Drake has set September 15 for FOMO on YouTube, extending a 2026 run that already produced three albums, a No. 1 single and a pile of Billboard records.

Daley will release Strange Nature on September 18, ending an eight-year stretch without an official release cycle and returning with Marsha Ambrosius, Robert Glasper, Keyon Harrold and Yussef Dayes in the album’s orbit.

Beyoncé celebrates 20 years of B’Day with a sprawling 31-song deluxe edition featuring unreleased recordings, international rarities, Spanish-language reworks and a new Maluma collaboration.

New Music Friday, September 4 brings Nemzzz’s LOCKED IN with Travis Scott, Karrahbooo’s debut mixtape, and new albums from Dizzee Rascal and Mykki Blanco.

BeatStars has paid creators more than $450 million and standardized almost none of the contracts behind it. A working artist's guide to what a beat lease actually grants, where the publishing goes, and who gets sued over the sample.

Lalah Hathaway’s nine-song Made In Chicago arrives October 1, using 47th Street, Quiet Storm memory and family history to connect her own story to Donny Hathaway and the Great Migration.

Jodeci’s Forever My Lady 35th Anniversary Tour was first announced in July, but the run has already expanded. A second Charlotte homecoming show now closes the 2026 itinerary.

Joyce Wrice has finally put a date on her second album. MACHIKO arrives October 9, turning the long wait after Overgrown into a new era centered on intimacy, confidence and the risk of being fully seen.

A fragrance DMX picked himself returned to shelves last Friday. Between his death and that approval sit two rounds of court-appointed administrators, a suspension order, and a ruling on what a divorce agreement transferred.

Tank has announced EXPERIENCE for September 25, giving his rising single “Yes” a full album destination while his 2026 run stretches across stadiums and television.

The Copyright Office sent Congress a new fee schedule on July 14, and the group filing that covers an album's sound recordings goes from $65 to $130. The 120-day clock runs out in the second week of November.

Cam'ron says the 2021 Verzuz against The L.O.X. killed a tour that was already booked. The same week, Rick Ross canceled two anniversary dates and Drake crossed 140 billion streams. Attention has never been cheaper, or harder to convert into a ticket.