, Caroline Records [102]
Wiz Khalifa Cabin Fever 4 Taylor Gang, Atlantic, Rostrum [103]
Xzibit King Maker Open Bar, EMI [104]
YG Pray for Me Def Jam

Highest-charting songs[]

Hip hop songs from any year which charted in the 2022 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100[105]
Song Artist Project Peak position
"Do We Have a Problem?" Nicki Minaj and Lil Baby TBA 2
"Super Gremlin" Kodak Black Back for Everything 3
"Pushin P" Gunna featuring Future and Young Thug DS4Ever 7
"Big Energy" Latto 777 14
"Broadway Girls" Lil Durk featuring Morgan Wallen 7220
"Too Easy" Gunna and Future DS4Ever 16
"Nail Tech" Jack Harlow Come Home the Kids Miss You 18
"Ahhh Ha" Lil Durk 7220
"Bussin" Nicki Minaj and Lil Baby TBA 20
"Still D.R.E." Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg 2001 23
"Thought I Was Playing" Gunna featuring 21 Savage DS4Ever
"P Power" Gunna featuring Drake 24
"What Happened to Virgil" Lil Durk featuring Gunna 7220
"Petty Too" Lil Durk featuring Future 26
"25k Jacket" Gunna featuring Lil Baby DS4Ever 28
"No Interviews" Lil Durk 7220 30
"Worst Day" Future TBA 34
"Golden Child" Lil Durk 7220
"Thinking with My Dick" Kevin Gates featuring Juicy J Stranger than Fiction 37
"Cold December" Rod Wave TBA 38
"Don't Play That" King Von and 21 Savage What It Means to Be King 40
"Handsomer" Russ featuring Ktlyn TBA

Highest first-week consumption[]

List of albums with the highest first-week consumption (sales + streaming + track equivalent), as of March 2022 in the United States
Number Album Artist 1st-week consumption 1st-week position Refs
1 DS4Ever Gunna 150,300 1 [106]
2 7220 Lil Durk 120,500 1 [107]
3 Colors YoungBoy Never Broke Again 79,000 2 [108]
4 Back for Everything Kodak Black 60,000 2 [109]
5 What It Means to Be King King Von 59,000 2 [110]
6 CM10: Free Game Yo Gotti 46,000 3 [111]
7 2 Alivë Yeat 32,000 6 [112]
8 Better than You DaBaby & YoungBoy Never Broke Again 28,500 10 [110]
9 Me vs. Me NLE Choppa 21,700 14 [113]
10 From a Birds Eye View Cordae 20,000 13 [114]

All critically reviewed albums ranked[]

Metacritic[]

Number Artist Album Average score Number of reviews Reference
1 Earl Sweatshirt Sick! 86 15 reviews [115]
2 Kojey Radical Reason to Smile 85 6 reviews [116]
3 Saba Few Good Things 83 9 reviews [117]
4 Fly Anakin Frank 83 6 reviews [118]
5 Conway the Machine God Don't Make Mistakes 81 8 reviews [119]
6 Ho99o9 SKIN 81 6 reviews [120]
7 Curren$y & The Alchemist Continuance 81 4 reviews [121]
8 Central Cee 23 80 5 reviews [122]
9 Benny the Butcher Tana Talk 4 77 4 reviews [123]
10 EarthGang Ghetto Gods 76 7 reviews [124]
11 Cypress Hill Back in Black 75 8 reviews [125]
12 Cordae From a Birds Eye View 71 7 reviews [126]
13 iann dior on to better things 68 5 reviews [127]
14 Big K.R.I.T. Digital Roses Don't Die 66 5 reviews [128]
15 2 Chainz Dope Don't Sell Itself 58 7 reviews [129]
16 Gunna DS4Ever 51 5 reviews [130]
17 Kanye West Donda 2 48 5 reviews [131]

See also[]

  • Previous article: 2021 in hip hop music

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