Your Rap essentials

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This is 1Xtra’s Rap List, your essential guide to the week’s biggest rap, drill, grime and hip-hop records. If it’s shaping the culture, it’s landing here. Central Cee, Doechii and J. Cole are setting levels, with Dave, 21 Savage, Headie One, Clavish and KiLLOWEN keeping the pressure high. From viral freestyles to heavyweight drops and collabs that take over your timeline, this is what’s actually running rap right now. Only the hottest, most talked-about tracks make the cut. The ones your group chat’s debating. The ones your favourite artists are rating. The ones moving from the scene straight into rotation. Fully certified by 1Xtra, Rap Essentials is your no-skip rundown of the best, the newest and the most in-demand rap out now. Stay ahead of the curve or catch what you’ve missed. If you care about where rap’s heading, this is where you lock in. Listen on BBC Sounds wherever you are. If you’re in the UK and heading abroad, just take the BBC Sounds app with you and keep streaming. And if you’re listening from outside the UK, you can find the 1Xtra live stream on BBC.com/audio. Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 1Xtra.