If it wasn't already an NBA YoungBoy takeover in 2025, it sure is now. In just four weeks the Louisiana product will be coming back with a brand-new album. Specifically, it will arrive on July 4, according to the Instagram Story post from the rapper himself.
"Album July 4," YB wrote in big bold lettering. Unfortunately, we don't really have many details outside of the release date. A tracklist, potential features, nor an album cover are available. However, we do have a few singles from NBA YoungBoy as of May 6 that could maybe make the cut.
Those include, "Where I Been," which he dropped just two months after his release from prison. Then, there's "Shot Callin," followed by a two pack of "Top Tingz" and "Finest" that he shared on May 23. But again, we don't have any tracklist yet so who knows what YB is going to do with these records.
But regardless though, this is exciting news for NBA YoungBoy fans and they are letting their happiness out on social media. "Make America Slime Again," one fan writes. "This sh*t finna be sick I’m ready for it ??" another adds.
Going back to that "Make America Slime Again," though that's the name of the prolific MCs next tour. He announced his first-ever headlining trek in the middle of last month and it begins on September 1. However, with this being a monumental moment for his devoted fan base, he decided to add a healthy number of extra dates.
13 were added, to be exact, with a majority of them being in October and early November. Tickets already went on sale, doing so on the 4th of June and extending into the 6th.
But even though the fans are pumped, YB arguably may be even more so. "Get ready the tour, the album, and top says he coming back for wats his.... Labels saying the rap game is down. It's dead.. rapper streams ain't like they use to be. We finna show y'all different!"
10cc drummer Paul Burgess has announced that he is leaving the band because the demands of touring have become too much for him.
The 75-year-old musician, who also spent time performing with Jethro Tull, Camel, Magna Carta, and The Icicle Works, has chosen to walk away from the legendary rock group after more than five decades.
He shared: “After so many wonderful years with 10cc, I must admit that the rigours of touring are no longer manageable for me as I get older, and I feel it’s time to let go of the long hours in airports and endless travel on buses.
“I’m not planning to stop playing altogether. I will still perform but at a pace that feels right, working alongside old friends and a new group of fellow musicians called The Guilty Men.”
Frontman Graham Gouldman confessed that it will feel unusual to perform without his “longest-running musical associate.”
He explained: “When Paul and I first joined forces in 10cc, we never could have imagined that we’d still be at it after 30 years, let alone 52.
“Paul has been my longest musical partner and it will feel different to turn around and see another drummer, but I completely understand why he no longer wants to sit on a plane for 14 hours or wake up in a new hotel every day for weeks at a time.”
Ben Stone, who has previously played with Mike and The Mechanics and Bonnie Tyler, will be taking over on drums.
Paul, who had several runs with 10cc after joining in 1973, performed his final show with the I’m Not In Love band in Alexandria, Virginia this past September.
The group is set to continue their And Another Bloody Greatest Hits Tour in the UK next year.
