Travis Scott Teases New Music

Travis Scott is gearing up for new music following the success of last year's Utopia. The Houston native teased new music on Instagram, saying that he is ready to look into what's next.

"I love music so f------ much," he wrote on Instagram Tuesday (Feb. 20) followed by another post writing, "And for the record. We will be backkkkk. I gotta kick a new gear since they think it's play time."

"Whole cactus gang are snappers," referring to his fan base.

Prior to the posts, he also shared an image from Pulp Fiction of John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson's characters with his 2015 Rodeo hit “Nightcrawler,” soundtracking the post.

Scott released his highly anticipated Utopia back in July. The album had guest appearances from Beyoncé, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Kanye West, Bon Iver, Playboi Carti, 21 Savage, The Weeknd, Young Thug, and more.

The 19-track album came with four covers featuring four men clutching money in a car.

“THIS IS ONE OF THE COVERS FOR MY 4TH ALBUM UTOPIA. SHOT BY PIETER HUGO,” the rapper wrote on Instagram in all caps. “THE JOURNEY THRU THE ALBUM TOOK ME ALL OVER THE WORLD AND CANT WAIT TO FINALLY DROP THE ALBUM. THE MAIN COVER WILL DROP THURS UNTIL THEN A COVER EVERYDAY LOVE U SEE U IN UTOPIA.”

Scott began his tour in Charlotte in October. He followed up by making tour stops in Austin, Nashville, Chicago, Brooklyn, Miami, and more. His album was also accompanied by a film titled Circus Maximus that was available in select AMC Theaters nationwide. Produced by A24,  it "takes his audience on a mind-bending visual odyssey across the globe, woven together by the speaker rattling sounds of his highly anticipated upcoming album Utopia," according to AMC.

Utopia was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2024 GRAMMYs, but the project lost to Killer Mike's Michael.

A Grammy is regarded as one of the most prestigious awards in music. Or at least it used to be. Hip-hop, which has taken the main stage in coming years still does not get the same respect as other music formats. The Grammys have been called out by artists, more specifically Black artists, for not getting it right, or being relevant.

While the conversation surrounding how the Grammys treats Black artists is not new by any means, it was specifically called out by both Jay-Z and Drake this year. On Sunday night, Jay-Z took the stage for his acceptance of the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award. From the stage, he discussed his feelings the Grammys' biases. He brought to light the fact that his wife Beyoncé -- who holds the most Grammys of any artist with 32 -- has never won Album Of The Year.

"I don't want to embarrass this young lady. But she has more Grammys than anyone and has never won Album of the Year," Jay said. "So even by your own metrics, it doesn't work."

Drake was not present at the award show, as he was on his It's All A Blur: Big As The What? Tour . He was up for four awards with 21 Savage for their joint project Her Loss. Although, it did not stop the rapper for sharing hie feelings about how he felt towards the Recording Academy.

"All you incredible artists remember this show isn't the facts it's just the opinion of a group of people who's name are kept a secret (literally you can google in)," he captioned a video of himself giving a speech at a previous Grammy Awards on his Instagram Story Sunday (Feb. 5). "Congrats to anybody winning anything for hip-hop but this show doesn't dictate s--- in our world."

For hip-hop this year, Killer Mike racked up three Grammys. The rapper won Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance for "Scientists and Engineers." The song featuring André 3000, Future, and Eryn Allen Kane. He also won Best Rap Album for Michael. Lil Durk and J. Cole also took home a Grammy for Best Melodic Rap Performance for "All My Life."

Take a look at seven rappers who have never won a Grammy below: