Ensembles designed to wow and confound are tossed to the side with the same zest and vigor that brought them together. The 29-year-old Atlanta rapper’s shifting sound and persona were first cultivated as a member of the Awful Records crew and later,

Sunday night at Rolling Loud at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood looked like the biggest night of Playboi Carti’s life. But for about 15 minutes in the middle of the set, his show nearly boiled over. On Friday,

Playboi Carti came to play with his new album Music. On Friday, the same day the rapper dropped his long-awaited third studio album, he also broke a Spotify record. The audio streaming giant shared on Saturday that Music became Spotify’s most-streamed album in a single day in 2025 so far.