Twenty minutes later, the show was back on, with the Weeknd crooning “Rather Lie” and “Timeless” surrounded by Carti’s Opium crew while pyro and chugging guitars flared around them. Carti fans come for the chaos — is the rest of the music industry ready for him on the A-list?

Playboi Carti explosively shut down the final night of Rolling Loud on Sunday (March 16), bringing out The Weeknd for a jaw-dropping closing set. Following the blockbuster release of his highly anticipated new album Music on Friday (March 14),

Playboi Carti brought out the Weeknd, Skepta and others to perform with him during his headlining set closing out the Rolling Loud California festival.

Playboi Carti showed some love to Kim Kardashian‘s Skims on his new Music album, and the shapewear brand shout-out made it onto the reality mogul's radar. Kardashian returned the favor by reposting Carti's "Fine Sh–" lyrics to her Instagram Story on Monday (March 17).

Playboi Carti came to play with his new album Music. On Friday, the same day the rapper dropped his long-awaited third studio album, he also broke a Spotify record. The audio streaming giant shared on Saturday that Music became Spotify’s most-streamed album in a single day in 2025 so far.

Playboi Carti's new album MUSIC is set to make a huge debut judging from the first week projections for the insanely hyped project. As reported by Hits Daily Double, Carti's third studio album is set to finish its first week of availability with 250,