Uncle Murda is back with his yearly tradition, dropping “Rap Up 2025” right on time on January 1. As expected, the record serves as a straight-up recap of some of the biggest and most talked-about moments in hip-hop over the past year.
Murda doesn’t hold back. He addresses Diddy’s sex trafficking trial and sentencing, along with Netflix’s viral 50 Cent-produced docuseries Sean Combs: The Reckoning. He also calls out Young Thug over his leaked prison phone calls, including audio where Thug allegedly speaks to authorities about Peewee Roscoe. As always, Murda keeps things blunt and direct, sticking to his signature no-filter approach.
Beyond that, the song touches on plenty of other headline moments. He references Cardi B’s ongoing tension with Nicki Minaj, Ja Rule getting jumped, and Blueface returning home from prison. The track moves quickly from topic to topic, making it feel like a rapid-fire timeline of 2025’s most viral and controversial hip-hop stories.
“Rap Up 2025” doesn’t aim to be subtle or polished. It’s meant to document the culture as it happened, rumors, chaos, and all. For fans of Uncle Murda’s annual breakdowns, this year’s edition delivers exactly what it promises: a loud, unapologetic summary of hip-hop’s wild year.