Lil Yachty: Last News

Lil Yachty has spoken out about the current state of affairs in hip hop, saying the genre is “in a terrible place right now”.At Rolling Stone’s ‘Musicians on Musicians’ event in Brooklyn, Yachty expanded on his thoughts by saying rappers were afraid to take risks.“Hip-hop is in a terrible place,” Yachty began. “The state of hip-hop right now is a lot of imitation. It’s a lot of quick, low-quality music being put out.

Yungblud has announced details of his own festival BludFest – taking over Milton Keynes Bowl this summer with a stacked line-up. Find details below, and see above to watch our interview with Dom Harrison as he tells us what to expect while weighing up his past, present and future.After teasing fans with his “biggest announcement yet“, the Doncaster artist has now revealed that the inaugural BludFest will be headed to Milton Keynes Bowl on Sunday 11 August – featuring a headline set from Yungblud alongside a line-up featuring recent collaborator Lil Yachty, as well as Soft Play, Nessa Barrett, The Damned, Lola Young, Jazmin Bean and many more to be announced.Beyond the music, the “community” focussed event will also play host to include a ‘Make A Friend’ tent, free photobooths, a Yungblud museum, and a recreation of Camden’s iconic The Hawley Arms – the artist’s favourite pub.Asked what it means to be headlining Milton Keynes Bowl in the footsteps of David Bowie, Queen, Green Day and Linkin Park, Yungblud told NME: “Wow! What the fuck? That’s the fucking mad, isn’t it? BludFest is happening! I’m launching my own festival.

Thania Garcia SZA, Chris Brown, J. Cole and Nicki Minaj are set to headline the Dreamville Festival in Dorothea Dix Park in North Carolina from April 6-7. Brown and SZA will end the night on April 6, while Cole and Minah will each close out their respective sets on April 7.

Fred Again.. has joined forces with Lil Yachty and Overmono to share the new track ‘stayinit’.

Lil Yachty has teased a collaborative album with James Blake called ‘Bad Cameo’.In a new Instagram post, Yachty revealed the surprise album in a video clip, saying: “I think James has worked with a quite substantial amount of hip hop artists, but this project is so left for both of us.“Then, aside from the one picture that James posted, which he doesn’t have many followers actually, I don’t think people know that we know each other exist.”Blake also played a track off the unreleased album at his recent CYMK show – watch the footage below.A post shared by CONCRETE BOY BOAT^ (@lilyachty)Unreleased one from James Blake and Lil Yachty, debuted at CMYK last night

Lil Yachty has performed a new collaboration produced by Fred again.. – watch the footage below.On February 8, the superstar DJ announced a surprise rave to be thrown at NYC’s Knockdown Centre hours before the party began. Fred again..

The wait for Chief Keef‘s perpetually-delayed album Almighty Sosa 2 continues with no end in sight, but today sees the release of a new song from the Chicago rapper, “Say Ya Grace,” a collaboration with Lil Yachty that appears on the new Lyrical Lemonade compilation project All Is Yellow. The song is co-produced by Keef, Carlton McDowell, and Marvy Ayy, and introduces itself right away as an outlier in the handful of songs Keef has released over the past few years.

Yungblud has released ‘When We Die (Can We Still Get High?)’, his first single of 2024, featuring Lil Yachty.The track sees the English musician – born Dominic Harrison – confronting metaphysical questions, opening with the lyrics: “Does Heaven have a dealer? Do they sell the love for cheaper than in Hollywood? / As hell is gettin’ colder, I don’t plan on gettin’ older in this neighbourhood“, before culminating in him belting the song’s title over an immense soundscape: “When we die, tell me, can we still get high?”Later in the track, Lil Yachty joins in with mind-bending bars: “If you fall far too deep / Lose yourself in your new life / Head over heels for your new eyes“, the track’s trippy production complementing the rapper-producer’s current psych-rock phase, heralded by his 2023 album ‘Let’s Start Here’.In a press release, Yungblud spoke about intending to collaborate with Lil Yachty since 2019. “When we die (can we still get high?)’ was one of the first songs I wrote when I got to New Orleans to make new music,” he wrote.

Yungblud and Lil Yachty have teased that they’re working on an upcoming collaboration.The musicians were snapped together in a new photo which shows the pair situated somewhere in Atlanta, sitting in directors’ chairs in a wooded area.While it’s not clear exactly what they’re working on, neither is a stranger to collaborating with fellow artists.Most recently, Yungblud – real name Dominic Harrison – worked with Bring Me The Horizon‘s Oli Sykes on his October release ‘Happier‘, which followed his team-up with Avril Lavigne in 2022 on ‘I’m A Mess’.Meanwhile Lil Yachty, whose real name is Miles Parks McCollum, featured on Faye Webster‘s recent single ‘Lego Ring’. He’s also previously linked up with Drake, Flo Milli, Future, Playboi Carti and more.Last year, Lil Yachty dropped his new album ‘Let’s Start Here’, for which he strayed from his usual trap and rap stylings in favour of rock elements, which he said proves “I can do anything”.In an interview with Billboard, his non-rap inspirations ranged from Tame Impala‘s ‘Currents’, Pink Floyd‘s seminal ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ and Frank Ocean‘s ‘Blonde’.“Fuck any of the albums I dropped before this one,” he said, before clarifying: “I came into music in a time where rap was real hardcore, it was real street.

Faye Webster has announced her new album and shared its first single ‘Lego Ring’ with Lil Yachty – watch the video below.On Friday (January 12), Webster took to social media to reveal the title of her fifth studio album, ‘Underdressed At The Symphony’. It will arrive on March 1 via Secretly Canadian.The singer has previously shared snippets of the album; last June, she hinted at new music with ‘But Not Kiss‘, and teased further with September’s ‘Lifetime‘.Now, Webster has unveiled her highly-anticipated collaboration with Lil Yachty. The Atlanta duo have teamed up after a years-long friendship beginning in middle school.

Lil Yachty’s label Concrete Boys has released the video for their new single, “MO JAMS,” featuring verses from Yachty, DC2TRILL, Draft Day, and KARRAHBOOO. With a set decked in Christmas decorations and a floor-to-ceiling tree, there’s no reason why the easy groove of “MO JAMS” couldn’t end up on the holiday mix.

Billie Eilish has responded to the lewd lyrics about her body that Lil Yachty raps on Drake‘s track ‘Another Late Night’.The song – featured on Drake’s eighth studio album ‘For All The Dogs‘ – sees Lil Yachty rap “She had big tits like Billie Eilish but she couldn’t sing (Drip).” The line came under fire from Eilish’s fans, with many commenting on how crude and vile it was.In a new interview with Variety, the ‘Ocean Eyes’ singer, who has been very vocal about her body image, addressed the line. “I think it’s fun! I’m flattered! Yachty is my friend. Drake is my friend.

Lil Yachty has shared his belief that Twitch streamers are currently making “more money” than “90 per cent of rappers.”Recently, the Atlanta rapper appeared as a guest on the streetwear store CoolKicks’ ‘Shopping For Sneakers’ web series. At the end of the vlog, he and the host discussed famous Twitch streamers Kai Cenat and Adin Ross – who are both friends of Yachty’s.“Shouts out the whole AMP [Cenat’s creator group], shouts out fuckin’ Adin Ross,” he said. “The young guys, the young bros, they goin’ crazy.

Lil Yachty’s show in Vancouver on Saturday night ended early after fans from the seated section of the arena he was performing in made their way to the front section, away from the area designated on their tickets. Yachty was performing at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre in Vancouver as part of his Field Trip Tour and has yet to comment on the incident. In footage shot inside the arena he is heard telling fans to "fill it up" prior to performing "Slide." He is later shown to tell people to return to their seats.

Lil Yachty show in Vancouver was reportedly stopped by security after the rapper invited the crowd to rush the arena floor.The rapper was playing at the 7,000-capacity Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre last night (October 21), and before he performed ‘Slide’, he invited the concertgoers in the stands to come down into the arena floor and join the mosh pit.Lil Yachty can be heard telling his fans to “fill it up,” referring to the arena’s main floor in front of the stage, as they came down from higher arena sections.However, various eyewitnesses have alleged that security pulled the plug on the show when concertgoers refused to leave the pit. In footage of the incident, Lil Yachty could also be heard asking people to return to their seats.Lil Yachty has not yet commented on the incident.

Drake has shared a music video for his new song, ‘Another Late Night’ with Lil Yachty. Check out the video below.Directed by Cole Bennett, the surreal visual finds both Drake and Lil Yachty rapping with wolves.

Amazon has shut down live audio service Amp about 18 months after it launched in beta.

J. Cole and Lil Yachty have come together for the new song and music video "The Secret Recipe." Watch the new video below.

Drake has shouted out ASAP Rocky in an unreleased song with Lil Yachty that has gone viral.The Canadian rapper has been teasing his eighth studio album ‘FOR ALL THE DOGS’ since he announced his debut poetry book Titles Ruin Everything: A Stream of Consciousness by Aubrey Graham and Kenza Samir. So far, he has revealed that Bad Bunny, and Nicki Minaj as well as his good friend Lil Yachty, will feature on the record.On September 2, a series of clips from a Snapchat user’s story of Drake and Yachty on the set of the music video for an unannounced collab went viral on Twitter. In the first video, you can just about see the 6God in a colourfully lit car while the track played.

Lil Yachty has shared a new song titled “TESLA,” the final installment in a 4-track singles EP that also includes his early August cuts “Slide” and “SOLO STEPPIN CRETE BOY,” as well as April’s “Strike (Holster).” The mini-tape arrives as Yachty prepares to embark on his fall “Field Trip” tour. “TESLA” — three minutes of pure, pill-fueled fun — finds Yachty picking up where those songs left off, continuing down the persistently quirky, impressionist rap road he hinted at abandoning in interviews surrounding the January release of his psych-rock concept album Let’s Start Here.

Drake fans are disappointed.