Rap essentials: Cardi B, Headie One, Lancey Foux, 21 Savage...

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This is 1Xtra’s Rap List, your guide to the biggest rap, drill, grime and hip-hop tracks right now. If it’s making noise in the culture, it’s here. Only the hardest and most talked about tracks make the cut. From viral moments to bar-heavy bangers, rising names to legends still shelling it, this is what’s running 2026. Central Cee, Ice Spice, Meekz, Doechii, AJ Tracey, Cardi B, Headie One, Lancey Foux, 21 Savage, JayaHadADream, Drake, Ms Banks, Skepta, Knucks and more all deliver. From underground energy to chart heat, this playlist hits. Every track is handpicked by the 1Xtra team. The tunes that matter. The ones everyone’s posting, quoting and pulling up again and again. Keep locked. Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 1Xtra.