iimiTV Columnist
No Excuse
The flagship: the main headlines and the biggest stories
No Excuse is iimiTV's flagship columnist, filing from Toronto. He covers the biggest stories in hip hop and Canadian entertainment: the headline releases, the chart records, the moments that set the day's conversation. When a story leads the site, it runs under this byline.
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Latest Hip Hop News
LISA Releases Press Play EP
PRESS PLAY arrived on October 23 via LLOUD and RCA Records with six tracks including Tarantino, V12 and Cobra. Its lead single SaWaDiKa,
Oct 23, 2026
Audio
Jessie Reyez Releases Sovereign Land
Sovereign Land is out now with an official lyric video animated by Nagina (Nae) Lane, landing in the October 23 new music listings. It
Oct 23, 2026
Headlines
John Legend Releases Muse Album
Muse arrived on October 23 via Republic Records, produced in full by Pharrell Williams and recorded in Paris in January 2025. The 16 track
Oct 23, 2026
Latest Hip Hop News
Drake Releases Cold Shoulder Video
The standalone video for Cold Shoulder arrived on October 6, weeks after the song first surfaced in the FOMO film on September 15 and
Oct 23, 2026
Albums
Drake Take Care Essential Tracks Revisited
Take Care debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 631,000 first week copies despite leaking nine days early, and won Best Rap Album at
Oct 23, 2026
Albums
Jacques Greene Releases New Album jg
Montreal producer Jacques Greene returns with a concise new album and a second FADER Mix, recorded at home in Little Italy after club sets
Oct 23, 2026
New Hip Hop Tracks
Chlöe Taps Monaleo For Main Attraction Remix
The remix of the Resurrection fan favorite arrived October 16, 2026 through Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records, with Timbaland
Oct 23, 2026
Latest Hip Hop News
Yung Miami Releases Watch Dis
Watch Dis, released October 23, 2026, joins Spend Dat, which reached number 17 on the Hot 100, at the front of Yung Miami's 21-track debut
Oct 23, 2026
Albums
Quavo Releases Qromelife Album
Quavo released Qromelife on October 2, 2026, a 14 track album produced by Pharrell Williams with Offset, Future, Tyler The Creator and more.
Oct 23, 2026
Canadian Hip Hop Artists
Daniel Caesar Revisits Son Of Spergy
Daniel Caesar released Son Of Spergy on October 24, 2025, so the album reaches one year on October 24, 2026, with its father and faith
Oct 23, 2026
New Hip Hop Tracks
Megan Savage And Beyonce Remix Revisited
Released March 6, 2020 on Suga and remixed by Beyonce on April 29, 2020, Savage hit No. 1 on May 26, 2020, directed its proceeds to Bread
Oct 23, 2026
New Hip Hop Tracks
Nicki Minaj Super Bass Impact Revisited
A Pink Friday deluxe bonus track sent to radio April 5, 2011 after Taylor Swift rapped it on Nashville radio, Super Bass peaked at No. 3 on
Oct 22, 2026