How do you celebrate your first trip to Saint Lucia? If you’re Ella Mai, you do so by absolutely killing your World Beats set at this year’s Saint Lucia Jazz & Arts Festival.

Just a few weeks after playing a pair of sold-out South African shows, the Grammy-winning British R&B singer descended upon the Caribbean for another international date ahead of this summer’s Do You Still Love Me Tour. The nearly 40-date trek will visit major cities across the United States, Europe, and the U.K., with ascendant R&B singers Ama and Girlfriend joining as support acts.

Set to kick off on July 7 in Toronto, this new tour also marks Mai’s first such outing since welcoming her baby son with NBA star Jayson Tatum. As she deftly floated between day-one bangers (“She Don’t”), certified classics (“Boo’d Up) and never selections (“Somebody’s Son”), Ella’s forthcoming tour began to form right in front of the Saint Lucia Jazz crowd.

“This is the first time that we’re doing a production; we want to step it up a bit,” she tells Billboard backstage after her performance. “Most of my shows thus far have concentrated on vocals. And not that we won’t be vocal heavy — because we absolutely will — but, with this album, I wanted to immerse people in my world a little bit more. We’re gonna basically bring that to life on the tour, and I’m excited to get on stage and sing new music and have people sing it back to me. And even if they don’t sing it back to me, this new album means so much to me that being able to share it alone is going to be incredible.”

In February, Do You Still Love Me? debuted at N. 44 on the Billboard 200, reaching No. 14 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums thanks to the Adult R&B radio hits “Tell Her” (No. 26) and “Little Things” (No. 19). Executive produced by Mustard, the 14-track album marked the official follow-up to the “Trip” singer’s sophomore record, Heart of My Sleeve, which hit No. 15 on the all-genre Billboard 200.

R&B boasted a dominant presence at this year’s Saint Lucia Jazz & Arts Festival. In addition to Ella Mai, the island nation also enjoyed performances by Tems and Brandy & Monica, with more dancehall-leaning acts like Dexta Daps, D’yani and Valiant keeping R&B a foundational element of their sound. From last year’s R&B crossover hits like Leon Thomas’ “Mutt” and Kehlani’s “Folded” to buzzy new R&B projects this year from Durand Bernarr (BERNARR.) and Jai’Len Josey (Serial Romantic), the genre has been steadily regaining its footing in the streaming era — and Ella Mai is still rooting for it.

“It’s just such a great time for the genre, and it’s incredible to see since it gets so much [flak],” she says. “Nobody asks why today’s rock [music] doesn’t sound like the 90s. Every other genre, I feel, is allowed to evolve and become its own thing in its time. I get it — I love ’90s and 2000s R&B, and it’s nostalgic for us because we grew up on it, but there’s a real R&B resurgence going on right now. And it’s always been there, actually, you just might have to look a bit harder than usual.”

Eric Church spoke to the class of 2026 through song at UNC-Chapel Hill’s commencement ceremony on Saturday (May 10), where the country star gave an inspired keynote address and performance of “Carolina” for his fellow Tar Heels.

Pieces didn’t fall into place for the commencement speech Church delivered at Saturday’s ceremony at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill, N.C., until he wrote the way he knows best. Sunglasses on, instrument in hand, he looked out at the crowd celebrating more than 7,000 graduates and turned their commencement speech into the most sincere guitar lesson they’ll likely ever experience.

“I have torn up multiple speeches,” said Church, who’s twice topped the Billboard 200 albums chart, and had three No. 1s and two No. 2s on Top Country Albums. “I have thrown things. And in one of my fits of frustration, I sat down with a guitar. And I thought, man, who am I kidding. I need to figure out a way to do this with a guitar.”

To begin, the Granite Falls, N.C., native told the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s graduating class, “I want to start with a sound. You know this sound. It’s a guitar that’s out of tune — something that almost gets there, it tries, but doesn’t. Some ancient, honest part of your brain knows it immediately. You don’t need training to hear it. You just know. That sound is the sound of something beautiful that has not been tended to.”

Then the metaphor that carried Church’s commencement speech came in: “Six strings. When all six are in tune, the chords they make can stop a conversation cold, carry a broken person through the worst night of their life, or make a room full of strangers feel for three minutes like they’ve known each other forever. But if even one is off, the whole chord unravels. Not gradually, not politely. The moment you strike it you know. I believe your life runs on this principle.”

In the singer-songwriter’s address to students, the six strings of a guitar represented faith, family, heart, ambition and resilience, community, and one’s sense of self. Church spoke of each guitar string and its significance to the life they’d construct post-graduation, encouraging the class of 2026 — 4,453 undergraduates, 1,608 master’s and 981 doctoral degree students, 5,594 of which are North Carolina residents — to aspire to flourish while tending to their roots.

“I want you to want things. You should want things. The world has more than enough people standing at the edge of their own potential waiting for a permission slip that was never gonna arrive. Want the thing. Say it out loud. Build toward it with everything you have,” Church said.

But he cautioned, “Your generation faces a temptation no generation before has ever faced. The temptation to perform to everyone and belong to no one. To be globally visible and locally invisible. To have thousands of followers and no one knows actually where you live. Resist it. Plant yourself somewhere. Put down roots with the full intention of growing there. Learn the actual names, not usernames, of the people around you. Volunteer. Coach the team. Build the thing your community needs even if the internet will never see it.”

In another section of his commencement speech, he reminded the class, “You were made uniquely, wonderfully, distinctly. There’s a sound only you can make. A voice that has never existed before you and will never exist again. A contribution only you can bring. A way of seeing that belongs to only you. The world does not need another cover song. It needs an original.”

“Six strings,” Church said in his keynote address. “Six strings of light and willingness to keep them in tune. Six principles. Six pillars. When all six are in tune with each other, the chord your life makes is full and resonant and true. All six will drift. Not one or two. All six. In their own time, in their own season.”

He continued, “Your faith will go quiet when you need it loud. Your family will get complicated in a way only the people that love you most can complicate things. You will go through hard seasons with your spouse. Your ambition will hollow out and your resilience will wear thin. Your community will start to feel like an obligation, and your world will try to sand down the edges of exactly who you are.”

“This is not failure,” said Church. “This is not weakness. It’s the inevitable, universal experience of living in an imperfect world that doesn’t stop to let us tune up. And the difference between a life that sounds like music and a life that sounds like noise is whether you stop and listen. Whether you’re honest enough to hear which string has drifted out of tune, humble enough to make the adjustment instead of just turning up the volume and hoping nobody notices. Because you will notice. The part of you that knows what the chord should sound like will always notice. It will not let you go. Life won’t be right until it is tuned. Trust what your heart hears and is telling you about your song.”

Of course, an Eric Church commencement speech at a North Carolina school wouldn’t be complete without a performance of “Carolina,” the title track of his second studio album released in 2009. Church played the song on guitar as rows upon rows of new grads put their arms around one another and swayed.

Watch Church’s full commencement address to UNC-Chapel Hill’s class of 2026 below. He’s one of several artists invited to deliver keynote remarks at graduation ceremonies this year, including country peers Riley Green at Jacksonville State University and Luke Combs at Appalachian State University. In pop, Hilary Duff gave a commencement speech to Northeastern University’s 2026 class.

MUNA‘s new album Dancing on the Wall tops this week’s best new music poll.

Listeners voted in a poll published Friday (May 8) on Billboard, choosing the LA indie-pop trio’s new record as their favorite music release of the week.

Dancing on the Wall rose to the top in a week that also featured Charli xcx‘s hotly anticipated genre-pivot single “Rock Music,” new full-lengths from J Balvin and Ryan Castro, Lykke Li, Little Simz and The Chainsmokers, plus new singles from The Last Dinner Party, PJ Morton, Ashley McBryde and more.

The win marks a significant moment for MUNA, the trio of Katie Gavin, Naomi McPherson and Josette Maskin, who return with their third studio album on Saddest Factory Records — their first release since their breakout 2022 self-titled record. That album broke through to mainstream audiences on the strength of the Phoebe Bridgers collaboration “Silk Chiffon” and earned widespread critical acclaim. Dancing on the Wall finds the band continuing to evolve their signature brand of euphoric, emotionally direct indie pop, with the title track arriving as one of the year’s most immediate and danceable releases so far.

Meanwhile, the second-place finisher Charli xcx’s “Rock Music” marked a deliberate departure from the Brat-era sound that defined her 2024 commercial breakthrough.

“If I’d made another album that felt more dance-leaning, it would have felt really hard, really sad,” she told British Vogue in April. ahead of the single’s release. “What’s interesting for me is to bend the possibilities of what my perspective on that could be.” The single arrives ahead of a still-unannounced new album.

See the final results of this week’s poll below.

Dua Lipa filed a $15 million lawsuit against Samsung on Friday (May 8), alleging the company has continuously used her image and likeness to sell TVs without permission or compensation.

The complaint says the company “prominently featured” an unauthorized image of the pop star — of which she’s the registered copyright owner — on Samsung television boxes for retail sale in 2025-2026. It names copyright infringement, trademark infringement and violation of Dua Lipa’s right of publicity.

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP filed civil action documents on Friday with the United States District Court in the Central District of California, stating Dua Lipa became aware of Samsung using her image in June 2025 and at that time demanded the electronics company cease and desist. The law firm claimed, “Samsung has refused to comply with Ms. Lipa’s repeated demands that it cease and desist from infringing on her rights by the continued exploitation of the Infringing Products. Samsung’s response has been dismissive and callous, and the Infringing Products remain on the market to this day, still being sold throughout the country in ongoing acts of willful infringement.”

“Samsung’s willful and deliberate misconduct has caused, and continues to cause, substantial, manifest, and irreparable harm to Ms. Lipa, while enriching Samsung at her expense,” the complaint says. “By this lawsuit, Ms. Lipa seeks to bring Samsung’s conduct to a stop and to obtain damages for Samsung’s theft of her intellectual and personal identity assets.”

An image of Dua Lipa featured on a Samsung TV box is presented in the court docs; the plaintiff says it’s registered to the artist, who retains sole ownership of the copyright. The picture is described as one taken backstage at Austin City Limits in 2024.

Photos Dua Lipa fans have shared on social media of the Samsung product in question are also featured in the complaint. One fan post is quoted as saying, “I wasn’t even planning on buying a tv but I saw the box so I decided to get it.”

The lawsuit points out Dua Lipa’s commercial success in music, and that she’s previously earned revenue in exchange for approved usage of her image for campaigns in partnership with a variety of major brands: Puma, Versace, Yves Saint Laurent, Porsche, Apple, Chanel, Tiffany & Co., the 2026 Winter Olympics, Bvlgari and Nespresso.

Among Dua Lipa’s successes are two hit studio albums — 2020’s Future Nostalgia, which reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and 2024’s Radical Optimism, which launched at No. 2 — and three Grammy wins.

Caitlin Clark joined Morgan Wallen in his concert walkout in Indianapolis Saturday night (May 10), the second of two nights the country hitmaker played Lucas Oil Stadium on his 2026 Still the Problem Tour. Indiana Fever point guard Clark is the latest big name to help Wallen kick off crowd cheers at the start of his show, a concert tradition the singer started in 2023.

The WNBA star made an entrance with Wallen following Indiana Fever’s game against the Dallas Wings on Saturday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, just half a mile away from the stadium.

Indiana Fever saw a narrow loss, falling three points behind in the final score of 107-104. Clark was all smiles by the time she made it to Wallen’s nearby gig.

Wallen and Clark’s walkout can be seen in a video Wallen posted on Instagram on Sunday, and in additional fan-filmed footage the basketball pro shared on her stories. Wallen’s clip shows him shooting mini hoops backstage before walking alongside the actual athlete, whom he hugs before hurrying out to greet his fans. Dressed in denim, a crop top and a leather jacket, Clark looks confident hyping the audience while strutting out to the stadium floor with Wallen.

There was no special guest in Wallen’s walkout the previous evening at Lucas Oil Stadium.

He also went solo last weekend in Las Vegas — “Y’all got some flaky a— people in this town. I had like five different people lined up to do the walkout and they all bailed on me last minute,” he told the crowd at Allegiant Stadium — but last year’s I’m the Problem Tour and his previous One Night at a Time Tour both rounded up a long list of well-known walkout partners by the time each trek wrapped.

The Still the Problem Tour started recently and visits 11 cities total, with a pair of shows at each stop. Up next, Wallen — whose former No. 1 album, 2025’s I’m the Problem, still hangs onto the top 10 on the latest Billboard 200 nearly a year past its release, landing at No. 4 currently — heads to Gainesville, Fla., May 15-16. Ella Langley, who duets with Wallen on the new hit “I Can’t Love You Anymore,” which is already setting chart records, opened Saturday night’s show and is on the schedule for select upcoming dates.

See Clark’s walkout with Wallen in the video from Indianapolis below.

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Slipknot’s M. Shawn Crahan says he will need heart surgery after being diagnosed with a cardiac condition following the metal band’s recent tour.

The 56-year-old percussionist, better known as Clown, shared the news during an appearance on Rick Rubin’s Tetragrammaton podcast, which was posted to YouTube on May 7.

In the wide-ranging interview, Crahan — Slipknot’s sole remaining founding member — explained that he sought medical attention after not feeling well following the tour, where doctors discovered an issue with his heart’s electrical system.

“I have a skipping heart and I got to get a surgery,” Crahan told Rubin. “I found this out after my last tour. I went in, I wasn’t feeling good, and I went in and the nurse was trying to get an EKG thing going on and it just wasn’t happening. I kind of fell asleep and I woke up. I’m like, ‘Are you going to get this thing?’ And she’s like, ‘Oh, it’s not working.’ They thought I was having a heart attack right there. My heart skips and apparently I’ve taught myself to be like a cross-country runner.”

The musician said the condition affects his heart rate significantly, describing sudden drops that leave him feeling unwell.

“I’m overweight and my brain is so strong that it tells this stuff what to do,” he continued. “My standing heart rate at night is 43 and during the day I get down to 33. Hasn’t happened since I’ve been here with you, which is good, because I’ll go from ‘on,’ to just straight up I feel like I’m dying. I got to get a surgery. It’s a very easy surgery. You’re usually out on the same day. It’s not like they rip you open. This is something about the electricity.”

Clown also recalled briefly thinking he might need a pacemaker, joking that it could have been an easy way out of touring, but said his doctor instead told him it would likely improve his condition.

“I just I lost it. I was like, I can’t get out of this to save my life,” Crahan joked. “I’m like, there is nothing, not even my heart. It’s going to be better because of Slipknot.”

The percussionist added that he now has access to specialized medical care due to his career, and said doctors expect him to improve with treatment.

“I got a concierge doctor because I’m in Slipknot and I’m able to go to levels and they’re like, ‘No, you’re going to feel better. You better get in shape because you got to do more now at 56,’” he said. “And it’s just like I just can’t believe it, man, that this was me. It’s wonderful. I’m lucky.”

Check out Crahan full interview on Rubin’s Tetragrammaton podcast below.

Perched about 100 feet in the sky without a harness, Playboi Carti dangles atop a gothic staircase in front of over 60,000 fans locked in on his every move.

Rocking a Michael Jackson-esque outfit with a white dress shirt, leather pants and a YSL black suit jacket with tassels, which is accessorized in Carti fashion with star diamond earrings, piercings, a glistening chain, sunglasses and a du-rag, King Vamp is at home.

Carti returned to Rolling Loud Orlando to perform on Saturday night (May 9) for his record-breaking sixth headlining set. He took the stage around 10 p.m. ET as temperatures cooled off at the festival to “HBA,” which sent the Opium-favoring crowd into a frenzy.

Carti came out swinging with fan-favorites to kick off the set like “Pop Out,” “Evil J0rdan,” “Stop Breathing” and “Sky,” which led into the moshpits and chaos of “FE!N,” as plenty of pyrotechnics lit up the Under Armour Stage.

MUSIC topped the Billboard 200 upon its arrival in March of last year, and Carti’s album has remained on the album chart for all 59 weeks since being released.

It’s all about Opium this weekend at Rolling Loud, as Destroy Lonely and HXG performed ahead of Playboi Carti’s set, while Ken Carson is filling in for NBA YoungBoy as Sunday’s (May 10) headliner.

The Opium family reunited on stage as Carti stood alongside his mentees, which made for a heartwarming moment and a snapshot of who’s dominating rap when it comes to crews in 2026.

Playboi Carti reunites with Ken Carson and Destroy Lonely on stage at Rolling Loud Orlando. pic.twitter.com/fJxH0myCce

— billboard hip-hop/r&b (@billboardhiphop) May 10, 2026

Carson actually premiered a rage-filled unreleased track, which could be a taste of what’s to come on the Lord of Chaos’ The Xperiment album. Carti got back in the driver’s seat while running through “Rockstar Made,” “OPM BABI,” “K Pop” and “Like Weezy.”

A standout moment came when Carti took it back to the intro of his 2017 self-titled mixtape with “Location” and there would’ve been tremors that registered on the Richter scale if Lil Uzi Vert popped out for “Shoota.” At one point, Carti even took off his belt and began whipping the railing in between screeches.

While he never went to college, graduation was weighing heavily on the Atlanta rap titan’s mind throughout the set, as he shouted out those who graduated during this academic year a few times. “Congratulations, you made it, b—h,” he said while performing “Long Time.” “Congratulations to the class of 2026. Congratulations to everyone who graduated. You made it.”

As the 11 p.m. ET curfew neared, Carti insisted he would blow past that and deal with whatever financial consequences would come after. “I got too many songs, just do it. F—k the budget,” he relayed to DJ Swamp Izzo before leading into “Rather Lie.”

Playboi Carti says “F–k the budget” to keep the show going at Rolling Loud Orlando. pic.twitter.com/IfUjfDZwNo

— billboard hip-hop/r&b (@billboardhiphop) May 10, 2026

There weren’t many surprises in the 30-year-old’s set, but he shocked fans when performing the Vory-assisted “24 Songs.” The vulnerable track has traces to the top of the 2020s and leaked in full back in 2023.

Down the stretch, the set lost a bit of steam, as unpredictability can be a bit of a gift and a curse for King Vamp. He mustered up the energy needed to close out with “Crank” and stamp his king of Rolling Loud title, but it was DJ Swamp Izzo who had the last word and had fans’ ears perked up. “Baby Boi on the way,” he teased of Carti’s rumored upcoming project.

Carti vanished into the darkness around 11:15 p.m. ET.

6ix9ine is stirring up controversy once again, this time over comments about his girlfriend’s pregnancy.

The 30-year-old rapper (real name Daniel Hernandez, formerly known as Tekashi 6ix9ine) made the remarks during an unborn child’s gender reveal party, telling a group of streamers that the pregnancy would be terminated if the baby is a girl.

“If it’s not a boy, it’s an a-bor-tion,” 6ix9ine says in a clip from a livestream at the event, shared by TMZ.

The streamers — Adin Ross, Clavicular and N3ON — appear noticeably caught off guard, awkwardly laughing off the comment before 6ix9ine leads them over to his girlfriend, Aliday Alter. The streamers then ask Alter what gender she thinks the baby is, and she laughs, saying it’s a girl. 6ix9ine then doubles down on his abortion claims, saying she is in agreement.

“She’s down,” the rapper says. “She’s open-minded.”

Luckily, it was later revealed during the party that the couple is expecting a baby boy.

Alter first shared news of her pregnancy in April, posting a photo of herself on the beach in a cheetah print dress that showed off her baby bump. She and 6ix9ine have been dating for about a year, according to TMZ.

“My world is about to change,” she wrote on Instagram.

6ix9ine is already reportedly a father to a 12-year-old daughter with ex-girlfriend Sara Molina, as well as another daughter, 7, with Marlayna M.

In January, 6ix9ine turned himself in to begin a three-month sentence for violating the terms of his supervised release tied to his racketeering case. The Brooklyn native was found with cocaine and MDMA and also admitted to assaulting a man who allegedly taunted him about cooperating with authorities during a trip to a Florida mall.

Charli xcx can’t get her mind off of someone, and even humors the thought “maybe I could be gay,” on “I Keep On Thinking Bout You Every Single Day and Night,” a song added as the B-side of “Rock Music” on vinyl.

“I’m probably not,” she sings while cheekily pondering her sexuality on the new track, but adds, “I’ve always wondered if you were actually gay/ Or if that’s somеthing you just say for your career.”

Maybe Charli doesn’t want her unnamed muse, but wants to be her? “I Keep On Thinking Bout You Every Single Day and Night,” set to minimalist production and a fleeting 1:32 runtime — and a black-and-white video shot in Kyoto, Japan, on one handheld camera acting as voyeur to Charli sensually ascending a stairwell and rolling around a dance studio floor — opens with a lyric referencing experimental art of the mid-century French New Wave movement: “Maybe we could become each other/ Like somethin’ out of a Jacques Rivette movie or somethin’.”

Hazy as the root (and object) of her obsession is, Charli — who in her current real life is married to George Daniel of The 1975 — gets direct to the point, on repeat, by the chorus: “I keep thinkin’ ’bout you, every single day/ I keep thinkin’ ’bout you, еvery single night.”

The track was announced on Instagram on Saturday (May 8), the day after Charli debuted new single “Rock Music.” The artist posted it on @b.sides, her side account where she puts behind-the-scenes bits that don’t make it to main.

“i keep on thinking bout you every single day and night’ the b side to rock music. i went to kyoto for six weeks to shoot a film. while we were there, i made this video with aidan. only available on vinyl & here on b.sides. so rip the audio if you want it xx,” Charli wrote to fans via @b.sides on Saturday.

At press time, the just-listed “Rock Music” 7″ is sold out on Charli’s official webstore. The product page does offer the names of record stores in the U.S., U.K. and France receiving limited quantities of the vinyl release.

As it’s not available on any music streaming services, right now Charli’s “I Keep On Thinking Bout You Every Single Day and Night” can only officially be heard by watching her video on Instragram below.

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Five years after touching the Rolling Loud stage, Don Toliver returned as the headliner for night one of Rolling Loud Orlando on Friday (May 8).

Toliver used Rolling Loud as the launchpad for his anticipated Octane Tour, which will invade North American arenas into the summer.

A torrential downpour drenched Camping World Stadium’s fields about an hour before the Cactus Jack artist took the stage around 9:45 p.m. ET, which saw Toliver emerge from the smoke, tree foliage and plants that replaced EsDeeKid’s castle for a more Rainforest Cafe-themed set-up.

Rocking his usual dove white jacket with matching pants courtesy of designer Dingyun Zhang, Toliver debuted a new mask to open his set, which he ditched along with the jacket for an Octane Mountain T-shirt.

Sixty-thousand fans in Orlando were sent directly into a frenzy when the snappy synths of “E85” blared through the festival stage’s speakers to kick off the set. The Octane opener has remained inside the Billboard Hot 100’s top 40 (currently No. 35) since the album’s arrival in late January.

“Open that s—t up!” Toliver instructed the crowd ahead of “Opposite.” He turned the energy up a few notches as drinks flew through the air, while millennial and Gen-Z bodies collided in sweaty moshpits.

Don Toliver performs “Opposite” at Rolling Loud in Orlando. pic.twitter.com/jXmlB9TiM3

— billboard hip-hop/r&b (@billboardhiphop) May 9, 2026

Octane cuts “Call Back,” “Gemstone,” “ATM” and “Body” followed as fans belted lyrics back at Toliver. It’s a testament to the rap album of the year candidate’s staying power, which has remained inside the Billboard 200’s top 10 since January, while A-listers J. Cole and A$AP Rocky’s 2026 projects have departed from the top 100.

The Houston native took it back to fan-favorite cuts like “Cardigan” and his breakout assist on Astroworld‘s “Can’t Say” before delivering the surprise of the night when YEAT joined Toliver on stage. The frequent collaborators performed Octane‘s starry “Rendezvous” and YEAT enjoyed a solo moment with 2025’s “Comë n Go.”

Don Toliver brings out YEAT to perform “Rendezvous” at @RollingLoud Orlando. pic.twitter.com/VtN173aewG

— billboard hip-hop/r&b (@billboardhiphop) May 9, 2026

The slow burn of “No Pole” has turned into a catalog hit for Toliver, while he leaned into the Dr. Nefario memes that spawned from his 2024 Rolling Loud performance of “Too Many Nights,” as Don hit dance moves on stage that look more like Fortnite emotes.

The 31-year-old closed out with a strong run of greatest hits that included Internet Money’s “Lemonade,” “BANDIT” and Heaven or Hell‘s “After Party.” “I want you to sing this s—t with me. This the drive,” Toliver said, as he couldn’t leave without running back “E85,” which opened the high-energy set.

Don Toliver previews “E85” video to close out his Rolling Loud set. pic.twitter.com/BUgPVOUFP1

— billboard hip-hop/r&b (@billboardhiphop) May 9, 2026

Footage emerged earlier on Friday of Toliver being detained, and he closed the loop on that speculation by previewing the “E85” music video on the jumbotrons, which finds him getting arrested following a high-speed chase in his Porsche and in an interrogation room. The clip should receive an official release soon.

Rap’s A-list will need to make room for one more, as Don Toliver’s stellar first half of 2026 has cemented him as part of the crew. Toliver’s unique blend of psychedelic trap can’t be duplicated by anyone in hip-hop or R&B at the moment, and he might find even more peers he once looked up to in his rear-view mirrors.

The Octane Tour continues next week in Tulsa on May 12 and Toliver has a homecoming show in Houston on May 14.

Don Toliver’s complete Rolling Loud Orlando setlist:

“E85”

“OPPOSITE”

“CALL BACK”

“GEMSTONE”

“ATM”

“BODY”

“WHAT TO DO?”

“CARDIGAN”

“CAN’T SAY”

“SMOKE”

“TORE UP”

“RENDEZVOUS” (feat. YEAT)

“COME N GO” (YEAT solo)

“3AM”

“TIRAMISU”

“NO POLE”

“TOO MANY NIGHTS”

“LEMONADE”

“BANDIT”

“NEW DROP”

“FWU”

“AFTER PARTY”

“E85”