08.21.2026
Hurricane Wisdom Shares Scenes From His NYC Trip in “Major Payne” Music Video
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“Major Payne” is a Highlight from Hurricane’s Hit New Album Weathering The World, Out Now via Rebel/gamma.
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Debuting at #108 on the Most Recent Billboard 200 and Featuring Buzzing Singles with Chance The Rapper and Gunna, Weathering The World Continues to Establish the 2026 XXL Freshman as One of Rap’s Brightest Young Stars
Critical Praise:
Member of the 2026 XXL Freshman Class
“Wisdom, from Havana (a tiny suburb of Tallahassee), fuses the tropical bounce of Florida street rap with the tenderness in the ballads of Southern and Midwestern truth-tellers. And the instrumental—flickering percussion and scattered, Broward County steel drums, merged with slow-mo, almost G-funk synths—is both melancholic and upbeat at the same time. It’s all rounded out by Wisdom’s raspy melodies, as he seamlessly toggles between no-frills aggression and lilts that hit like a sunshower.” – Pitchfork
“The Havana native broke down the regional barriers of Tallahassee with the twitchy “Giannis” in August, which picked up momentum like the Milwaukee Bucks superstar on a fast break to close out 2024. Hurricane narrates his gritty come-up but also delivers witty one-liners making light of his situation. He compares guns to the size of Giannis Antetokounmpo and jokes about not being good at math, but keeping problem-solvers around – if you catch his drift.” – Billboard
The Announcement:
Hurricane Wisdom is quickly rising in the rap game with his indelible melodies and relatable flexes. The North Florida rapper shares scenes from his recent trip to NYC in the new video for “Major Payne,” a highlight from his new album, Weathering The World. Produced by Floridian sound architect DxnteMadeIt, “Major Payne” layers Hurricane’s tuneful rasps above a laid back instrumental, complete with contemplative pianos and 808 cowbells. The new music video delivers scenes from Hurricane’s trip to New York earlier this summer, following the young star as he moves from press outlets and DSPs to bodegas and block parties, soaking in the revelry of the New York Knicks’ championship run.
Debuting at #108 on the most recent Billboard 200, Weathering The World is home to “Barbie Doll,” a viral collaboration with Chance The Rapper, which racked up over 18 million global streams, reached Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Bubbling Under Hot 100 charts, and is currently sits the Top 20 on Urban Radio, with over 160 adds in the past week alone. The album is currently being buoyed by “YK Where It’s Goin,” a fiery collaboration with Gunna, which has become one of the summer’s most viral hip-hop tracks, with over 25k Shazams in its first four 4 days and a peak at #23 on Apple Music’s Atlanta chart. Home to hit singles like “Over Now” (24 million worldwide streams) the Afrobeats-inflected “Living Up” (performed earlier this year on COLORS), and “My Life” (21 million worldwide streams), Weathering The World peaked at #7 on Apple Music’s All-Genre Albums charts (and at #4 on Apple Music’s Hip-Hop Albums Chart), and songs from the album have racked up over 100 million streams to date. Weathering The World is available on all platforms via Rebel/gamma.
Hurricane Wisdom keeps up his red hot late summer run, announcing the “Weathering The World Tour,” launching this October. The upcoming tour will feature music from the North Florida rapper’s brand new album, Weathering The World, available now via Rebel/gamma. Kicking off on October 7th in Houston, the 20-date headlining tour makes stops in major markets across the nation, including Atlanta, New York, and Chicago, plus home state markets Tampa and Miami, before concluding in Los Angeles on November 22nd. Pre-sale tickets for the “Weathering The World Tour” launch on Tuesday, August 18th, with general tickets going onsale later this week.
Listen to Weathering The World HERE
Weathering The World continues to establish Hurricane’s status as one of the hottest young rappers in the world. In June, Hurricane was honored as a member of the 2026 XXL Freshman Class. Wisdom also earned Artist To Watch honors from Spotify and Complex at the beginning of 2026. The new album follows up last year’s Perfect Storm and Perfect Storm: Sorry 4 The Rain, each of which charted on the Billboard 200 and racked up hundreds of millions of streams, with hits like “Drugs Callin” (and its Lil Baby-featuring remix) and “Woosah” leading the way. Earlier this week, Hurricane announced his 20-date nationwide headlining “Weathering The World Tour,” launching this October.
Keeping the pressure on as he thunders his way to the top of the rap game, Hurricane Wisdom is making a Category 5 impact on the industry. Sit back and watch him make landfall.
Watch “Major Payne”: https://youtu.be/coxcO9NqCtk?si=B9ia7i0TLLNL5eqL
Keep up with Hurricane Wisdom: https://linktr.ee/HurricaneWisdom
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- Lately
- Enough
- Get Up
- YK Where It’s Goin ft. Gunna
- Living Up
- All On You
- Wrong Place
- Everything Wrong
- Senile
- Barbie Doll ft. Chance The Rapper
- All Of It
- Major Payne
- Running
- NASCAR Life
- Dangerous
- Swae
- Over Now
- The End
- My Life (Bonus Track)
The Background:
About Hurricane Wisdom:
Hurricane Wisdom had an outstanding 2025, during which he established himself as one of rap music’s most-exciting rising stars. After elevating in Summer 2024 with “Giannis” (over 60 million streams across platforms), named one of the best songs of that year by Pitchfork, Hurricane boosted his profile with two high-quality projects in 2025. In February, Hurricane dropped Perfect Storm. Home to “Giannis” (Remix) ft. Polo G, and additional hits like “Drugs Callin” and “On God” ft. Raq Baby, Perfect Storm charted on the Billboard 200 for three weeks (#126 peak).
Later in the year, Hurricane kept his streak going with Perfect Storm: Sorry 4 The Rain. More than a deluxe, Perfect Storm: Sorry 4 The Rain brings 17 original songs, not yet collected on any project, landing multiple weeks on the Billboard 200 with a peak of #54, debuting in the Top Ten of Billboard’s Top Independent Albums chart and at #16 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The success of Sorry 4 The Rain was driven by a high-wattage remix to Hurricane’s viral hit “Drugs Callin,” featuring Lil Baby. Updating Future’s classic “Perkys Callin'” for a new era, “Drugs Callin” racked up over 50 million streams across platforms, while the remix music video reached #1 on YouTube’s Trending Chart. Complex placed “Drugs Callin” (Remix) at #36 on their list of 2025’s 50 Best Songs, and at #23 on their list of 2025’s 30 Best Rap Songs. At the end of the year, Audiomack revealed that “Drugs Callin'” was the most-streamed rap song on the platform in 2025, with Hurricane’s “Need Me” following suit at #4.
When Perfect Storm: Sorry 4 The Rain made landfall, Hurricane Wisdom’s hotness became undeniable. He performed “Rich Dropout” as his Lyrical Lemonade’s Lunch Break Freestyle (2.1 million views), and made a standout appearance during On The Radar’s 2nd All-Star Cypher. In early 2026, the young rapper recently wrapped his “Perfect Storm: No Umbrellas Tour,” a headlining tour featuring several sold out dates.
Photo credit: Aidan Cullen
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Find dates and buy tickets for “Weathering The World Tour”: https://hurricanewisdommusic.com/pages/tour
“Running”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brE0aTefME4
Weathering The World: https://openshift.vyd.co/HurricaneWisdomWeatheringTheWorld
“YK Where It’s Goin” ft. Gunna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brE0aTefME4
“Barbie Doll” ft. Chance The Rapper: https://rebelmusic-gamma.lnk.to/BarbieDoll / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POEtNqTuB48
“Enough”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjjOXKDXLm0
“LIVING UP”: https://youtu.be/PqGOGvv-X5U
“Dangerous”: https://openshift.vyd.co/HurricaneWisdomDangerous
Perfect Storm: Sorry 4 The Rain: https://openshift.vyd.co/PerfectStormSorry4TheRain
“Drugs Callin” (Remix) ft. Lil Baby: https://openshift.vyd.co/DrugsCallinRemix
Perfect Storm: https://openshift.vyd.co/PerfectStorm
“Giannis”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5JaOnul46A