2019 in hip hop music

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2019.

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Events

January

• On January 8, Cupcakke was hospitalized following a suicide scare.[1]
• On January 23, 6ix9ine admitted to being guilty of all charges related to racketeering and gang violence.[2]
• On January 25, DMX was again released from prison.[3]
• On January 27, Florida rapper Jayo Sama was killed in a drive-by shooting in West Palm Beach, Florida. He was 22 years old.[4]

February

• On February 3, 21 Savage was arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for having an expired visa and was revealed to be a United Kingdom national.[5]
• On February 9, English rapper Cadet was killed in a car accident.
• On February 10, Cardi B won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album with Invasion of Privacy and Drake won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song with God's Plan.
• On February 12, Mystikal was released from prison on $3 million bond.
• On February 13, YNW Melly turned himself in to authorities and was charged with the double murder of rappers and childhood friends YNW Sakchaser and YNW Juvy.[6] The same day that 21 Savage was released from ICE custody on bond.
• On February 28, BlocBoy JB was arrested for drug and weapons charges.[7]

March

• On March 26, Billboard controversially removes Lil Nas X's breakout single "Old Town Road" from the Hot Country Songs chart for "not [embracing] enough elements of today's country music".
• On March 31, Nipsey Hussle was fatally shot outside his clothing store in Los Angeles, CA. He was 33 years old

April

• On April 18, Cypress Hill receives a star in the walk of fame, making them the first Latino group to receive a star in the walk of fame.[8]
• On April 21, Kanye West lead an Easter Sunday Service performance at Coachella, the group's first public performance.

June

• On June 9, Bushwick Bill of the Geto Boys died at the age of 52, from pancreatic cancer.

July

• On July 1, Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" becomes the longest-running hip-hop song at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 after thirteen weeks, surpassing "Lose Yourself" by Eminem, "Boom Boom Pow" by the Black Eyed Peas, and "See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth, which had each achieved twelve weeks at number one.[9]

September

• On September 5, Nicki Minaj announces her retirement from making music to "have my family".[10]

October

• On October 2, Gucci Mane partnered with Gucci.
• On October 6, 2 Chainz partnered with Atlantic Records with his independent label The Real University.
• On October 15, Tyga signed a multi-million dollar deal to be with Columbia Records.[11]
• On October 23, Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" received an RIAA Diamond certification, 2019's first Diamond certification and the fastest song in history to reach this milestone.[12]

November

• On November 6, Drake signed with the cannabis industry.
• On November 11, Bad Azz died four days earlier by the time he was arrested and jailed at Southwest Detention Center in Murrieta, California on domestic violence charges.
• On November 13, Kodak Black is sentenced to three years and eight months prison time for lying about his criminal record while purchasing firearms.[13]
• On November 21, French Montana was hospitalized due to stomach pains nausea and elevated heart rate.
• On November 29, The Game released his final album Born 2 Rap and announced his retirement from hip-hop.

December

• On December 8, Juice WRLD was pronounced dead after suffering a seizure in Chicago Midway Airport. His cause of death is unknown.[14] According to TMZ, he died of a percocet overdose and swallowed all the pills so federal agents wouldn't find them on the jet.[15]
• On December 18, 6ix9ine was sentenced to two years in jail after already serving 13 months because of racketeering and gang violence.

Released albums

January

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
2	8Ball & MJG	Classic Pimpin	Push Management[16]
11	Comethazine	Bawskee 2	Alamo, EMPIRE	Debuted at No. 61 on the Billboard 200
	Watsky	Complaint	Steel Wool Media
	Wifisfuneral & Robb Banks	Conn3ct3d	Alamo
	Big K.R.I.T.	TDT	Multi Alumni
15	Falz	Moral Instruction	Bahd Guys Records
18	Blockhead	Free Sweatpants	Backwoodz Studioz
	Boondox	Liquor, Lies and Legacy	Majik Ninja Entertainment[17]
	Future	The Wizrd	Freebandz, Epic[18]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Malibu Ken (Aesop Rock & Tobacco)	Malibu Ken	Rhymesayers[19]	Debuted at No. 176 on the Billboard 200
	YNW Melly	We All Shine	Self-released[20]	Debuted at No. 27 on the Billboard 200
23	Members Only	Members Only, Vol. 4	Bad Vibes Forever, EMPIRE[21]	Debuted at No. 23 on the Billboard 200
25	Boogie	Everythings for Sale	Shady, Interscope[22]	Debuted at No. 28 on the Billboard 200
	Boston George & Diego	Boston George & Diego	YJ Music, Def Jam[23]
	Dendemann	Da Nich Für!	Vertigo, Paroli Beats[24]	Debuted at No. 1 on Germany Charts
	DJ Kay Slay	Hip Hop Frontline	Streetsweepers, EMPIRE[25]
	Dreezy	Big Dreez	Interscope[26]
	K-Rino	Lightning Language (The 4-Piece #1)	Black Book International, SoSouth
		Then and Now (The 4-Piece #2)	Black Book International, SoSouth
		Three Weeks Later (The 4-Piece #3)	Black Book International, SoSouth
		The S-Project (The 4-Piece #4)	Black Book International, SoSouth

February

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	G Herbo	Still Swervin	Machine Entertainment Group[27]	Debuted at No. 41 on the Billboard 200
	People Under the Stairs	Sincerely, the P	Piecelock 70[28]
8	AJ Tracey	AJ Tracey	Self-released[29]	Debuted at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart
	Boston George & Slim Thug	Big Bad Boston and the Boss	Hogg Life
	Demrick	No Wasting Time	DEM[30]
	Mars & Young Swizz	The Hangover	Mad Insanity Records, EMPIRE[31]
	Sean Price & Small Professor	86 Witness	Ruck Down, Duck Down, Coalmine Records
	Wiz Khalifa & Currensy	2009	Jet Life Recordings, Taylor Gang	Debuted at No. 35 on the Billboard 200
11	ASAP Ant	Addie Pitino	Self-released
	Bones	SparrowsCreek	TeamSESH
13	Berner & Mozzy	Slimey Individualz	Bern One Ent., Mozzy Records, EMPIRE[32]
14	Slim Thug	Suga Daddy Slim: On tha Prowl	Hogg Life[33]
15	Czarface & Ghostface Killah	Czarface Meets Ghostface	Silver Age[34]
	Insane Clown Posse	Fearless Fred Fury	Psychopathic Records[35]	Debuted at No. 44 on the Billboard 200
	Papoose	Underrated	Honorable Records, EMPIRE
	Struggle Jennings	The Widow's Son	Angels & Outlaws
	Wicca Phase Springs Eternal	Suffer On	Run for Cover Records[36]
22	Giggs	Big Bad...	No BS, Island Records[37]
	Gorilla Zoe	I Am Atlanta 4ever	Hood Figga[38]
	Gunna	Drip or Drown 2	YSL, 300[39]	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	Higher Brothers	Five Stars	88rising Records
	Lil Pump	Harverd Dropout	Tha Lights Global, Warner Bros.[40]	Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
	Night Lovell	Goodnight Lovell	SCPP[41]
	Offset	Father of 4	Quality Control Music, Motown[42]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	Smif-N-Wessun	The All	Duck Down Records[43]
	The Dirtball	Skull Hollow	Throttle House Inc[44]
27	T-Pain	1Up	Cinematic Music Group[45]	Debuted at No. 115 on the Billboard 200

March

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
1	2 Chainz	Rap or Go to the League	Def Jam Recordings[46]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	Blu & Oh No	A Long Red Hot Los Angeles Summer Night	Nature Sounds[47]
	DaBaby	Baby on Baby	Interscope	Debuted at No. 25 on the Billboard 200
	Eto & DJ Muggs	Hell's Roof	Soul Assassins[48]
	Lil Skies	Shelby	Atlantic Records[49]	Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200
	Little Simz	Grey Area	Age 101 Music[50]	Debuted at No. 87 on the UK Albums Chart
	Myka 9 & Adriatic	In Motion	Automatic Records[51]
7	Bullies (Denmark Vessey, DrxQuinnx & Azarias)	いじめっ子	Fxckrxp Records[52]
8	Dave	Psychodrama	Neighbourhood Recordings[53]	Debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart
	Juice Wrld	Death Race for Love	Grade A Productions, Interscope[54]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
14	Lil Gotit	Crazy But It's True	Alamo Records, Empire[55]
	Nav	Brown Boy	XO[56]
15	Chief Keef & Zaytoven	GloToven	Glo Gang, RBC Records[57]	Debuted at No. 153 on the Billboard 200
	Dizzy Wright	Nobody Cares, Work Harder	Dizzy Wright, Empire[58]
	Scarlxrd	Infinity	Lxrd Records, Island[59]
18	Frenzo Harami	Chaabian Boyz: Volume 1	Dubba Squad
22	Don Trip	Don't Feed the Guerillas	[60]
	Nav	Bad Habits	XO, Republic Records[61]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Dustin Nelson	One Man Show	DNTERTAINMENT [62]	Debut Album
	Rich The Kid	The World Is Yours 2	Interscope, Rich Forever Music[63]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
29	Birdman & Juvenile	Just Another Gangsta	Cash Money Records[64]
	Boosie Badazz	Badazz 3.5	Lil Boosie Music[65]
	Ill Bill & Stu Bangas	Cannibal Hulk	Uncle Howie Records[66]
	MED	Child of the Jungle	Bang Ya Head[67]
	Quelle Chris	Guns	Mello Music Group[68]
	Yelawolf	Trunk Muzik 3	Slumerican, Shady Records, Interscope[69]	Debuted at No. 28 on the Billboard 200

April

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
5	JellyRoll	Whiskey Sessions II	Jingle Punks Music[70]
12	Anderson .Paak	Ventura	Aftermath Entertainment[71]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	KSI and Randolph	New Age	Self-released[72]	Debuted at No. 17 on the UK Albums Chart
	Riff Raff	Pink Python	Jody Highroller Ent.[73]
	Vinnie Paz & Tragedy Khadafi	Camouflage Regime	Iron Tusk Music, Enemy Soil[74]
15	JellyRoll	Crosses and Crossroads	War Dog[70]
19	03 Greedo	Still Summer in the Projects	Alamo Records[75]
	Erick Sermon	Vernia	Def Squad[76]
	Lizzo	Cuz I Love You	Nice Life, Atlantic Records[77]	Debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200
	Loyle Carner	Not Waving, But Drowning	AMF Records, Virgin EMI Records[78]	Debuted at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart
	Pivot Gang	You Can't Sit With Us	Pivot Gang[79]
	Tech N9ne	N9NA	Strange Music, RBC, INgrooves[80]	Debuted at No. 34 on the Billboard 200
	Your Old Droog	It Wasn't Even Close	Gogul Mogul, Mongoloid Banks[81]
20	Bun B & Statik Selektah	TrillStatik	ShowOff Records, II Trill Enterprises[82]
	Kokane	Finger Roll	Bud E. Boy Entertainment[83]
	Upchurch	Creeker II	Redneck Nation Records[84]	Debuted at No. 66 on the Billboard 200
	Wiz Khalifa	Fly Times Vol. 1: The Good Fly Young	Taylor Gang, Rostrum Records, Atlantic Records[85]	Debuted at No. 70 on the Billboard 200
25	Kevin Abstract	Arizona Baby	Question Everything, RCA Records[86]	Debuted at No. 53 on the Billboard 200
	OMB Peezy	Preacher to the Streets	Sick Wid It Records[87]
26	Madchild	Demons	Battle Axe[88]
	Pete Rock	Return of the SP1200	Tru Soul Records[89]
	Rico Nasty & Kenny Beats	Anger Management	Sugar Trap[90]
	Schoolboy Q	Crash Talk	Top Dawg Entertainment, Interscope[91]	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	Twiztid	Generation Nightmare	Majik Ninja Entertainment[92]	Debuted at No. 51 on the Billboard 200
	Various artists	For the Throne (Music Inspired by the HBO Series Game of Thrones)	Columbia[93]

May

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
3	Asian Da Brat	Unfuccwithable	1017 Eskimo, Alamo Records[94]
	PnB Rock	TrapStar Turnt PopStar	Atlantic, WEA International[95]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	Styles P	S.P. The GOAT: Ghost of All Time	The Phantom Entertainment LLC, EMPIRE[96]
	TOBi	STILL	Same Plate Entertainment, Sony Music[97]
	Bones	UnderTheWillowTree	TeamSESH
5	Berner	El Chivo	Bern One Entertainment[98]
	Suga Free	The Resurrection	Buss Clinic LLC[99]
7	Kutt Calhoun	Truth Be Told	Black Gold Entertainment
10	Diamond D	The Diam Piece 2	Dymond Mine Records[100]
	DJ Paul	Power, Pleasure & Painful Things	Scale-A-Ton Ent.[101]
	Logic	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Visionary Music Group, Def Jam Recordings[102]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Quando Rondo	From the Neighborhood to the Stage	Never Broke Again, Atlantic[103]	Debuted at No. 29 on the Billboard 200
	Smokepurpp	Lost Planet 2.0	Alamo Records[104]
17	Curren$y & Statik Selektah	Gran Turismo	Jet Life, Showoff, EMPIRE[105]
	Digga D	Double Tap Diaries	CGM Records[106]	Debuted at No. 11 on the UK Albums Chart
	DJ Khaled	Father of Asahd	We the Best, Epic[107]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Injury Reserve	Injury Reserve	Loma Vista Recordings[108]
	Megan Thee Stallion	Fever	1501 Certified Ent, 300[109]	Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
	Slowthai	Nothing Great About Britain	Method Records[110]	Debuted at No. 9 on the UK Albums Chart
	Tyler, the Creator	Igor	Columbia[111]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
24	Collie Buddz	Hybrid	Harper Digital[112]
	Beast Coast	Escape from New York (Beast Coast album)	Columbia[113]	Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
	Moneybagg Yo	43va Heartless	N-Less Entertainment[114]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	$uicideboy$ & Travis Barker	Live Fast Die Whenever	G*59 Records[115]
	YG	4Real 4Real	4Hunnid Records, Def Jam Recordings[116]	Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
31	Denzel Curry	Zuu	Loma Vista Recordings[117]	Debuted at No. 32 on the Billboard 200
	Jim Jones	El Capo	Vamplife, EMPIRE[118]	Debuted at No. 114 on the Billboard 200
	Philthy Rich	East Oakland Legend	SCMMLLC, EMPIRE[119]
	Skepta	Ignorance Is Bliss	Boy Better Know[117]	Debuted at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart
	Yung Gravy	Sensational	Republic	Debuted at No. 52 on the Billboard 200

June

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
7	Casey Veggies	Organic	Vested in Culture, Epic
	Future	Save Me	Epic, Freebandz	Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200
	MoStack	Stacko	MizerMillion Entertainment, Virgin, EMI	Debuted at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart
	Polo G	Die a Legend	Polo G, Columbia	Debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200
	Tee Grizzley	Scriptures	Grizzly Gang, 300	Debuted at No. 20 on the Billboard 200
	Tyga	Legendary	Last Kings, Empire	Debuted at No. 17 on the Billboard 200
12	GoldLink	Diaspora	Squaaash Club, RCA[120]	Debuted at No. 77 on the Billboard 200
14	Lil Keed	Long Live Mexico	300 Entertainment, YSL Records	Debuted at No. 26 on the Billboard 200
	Your Old Droog	Transportation	Mongoloid Banks
21	B.o.B	Southmatic	No Genre, The Dispensary
	Gucci Mane	Delusions of Grandeur	1017, Atlantic	Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
	K Camp	Wavy 2 Kritical	RARE Sound, Interscope, EMPIRE
	Lil Nas X	7	Columbia[121]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Trina	The One	Rockstarr Music Group	Debuted at No. 126 on the Billboard 200
28	Freddie Gibbs & Madlib	Bandana	Keep Cool, RCA[122]	Debuted at No. 21 on the Billboard 200
	Mustard	Perfect Ten	10 Summers, Interscope	Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200
	Chris Brown	Indigo	RCA	• Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200

July

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
5	Dreamville	Revenge of the Dreamers III	Dreamville Records, Interscope[123]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Jaden Smith	Erys	MSFTSMusic, Roc Nation	Debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200
	Machine Gun Kelly	Hotel Diablo	Bad Boy, Interscope[124]	Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200
12	Big K.R.I.T.	K.R.I.T. Iz Here	Multi Alumni, BMG	Debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200
	Inspectah Deck	Chamber No. 9	Music Generation Corp.
	Kool Keith	Keith	Mello Music Group[125]
19	Iggy Azalea	In My Defense	Bad Dreams, EMPIRE	Debuted at No. 50 on the Billboard 200
	Nas	The Lost Tapes 2	Mass Appeal, Def Jam	Debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200
24	Yung Bans	Misunderstood	Freebandz[126]
26	Anybody Killa	Tampon Juice	Native World Inc.[127]
	Chance the Rapper	The Big Day	Self-released[128]	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Comethazine	Bawskee 3.5	Alamo, EMPIRE[129]	Debuted at No. 53 on the Billboard 200
	E-40	Practice Makes Paper	Heavy on the Grind[130]	Debuted at No. 65 on the Billboard 200
	NF	The Search	Capitol CMG, NF Real Music LLC	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Rich Brian	The Sailor	88rising	Debuted at No. 62 on the Billboard 200
	Spice 1	Platinum OG	Elder Entertainment[131]
	YBN Cordae	The Lost Boy	YBN Records, Atlantic Records[132]	Debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200
	BJ the Chicago Kid	1123	Motown[133]
	UBI	Under Bad Influence	Strange Music, RBC, Ingrooves
28	Big Que	The Madness Is Out EP	Madness Records

August

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
2	Lil Durk	Love Songs 4 the Streets 2	Alamo Records	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	Saint Dog	Bozo	Suburban Noize, Force 5 Records[134]
9	Blueface	Dirtbag	Cash Money Records	Debuted at No. 48 on the Billboard 200
	Murs and 9th Wonder	The Iliad is Dead and the Odyssey is Over	Self-released[135]
	Rick Ross	Port of Miami 2	Maybach Music, Epic	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
	Trippie Redd	!	Caroline, 10k	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	Ugly God	Bumps & Bruises	Asylum Records	Debuted at No. 46 on the Billboard 200
16	A$AP Ferg	Floor Seats	RCA[136]	Debuted at No. 50 on the Billboard 200
	Snoop Dogg	I Wanna Thank Me	Doggy Style, EMPIRE	Debuted at No. 76 on the Billboard 200
	Quality Control Music	Control the Streets, Volume 2	Quality Control Music, Motown, Capitol	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	Young Thug	So Much Fun	YSL Records, 300 Entertainment	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
20	Little Brother	May the Lord Watch	Imagine Nation Music, For Members Only, EMPIRE[137]
23	Brockhampton	Ginger	Question Everything, RCA	Debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
	Jeezy	TM104: The Legend of the Snowman	CTE, Def Jam Recordings	Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200
	Missy Elliott	Iconology	Atlantic	Debuted at No. 24 on the Billboard 200
	Obie Trice	The Fifth	Black Market Entertainment[138]
	Rapsody	Eve	Roc Nation	Debuted at No. 76 on the Billboard 200
	Trae tha Truth	Exhale	ABN, EMPIRE[139]
30	Alchemist	Yacht Rock 2	[140]
	Common	Let Love	Loma Vista	Debuted at No. 118 on the Billboard 200
	Kano	Hoodies All Summer	Parlophone, Bigger Picture Music	Debuted at No. 8 on the UK Albums Chart
	Joell Ortiz	Monday	Mello
	Lil Tecca	We Love You Tecca	Republic Records	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	Bones	KickingTheBucket	TeamSESH

September

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering Chart Position
4	IDK	Is He Real	Warner Music Group[141]
6	EarthGang	Mirrorland	Dreamville, Interscope, Spillage Village	Debuted at No. 40 on the Billboard 200
	Ghostface Killah	Ghostface Killahs	Music Generation Corp.[142]
	Post Malone	Hollywood's Bleeding	Republic[143]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Ras Kass	Soul on Ice 2	Mello Music Group
12	Bizzy Bone	Carbon Monoxide	Bizzy Bone
13	Young Noble	3rd Eye View	Outlaw Recordz
	JPEGMafia	All My Heroes Are Cornballs	EQT Records	Debuted at No. 105 on the Billboard 200
20	Skyzoo & Pete Rock	Retropolitan	Mello Music Group
24	Ryan Upchurch	Parachute	Redneck Nation	Debuted at No. 52 on the Billboard 200
27	Kevin Gates	I'm Him	Bread Winners' Association[144]	Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200
	DaBaby	Kirk	Billion Dollar Baby, Interscope[145]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	Pitbull	Libertad 548	Mr. 305 Records
	Young M.A	Herstory in the Making	M.A Music, 3D[146]	Debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200
	Joey Cool	Old Habits Die Hard	Strange Music, RBC, Ingrooves

October

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering Chart Position
4	Akon	El Negreeto	Akonik Label Group
	Compton's Most Wanted	Gangsta Bizness	Bluestamp Music Group[147]
	Danny Brown	U Know What I'm Sayin?	Warp[148]	Debuted at No. 134 on the Billboard 200
	Peewee Longway & Money Man	Long Money	Black Circle, MPA BandCamp, EMPIRE[149]	Debuted at No. 45 on the Billboard 200
	Radamiz	Nothing Changes If Nothing Changes	Payday, Ultra[150]
11	Curren$y, Trademark & Young Roddy	Plan of Attack	Babygrande[151]
	Lil' Kim	9	Queen Bee, eOne Music[152]
	Lil Tjay	True 2 Myself	Columbia	Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200
	Wale	Wow... That's Crazy	Maybach, Warner	Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	Al YoungBoy 2	Never Broke Again, Atlantic	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	YK Osiris	The Golden Child	Def Jam	Debuted at No. 90 on the Billboard 200
17	Homeboy Sandman	Dusty	Mello Music Group[153]
	Kool Keith	Computer Technology	Junkadelic Music[154]
18	BEAM	95	BE I AM, Epic[155]
	Black Moon	Rise of da Moon	[156]
	MAVI	Let The Sun Talk	MAVI
	Smoke DZA & Benny the Butcher	Statue of Limitations	RFC Music Group, Cinematic
	Clipping.	There Existed an Addiction to Blood	Sub Pop[157]
	G-Eazy	Scary Nights EP	RVG, BPG, RCA[158]	Debuted at No. 27 on the Billboard 200
	Gucci Mane	Woptober II	1017, Atlantic[159]	Debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200
25	Akon	Akonda	Akonik Label Group
	Kanye West	Jesus Is King	GOOD, Def Jam	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
31	Lil' Flip	The Art of Freestyle 2	Clover G, SoSouth

November

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering Chart Position
1	Earl Sweatshirt	Feet of Clay	Tan Cressida, Warner	Debuted at No. 102 on the Billboard 200
	Gang Starr	One of the Best Yet	To the Top, Gang Starr Enterprises	Debuted at No. 82 on the Billboard 200
	Stalley	Reflection of Self: The Head Trip	Nature Sounds
	Westside Gunn	Hitler Wears Hermes 7	Griselda Records, EMPIRE
	Yelawolf	Ghetto Cowboy	Slumerican	Debuted at No. 76 on the Billboard 200
	Brother Ali	Secrets & Escapes	Rhymesayers Entertainment
8	Dave East	Survival	From The Dirt, Mass Appeal, Def Jam	Debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200
	Doja Cat	Hot Pink	Kemosabe, RCA	Debuted at No. 93 on the Billboard 200
	Jacquees	King of R&B	Cash Money, Republic	Debuted at No. 20 on the Billboard 200
	Lil Mosey	Certified Hitmaker	Interscope Records	Debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200
	Maez301	Maez301	Strange Music, RBC, Ingrooves
15	Lil Peep	Everybody's Everything	Columbia	Debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200
	Styles P	Presence	The Phantom Entertainment LLC, EMPIRE
	Tory Lanez	Chixtape 5	Mad Love, Interscope	Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200
17	Frenzo Harami	Gundeh Paseh	Dubba Squad
22	03 Greedo & Kenny Beats	Netflix & Deal	Alamo, EMPIRE[160]
	Flipp Dinero	Love for Guala	We The Best, Cinematic, Epic[161]	Debuted at No. 132 on the Billboard 200
	Slaine	One Day	[162]
	Trippie Redd	A Love Letter to You 4	Caroline, TenThousand Projects	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	YNW Melly	Melly vs. Melvin	300[163]	Debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200
	24kGolden	DROPPED OUTTA COLLEGE	Columbia
28	Paul Wall & Statik Selektah	Give Thanks EP	Showoff
29	Blac Youngsta	Church on Sunday	Heavy Camp, Collective Music Group, Epic	Debuted at No. 91 on the Billboard 200
	Fabolous	Summertime Shootout 3: Coldest Summer Ever	Desert Storm, Def Jam	Debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200
	Rittz	Put a Crown on It	CNT Records[164]
	The Game	Born 2 Rap	Prolific Records, eOne[165]	Debuted at No. 19 on the Billboard 200
	Griselda	W.W.C.D. (What Would Chine Gun Do?)	Griselda Records, Shady, Interscope[166]
	Smoke DZA & Curren$y	Prestige Worldwide	RFC Music Group, Jet Life, Cinematic
	Lil' Flip	The Music Machine	GT Digital, Clover G
	Bones	IFeelLikeDirt	TeamSESH

December

Day	Artist(s)	Album	Record label(s)	Entering chart position
2	Roc Marciano	Marcielago	Marci Enterprises[167]
	Iggy Azalea	Wicked Lips	Bad Dreams, EMPIRE
6	Fat Joe & Dre	Family Ties	RNG, Terror Squad, EMPIRE[168]	Debuted at No. 81 on the Billboard 200
	French Montana	Montana	Coke Boys, Bad Boy, Epic	Debuted at No. 25 on the Billboard 200
	Max B	House Money	PhaseOne Network
	Roddy Ricch	Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial	Atlantic	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
	XXXTentacion	Bad Vibes Forever	Bad Vibes Forever, EMPIRE	Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200
10	Bizarre	Rufus	No Money Records[169]
11	Only The Family & Lil Durk	Family Over Everything	Only the Family, Alamo, Interscope	Debuted at No. 93 on the Billboard 200
13	Atmosphere	Whenever	[170]
	KXNG Crooked & Bronze Nazareth	Gravitas	Fat Beats, Holy Toledo Productions[171]
	KAYTRANADA	Bubba	KAYTRANADA, RCA[172]	Debuted at No. 56 on the Billboard 200
	Rich Homie Quan	Coma	[173]
	Robb Bank$	Road to Falconia	EMPIRE[174]
	Smokepurpp	Deadstar 2	Alamo, Interscope[175]	Debuted at No. 137 on the Billboard 200
	Stormzy	Heavy is the Head	#Merky Records[176]
	YFN Lucci	HIStory	Think It's A Game Entertainment, Warner	Debuted at No. 152 on the Billboard 200
	K-Rino	Mind Vision	Black Book International, SoSouth
18	Various artists	1800 Seconds Vol.2: Curated by Future	UnitedMasters[177]
20	Cam'ron	Purple Haze 2	Killa Entertainment[178]	Debuted at No. 180 on the Billboard 200
	Gucci Mane	East Atlanta Santa 3	Guwop, Atlantic[179]	Debuted at No. 68 on the Billboard 200
	Sean Price & Lil' Fame	Price of Fame	Duck Down Music[180]
	Too $hort	The Vault	Dangerous Music, EMPIRE[181]
	Curren$y	Back at Burnie's	Jet Life, EMPIRE[182]
23	Your Old Droog	Jewelry	Mongoloid Banks[183]
27	Travis Scott and JackBoys	JackBoys	Cactus Jack, Grand Hustle, Epic[184]	Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200

Highest-charting songs

Hip hop songs from any year which charted in the 2019 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100[185]

Song	Artist	Project	Peak position
"Circles"	Post Malone	Hollywood's Bleeding	1
"Highest in the Room"	Travis Scott	JackBoys
"Old Town Road"	Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus	7
"Sunflower"	Post Malone and Swae Lee	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
"Truth Hurts"	Lizzo	Cuz I Love You
"Wow."	Post Malone	Hollywood's Bleeding	2
"Good as Hell"	Lizzo	Coconut Oil	3
"Goodbyes"	Post Malone featuring Young Thug	Hollywood's Bleeding
"Please Me"	Cardi B and Bruno Mars	N/A
"Middle Child"	J. Cole	Revenge of the Dreamers III	4
"Ransom"	Lil Tecca	We Love You Tecca
"Roxanne"	Arizona Zervas	N/A
"Futsal Shuffle 2020"	Lil Uzi Vert	Eternal Atake	5
"Homicide"	Logic featuring Eminem	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
"Panini"	Lil Nas X	7
"Follow God"	Kanye West	Jesus Is King	7
"Money in the Grave"	Drake featuring Rick Ross	The Best in the World Pack
"Suge"	DaBaby	Baby on Baby
"Take What You Want"	Post Malone featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Travis Scott	Hollywood's Bleeding	8
"Thotiana"	Blueface	Famous Cryp
"Bandit"	Juice Wrld and YoungBoy Never Broke Again	N/A	10
"Bop"	DaBaby	Kirk	11
"Hot"	Young Thug featuring Gunna	So Much Fun
"Hot Girl Summer"	Megan Thee Stallion featuring Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla Sign	N/A
"Pop Out"	Polo G featuring Lil Tjay	Die a Legend
"A Lot"	21 Savage featuring J. Cole	I Am > I Was	12
"The London"	Young Thug featuring J. Cole and Travis Scott	So Much Fun
"Earfquake"	Tyler, the Creator	Igor	13
"Intro"	DaBaby	Kirk
"Money"	Cardi B	N/A
"Ballin'"	Mustard featuring Roddy Ricch	Perfect Ten	14
"Murder on My Mind"	YNW Melly	I Am You
"Hollywood's Bleeding"	Post Malone	Hollywood's Bleeding	15
"Enemies"	Post Malone featuring DaBaby		16
"Press"	Cardi B	N/A
"Woah"	Lil Baby	My Turn
"Closed on Sunday"	Kanye West	Jesus Is King	17
"Saint-Tropez"	Post Malone	Hollywood's Bleeding	18
"The Box"	Roddy Ricch	Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial
"Selah"	Kanye West	Jesus Is King	19
"Wish Wish"	DJ Khaled featuring Cardi B and 21 Savage	Father of Asahd
"Die for Me"	Post Malone featuring Future and Halsey	Hollywood's Bleeding	20
"Leave Me Alone"	Flipp Dinero	Love for Guala
"Megatron"	Nicki Minaj	N/A
"Baby"	Lil Baby and DaBaby	Control the Streets, Volume 2	21
"Higher"	DJ Khaled featuring Nipsey Hussle and John Legend	Father of Asahd
"My Type"	Saweetie	Icy
"Vibez"	DaBaby	Kirk
"On Chill"	Wale featuring Jeremih	Wow... That's Crazy	22
"On the Road"	Post Malone featuring Meek Mill and Lil Baby	Hollywood's Bleeding
"Rodeo"	Lil Nas X and Cardi B	7
"On God"	Kanye West	Jesus Is King	23
"Pure Water"	Mustard and Migos	Perfect Ten
"Act Up"	City Girls	Girl Code	26
"Racks in the Middle"	Nipsey Hussle featuring Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy	N/A
"Look Back at It"	A Boogie wit da Hoodie	Hoodie SZN	27
"Robbery"	Juice Wrld	Death Race for Love
"Sanguine Paradise"	Lil Uzi Vert	N/A	28
"Toes"	DaBaby featuring Lil Baby and Moneybagg Yo	Kirk
"A Thousand Bad Times"	Post Malone	Hollywood's Bleeding	29
"Legends"	Juice Wrld	Too Soon..
"Twerk"	City Girls featuring Cardi B	Girl Code
"Envy Me"	Calboy	Wildboy	31
"Bad Bad Bad"	Young Thug featuring Lil Baby	So Much Fun	32
"Everything We Need"	Kanye West featuring Ty Dolla Sign and Ant Clemons	Jesus Is King	33
"I'm Gonna Be"	Post Malone	Hollywood's Bleeding
"223's"	YNW Melly featuring 9lokkNine	Melly vs. Melvin	34
"Staring at the Sun"	Post Malone featuring SZA	Hollywood's Bleeding
"Omertà"	Drake	The Best in the World Pack	35
"Cash Shit"	Megan Thee Stallion featuring DaBaby	Fever	36
"Falling"	Trevor Daniel	Nicotine
"God Is"	Kanye West	Jesus Is King
"Shotta Flow"	NLE Choppa	Cottonwood
"Allergic"	Post Malone	Hollywood's Bleeding	37
"Camelot"	NLE Choppa	Top Shotta
"Use This Gospel"	Kanye West featuring Clipse and Kenny G	Jesus Is King
"Hear Me Calling"	Juice Wrld	Death Race for Love	38
"Keanu Reeves"	Logic	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
"Swervin"	A Boogie wit da Hoodie featuring 6ix9ine	Hoodie SZN
"Clout"	Offset featuring Cardi B	Father of 4	39
"Gold Roses"	Rick Ross featuring Drake	Port of Miami 2
"I"	Lil Skies	Shelby
"Backin' It Up"	Pardison Fontaine featuring Cardi B	Under8ed	40

Highest first-week consumption

List of albums with the highest first-week consumption (sales + streaming + track equivalent), as of December 2019 in the United States

Number	Album	Artist	1st-week consumption	1st-week position	Refs
1	Hollywood's Bleeding	Post Malone	489,000	1	[186]
2	Jesus Is King	Kanye West	264,000	1	[187]
3	Igor	Tyler, the Creator	165,000	1	[188]
4	Death Race for Love	Juice Wrld	165,000	1	[189]
5	Kirk	DaBaby	145,000	1	[190]
6	Father of Asahd	DJ Khaled	136,000	2	[188]
7	So Much Fun	Young Thug	131,000	1	[191]
8	The Search	NF	130,000	1	[192]
9	The Wizrd	Future	125,000	1	[193]
10	Revenge of the Dreamers III	Dreamville & J. Cole	115,000	1	[194]

Highest critically reviewed albums

Metacritic

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	Little Simz	Grey Area	91	15 reviews	[195]
2	Dave	Psychodrama	90	10 reviews	[196]
3	Rapsody	Eve	90	8 reviews	[197]
4	Freddie Gibbs & Madlib	Bandana	88	23 reviews	[198]
5	Little Brother	May the Lord Watch	86	5 reviews	[199]
6	JPEGMafia	All My Heroes Are Cornballs	85	14 reviews	[200]
7	Denzel Curry	Zuu	85	8 reviews	[201]
8	Lizzo	Cuz I Love You	84	24 reviews	[202]
9	Maxo Kream	Brandon Banks	84	5 reviews	[203]
10	Danny Brown	U Know What I'm Sayin?	83	21 reviews	[204]

AnyDecentMusic?

Number	Artist	Album	Average score	Number of reviews	Reference
1	Dave	Psychodrama	8.8	8 reviews	[205]
2	Little Simz	Grey Area	8.5	15 reviews	[206]
3	JPEGMafia	All My Heroes Are Cornballs	8.3	10 reviews	[207]
4	Freddie Gibbs & Madlib	Bandana	8.1	24 reviews	[208]
5	Kano	Hoodies All Summer	8.1	14 reviews	[209]

See also

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