{"id":2247855,"date":"2026-01-23T23:52:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T23:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2247855"},"modified":"2026-01-23T23:52:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T23:52:34","slug":"new-music-friday-ari-lennox-rza-wiz-khalifa-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-music-friday-ari-lennox-rza-wiz-khalifa-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Friday: Ari Lennox, RZA, Wiz Khalifa and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>The countdown is officially over. <strong>Ari Lennox<\/strong> has released her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/arilennox.lnk.to\/Vacancy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new album, <em>Vacancy<\/em><\/a>, featuring previously released singles \u201cUnder the Moon,\u201d \u201cVacancy\u201d and \u201cTwin Flame.\u201d <strong>Buju Banton<\/strong> is the sole feature on the project, which marks her first since 2022 and her departure from Dreamville Records. She cowrote every track on the album.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RZA<\/strong> teamed with his son <strong>Rakeem<\/strong> to write \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0GJ7NXGQ6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Like a Drum<\/a>,\u201d which will be featured\u00a0in Amazon MGM Studios\u2019 upcoming action comedy\u00a0<em>The Wrecking Crew\u00a0<\/em>starring <strong>Dave Bautista<\/strong> and <strong>Jason Momoa<\/strong>.\u00a0\u201cWorking alongside my son, we focused on creating a song that reflects the film\u2019s energy and soul, while allowing the music to stand on its own as a character in the story,\u201d RZA says in a statement. The song is exclusively on Amazon Music. <em>The Wrecking Crew<\/em> premieres on Jan. 28.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Missy \u201cMisdemeanor\u201d Elliott<\/strong> joined group <strong>GIRLSET<\/strong> to add her flair to a song that sounds much like her name. She appears on the remix to\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/girlset.lnk.to\/littlemissdemeanor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cLittle Miss (Misdemeanor)<\/a>,\u201d which she\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DT247iYAMSB\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">seen performing <\/a>in\u00a0an Instagram post.<\/p>\n<p>Dancehall artist <strong>Spice<\/strong> is in her \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/onerpm.link\/softgirlera?utm_source=ig&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=link_in_bio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soft Girl Era<\/a>,\u201d according to her new song and its accompanying video. \u201cWith \u2018Soft Girl Era,\u2019 I wanted to show that confidence can be soft, sultry, and unapologetic all at once,\u201d she says in a statement. \u201cThis video is me celebrating how far I\u2019ve come, living lavishly, and inspiring others to do the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wiz Khalifa<\/strong>\u00a0has\u00a0dropped \u201cToo Blessed to Be Stressed,\u201d which will appear in the new film <em>Moses the Black, <\/em>out on Jan. 30.\u00a0Wiz\u00a0executive produced the soundtrack and stars in the film alongside <strong>Omar Epps<\/strong>, <strong>Quavo<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Chukwudi Iwuji<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Other releases:<br \/><strong>idk<\/strong>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/0CfaDINhy5bFTz9UwM7WAF?go=1&amp;sp_cid=758fec5b03e8dabae8538bf991d286a5&amp;utm_source=embed_player_p&amp;utm_medium=desktop&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=9cb1e91235844907\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>e.t.s.d. A Mixtape by .idk.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Roc Marciano<\/strong>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/3InmPui8pj47JAOOu1e4GR?go=1&amp;sp_cid=758fec5b03e8dabae8538bf991d286a5&amp;utm_source=embed_player_p&amp;utm_medium=desktop&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=7d0682bb97664f56\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>656<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>42 Dugg<\/strong>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/2wboAwulksF118O1TkNeBc?go=1&amp;sp_cid=758fec5b03e8dabae8538bf991d286a5&amp;utm_source=embed_player_p&amp;utm_medium=desktop&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=e3ab291e29784e36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Part 3<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Curren$y<\/strong>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/0S7qU7CD0Q0NZYppMzCStR?go=1&amp;sp_cid=758fec5b03e8dabae8538bf991d286a5&amp;utm_source=embed_player_p&amp;utm_medium=desktop&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=92eb303036fd452f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Everywhere You Look<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rich the Kid<\/strong>, <strong>DDG<\/strong> and <strong>Blueface<\/strong>, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i-V04QhkUoQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vibes<\/a>\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source thebeat951.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The countdown is officially over. Ari Lennox has released her new album, Vacancy, featuring previously released singles \u201cUnder the Moon,\u201d \u201cVacancy\u201d and \u201cTwin Flame.\u201d Buju Banton is the sole feature on the project, which marks her first since 2022 and her departure from Dreamville Records. She cowrote every track on the album. RZA teamed with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2247856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2247855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/New-Music-Friday-Ari-Lennox-RZA-Wiz-Khalifa-and-more.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2247855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2247857,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247855\/revisions\/2247857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2247856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2247855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2247855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2247855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}