Playboi Carti’s heavily anticipated I AM MUSIC is already off to a massive start. On Monday (March 18), Hits Double Daily reported that the Atlanta rapper’s third studio album is currently pacing toward the biggest U.

Allegations of violence surrounding high-profile artists — a 2022 domestic-abuse charge levied against Lil Uzi Vert met with a plea of no contest, and a 2023 felony-aggravated-assault charge against Carti was later reported as dismissed — imply that abrasive views on these records come from somewhere real and worrying.

It’s been years since Playboi Carti first started teasing his third studio album, but the wait is finally over as the rapper has released the highly anticipated “Music.” Originally thought to be titled “I Am Music,