R&B\/Hip-Hop Fresh Picks of the Week: Jane Handcock, Syd, Cash Cobain, Lil Yachty\u00a0&\u00a0More
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\n\tBetween Drake touching down in Lodown for a three-night takeover at Wireless Festival and Clipse successfully restoring that classic hip-hop feeling with their excellent new Let God Sort Em Out<\/a><\/em> album, hip-hop enjoyed quite a jam-packed weekend.<\/p>\n \n\tAs Drizzy reacted to “F\u2014k Kendrick” chants<\/a> at Wireless, Kung Fu Kenny played “Not Like Us” just a three-hour drive away at the latest stop of his and SZA’s Grand National Tour at Villa Park in Birmingham, England. Across his three<\/a> headlining<\/a> Wireless<\/a> sets, Drake brought out guests such as Vybz Kartel, Rema, Central Cee and Vanessa Carlton \u2014 and he also claimed that “nobody can out-rap London.”<\/a> Notably, that claim came just days after Skepta made good on his promise<\/a> to diss Joyner Lucas, so we’ll keep our eyes peeled for a U.S.-U.K. battle.<\/p>\n \n\tIn more touring news, Jay-Z once again joined Beyonc\u00e9 onstage at her Cowboy Carter Tour \u2014 this time, on her third consecutive sold-out night at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium. In addition to performing his classic “Crazy In Love” verse, the hip-hop legend also treated fans to a blazing performance of “Public Service Announcement” that once again stirred up whispers about him headlining next year’s Super Bowl halftime show.<\/p>\n \n\tOn the R&B side of things, Grammy-winner Coco Jones announced her engagement<\/a> to Cleveland Cavaliers shooting guard Donovan Mitchell, yet another sports-R&B union following Normani’s engagement<\/a> to Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf earlier this year. Justin Bieber also returned, dropping a Journals<\/em>-adjacent surprise album titled Swag<\/em> <\/a>featuring collaborations with Gunna, Sexyy Red and Cash Cobain.<\/p>\n \n\tWith Fresh Picks, Billboard<\/em> aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop \u2014 from Syd’s new banger to Cash Cobain’s song of the summer contender. Be sure to check out this week\u2019s Fresh Picks in our Spotify playlist below.<\/p>\n