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Although Travis Scott works with a wide array of producers, he maintains a much smaller circle of collaborators whose hands touch nearly every track. Alongside Mike Dean is 32-year-old CA$HPASSION, aka Jimmy Cash. The California native has been Travis' go-to recording engineer since the Owl Pharaoh days, and has seen the Houston rapper grow from an exciting upstart to one of hip-hop’s biggest names.

On today’s episode of Verified, which premiered exclusively on Apple Music, Irish singer-songwriter Dermot Kennedy explains what inspired his hit single, “Outnumbered.” The track is produced by KOZ and appears on his recent debut album Without Fear.

On Sunday night, Drake made a return appearance on Joe Budden’s Instagram Live. After Drake promised to do an interview with the TV show and podcast host for his upcoming album, the Toronto rapper addressed his recent song leaks.

Today is the 32-year anniversary of Tracy Chapman’s self-titled debut album, which spawned songs that still resonate today like “Fast Car” and the unofficial Bernie Sanders anthem “Talkin' ‘bout a Revolution.” Although the album was a huge success, it almost never came out because Chapman had always figured no major label would ever be interested in her socially conscious music.

Paramore’s self-titled 2013 album celebrates its seventh anniversary on April 5. The project’s fourth single, “Ain’t It Fun,” remains the group’s highest-charting Billboard Hot 100 hit and features sarcastic lyrics that resonated with fans learning to deal with adulthood. In multiple interviews, frontwoman Hayley Williams explained that she wrote the song as a motivational letter to herself to step out of her comfort zone.

The music world is still mourning the loss of legendary singer-songwriter Bill Withers, who died earlier this week. While fans revisited his classic songs like “Lean On Me” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” there are some stories about the soul singer that fans may not know. One memorable tale is how his label, the now-defunct Sussex Records, once bought him a golden toilet seat.

Yesterday, Frank Ocean finally gave his fans new music with a pair of singles, “Cayendo” and “Dear April.” The covers for the streaming versions of the tracks contain silhouettes that weren’t on the artwork of the original vinyl presses.

Cash Money’s rolodex of hits is deep, and includes classic tracks from the likes of Lil Wayne, Birdman, Turk, Juvenile, and more. Today, the storied rap label shared instrumental tracks for some of its biggest hits.

On Wednesday, DaBaby released his latest single, “Find My Way,” featuring production by his frequent collaborator DJ K.i.D. Redditors quickly recognized the beat features a continuous guitar loop that’s also used by Marshmello on “FRIENDS,” the EDM producer’s hit 2018 collaboration with Anne-Marie.

Every day, millions of music fans come to Genius to find the deeper meaning behind the lyrics of their favorite artists, from rappers to pop singers to country stars. Our Top Songs Chart reflects what the world is listening to all day, every day. In 2020, we’re continuing to crunch numbers and compile the Month in Lyrics to show what music is catching fans' eyes and ears the most.

The 1975 has released the sixth promotional single from its fourth studio album, Notes On A Conditional Form. The track, cryptically titled “Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America,” is a heartfelt acoustic ballad addressing LGBTQ issues.

On today’s episode of Verified, which premiered exclusively on Apple Music, Brooklyn drill pioneer 22Gz returns to the series to break down the meaning of “Suburban Pt. 2.” The track was produced by Ghosty and is 22Gz’s first solo hit to pass 100K song page views on Genius.

Today, rising St. Petersburg, Fla. rapper Rod Wave released his second studio album, Pray 4 Love. In an interview with Complex, he opened up about the recording process for the project while also revealing it was made “in about a month.”

Five years after the release of Another Eternity, Canadian electronic duo Purity Ring is back with its latest album, WOMB. The 10-track album includes recent singles like “pink lightning” and “stardew.” Production on the project is handled by group members Megan James and Corin Roddick.

Drake’s new single, “Toosie Slide,” arrived on Friday as a solo track, but it almost had a big-name feature on it. Atlanta’s Lil Baby revealed on Instagram that Drake asked him to be on the song last month, but Baby forgot to send a verse.

Future’s 2015 mixtape, Beast Mode, is now available on all streaming platforms. He released it as part of a legendary run of projects kicking off with Monster, which the Atlanta rapper brought to streaming services for the first time in October 2019.

Bill Withers, the ‘70s soul singer behind classics like “Lean On Me” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” died from heart complications in Los Angeles, according to a statement his family released to the Associated Press. Withers was 81.

Days after vinyl copies of his songs arrived at fans' doorsteps, Frank Ocean released his new singles, “Cayendo” and “Dear April,” on streaming services. Although the vinyls feature both acoustic and remixed versions of the songs, only the latter are currently available on streaming.

Rod Wave just released his new album, Pray 4 Love. It follows a breakout 2019 during which he released two projects, PTSD and Ghetto Gospel. The latter effort is executive produced by Kevin Gates.

After popular dancers Ayo & Teo and Toosie first teased the song a few days back, Drake’s new single, “Toosie Slide,” has arrived. The track is produced by OZ, who previously worked with Drake on songs like “U With Me?” and “Omertà.”

Rod Wave just released his new album, Pray 4 Love. It follows a breakout 2019 during which he released two projects, PTSD and Ghetto Gospel. The latter effort is executive produced by Kevin Gates.

Los Angeles bassist and singer-songwriter Thundercat returns today with his fourth album, It Is What It Is. The 15-track project includes appearances from Childish Gambino, Steve Lacy, Flying Lotus, Ty Dolla $ign, Lil B, comedian Zack Fox, and more. It’s his first album since 2017’s Drunk.

Sam Hunt became one of country’s hottest stars in 2014 with the release of his debut album, Montevallo, but it’s taken him six years to ready a follow-up. Today, he finally returns with his sophomore effort, SOUTHSIDE.

Baltimore’s All Time Low is back with its eighth studio album, Wake Up, Sunshine. The band collaborated with ​blackbear on “Monsters” and The Band CAMINO on “Favorite Place.”

Bad Bunny is arguably one of the biggest musical acts on the planet and continued his run with the latest video for his song, “Yo Perreo Sola,” or “I Twerk Alone.” The fifth track off of his sophomore album, YHLQMDLG, it is an anthem for women who go to the club on their own just to dance for themselves. Genius News also spoke to the guest artist Nesi for her take on being featured.

After several days of teasing the track online, Young Thug, Gunna, and producer Turbo released their new song, “QUARANTINE CLEAN,” today. The track references the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the self-isolation measures that millions of people across the world are taking in order to slow the spread of the disease.

Brooklyn rapper 6ix9ine is out of prison several months early, Inner City Press reports. The embattled MC has been locked up since he was arrested in late 2018 for his role in a variety of gang-related crimes, and received a 24-month prison sentence in December 2019.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, many festivals and tours have either been cancelled or postponed indefinitely. During a FaceTime interview with Big Boy’s Neighborhood, Young Thug revealed he stands to lose millions if his shows get cancelled through the end of June. On top of that, he feels obligated to spend more money to keep his family comfortable during the quarantine.

Lil Yachty’s latest single, “Oprah’s Bank Account,” unites him with the star power of Drake and DaBaby, and finds him playing none other than the famous talk show host herself in the music video. In a new interview with The Associated Press, Oprah Winfrey gave the track her official cosign.

Guapdad 4000 has stayed busy during the coronavirus pandemic by hosting a weekly Rona Raps cypher series. For this week’s episode, the Oakland rapper linked up with Denzel Curry and Wiz Khalifa to spit bars over Luniz’s 1995 classic, “I Got 5 on It.”

Hailing from Argentina, KHEA has become one of the hottest young stars in South America’s trap scene. On today’s episode of Verified, which premiered exclusively on Apple Music, KHEA breaks down the meaning of his hit song, “Loca,” which features Cazzu and Duki.

Each month, the Genius Community collaborates on a comprehensive calendar of every new EP, mixtape, and album dropping throughout the month. The calendar features projects from all genres and gives Genius contributors a heads up about what releases they can help transcribe and annotate to earn IQ and share music knowledge with the world.

Danny Brown and Ab-Soul have worked together on popular tracks like “Terrorist Threats” and “Really Doe,” but it seems the latter song marked a turning point in their relationship. The Atrocity Exhibition posse cut features Ab-Soul, Kendrick Lamar, and Earl Sweatshirt, but Danny explained in a recent Twitch stream that Ab-Soul got upset after discovering that the track wasn’t just the two of them.

Scott Storch and Mannie Fresh are the latest producers to participate in Timbaland and Swizz Beatz’s Instagram Live battle series. Fresh steps in as a replacement for T-Pain, who was originally selected to battle Storch.

Memphis, Tenn. rapper NLE Choppa spoke with Genius News to break down his song with Roddy Ricch, “Walk Em Down.” Choppa mentioned how the collaboration came together relatively quickly, saying that Ricch laid a verse down the same night he asked him to be on the record. Choppa is home right now and is just focusing on prepping his debut album, Top Shotta.

Late last month, Drakeo the Ruler was denied bail as his latest trial was put on hold amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the California rapper will continue to sit in prison while awaiting trial for charges of criminal gang conspiracy and shooting from a motor vehicle where he could get 25 to life if found guilty, he is still releasing music. Earlier this week, Drakeo released “Ion Rap Beef (Remix)” with Earl Sweatshirt and 03 Greedo.