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
With over 1 billion streams to date and a fanbase that grows by the day, Hurricane Wisdom is taking over the game with his signature strand of melodic hip-hop. Pushing his vocals to new limits and refining his songwriting to a new level of clarity, the 25-year-old Florida native and 2026 XXL Freshman levels up with Weathering The World, his new album, available on all platforms via Rebel/gamma.
The album follows in the wake of “Barbie Doll,” a viral collaboration with Chance The Rapper, which racked up over 15 million global streams, reached Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Bubbling Under Hot 100 charts, and is currently approaching the Top 20 on Urban Radio. The 18-track album gives a home to buzzing singles like Over Now” (5.9 million views), “Dangerous” (3.7 million views), and “Enough (2.4 million views), alongside more than a dozen new highlights that show off Hurricane’s singular melodic sensibilities. Hurricane demonstrates the new arrows in his quiver right away, layering harmonies atop triumphant horns on opening track “Lately,” closing the track in a capella with an inspiring vocal riff. Hurricane shows his range with the Afrobeats anthem “LIVING UP,” which dropped earlier this year with a Lagos-set video, continuing this summer with a show-stopping performance on COLORS. Packed with inspiring instrumentals, Weathering The World was created with assistance from producers like TNTxD, Gentle Beatz, DxnteMadeIt, and many others.
Hurricane welcomes one of his most high-profile collaborators to date, enlisting Gunna to bless album highlight “YK Where It’s Goin,” for which Hurricane released a brand new music video. Over a swirling instrumental by Gentle Beatz, Hurricane unfurls melodic flexes while working the higher end of his vocal register, his angelic voice hypnotizing as he unleashes flex after flex. Recognizing the young rapper’s talent, Gunna follows Hurricane’s example, entering a flow state of triplets to complement Hurricane’s soaring cadences. In the video, Hurricane and Gunna meet for some high-class activities, as they smoke stogies in a penthouse and take to the high seas in a shiny white yacht.
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.
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 “Barbie Doll” ft. Chance The Rapper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POEtNqTuB48
Keep up with Hurricane Wisdom: https://linktr.ee/HurricaneWisdom
Weathering The World – Tracklist
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 #36on 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. The young rapper recently wrapped his “Perfect Storm: No Umbrellas Tour,” a headlining tour featuring several sold out dates.
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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