GRAMMY®-winner and multi-platinum global superstar 21 Savage continues to solidify his case as one of the preeminent Hip Hop stars of his generation with the release of his fourth solo studio album, What Happened to the Streets?, the 14-track opus featuring guest contributions from Drake, Lil Baby, Young Nudy and more. The new set, announced on Monday via a world-stopping album trailer, includes production from Metro Boomin, with whom 21 Savage formed the GRAMMY®-winning ‘Savage Mode’ tandem, as well as Southside, Spiff Sinatra, COUPE, the legendary Zaytoven and more.
21 Savage took yet another unique approach to marketing his new album, allowing 2025 Art Basel to serve as a backdrop to his latest artistic venture: a creative partnership SLAWN, the world-renowned British-Nigerian visual artist. Together with Savage, SLAWN designed four one-of-a-kind album covers to accentuate the release of What Happened to the Streets? And toured them throughout Miami during Basel, making scene-stealing stops at PRIZM and SCOPE. The four covers are also set to serve as collectors items; each cover was printed as a vinyl, and 2,100 of each edition is available for fans to purchase here.
21 Savage, coming off consecutive chart-topping debuts atop the Billboard 200, delivers his fourth solo album. What Happened to the Streets? is available now. Stream it here.
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21 Savage, an Atlanta-bred superstar, has been notably selective with his public appearances, preferring to let the music speak to the ebbs and flows of his compelling career narrative. Last year’s American Dream, partially a response to Savage’s shocking treatment by ICE in an unexpected 2019 run-in, reestablished the rapper as one of Hip Hop’s most reliable hitmakers with tracks like “Red Rum,” the video for which emphasized the through-line spanning his domestic origins and UK upbringing in a never-before-seen reckoning with cultural identity.
What Happened to the Streets?, a similarly timely release, arrives at a pivotal time on Atlanta’s and Hip Hop culture’s political timeline. 21 Savage, who has served as a musical authority on the scene for the past decade-plus, finds himself in a position to offer a truly unique and unequivocal perspective on the culture that propelled him to RIAA® Diamond records, global recognition and superstardom. Fittingly, he is joined by Drake, with whom Savage released the platinum-selling Her Loss album in 2022, as well as a slew of star peers, like Lil Baby, Young Glorilla and Young Nudy, the latter of whom has been a close confidante and collaborator of Savage’s since his earnest early days as an unsigned artist.
21 Savage’s new music and message is as urgent as its suggests, and his ascent to superstardom has conferred him the opportunity to engage with the scene he has helped build from a truly authoritative standpoint. At midnight today, the next era of 21 Savage officially began.
StreamWhat Happened to the Streets?, the fourth album by 21 Savage, available today.
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