Perhaps nobody in rap capitalized on the stillness brought upon by the COVID-19 pandemic than Moneybagg Yo. The CMG rapper posted four Hot 100 entries with the vengeful “Time Today” and the Debarge-sampling “Wockesha” powering his 2021 A Gangsta’s Pain album , which completed Bag’s transition to commercial stardom and gave him his first No. 1 project atop the Billboard 200.
Three years later, Moneybagg returned with his fifth studio album, Speak Now , released Friday (June 14). The 32-year-old feeds his core fan base with plenty of trap flossing, designer flexes and street motivation over thumping trap beats and hi-hats courtesy of Tay Keith, Turbo and more. See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I feel like I don’t got nothing else to prove,” Bag casually admits to Billboard during his visit to the Big Apple.
“I got all these plaques, I got success. I’m just letting them know I really do this. Don’t play.
” The Memphis stalwart does innovate on his latest LP too, which finds Bag getting more melodic testing out his vocal range while teaming up with Chris Brown for the infectious “Drunk Off U” [and there’s more where that came from]. He slides across the state to Nashville for the country-leaning “Whiskey Whiskey” featuring Morgan Wallen, a collab that was two-years-in-the-making. Bag’s an open book with his chiseled rhymes, delving into life experiences behind his Prada shades, like having Denzel Washington.
