Future (seen here in 2022) has released three mixtapes since April of this year that have all debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's album chart. Only two other acts have put as many albums at the top of the chart in a six month span before. Andreas Rentz/Getty Images hide caption
Metro Boomin and Future perform during 2023 MTV Video Music Awards. The producer and rapper have linked for two sprawling new albums this year, released weeks apart. Theo Wargo/Getty Images for MTV hide caption
Kamasi Washington, Tyla and Iron & Wine. B+ / Jeremy Soma / Kim Black. Illustration by Jackie Lay./Courtesy of the artists. hide caption
After re-releasing three of his earlier mixtapes to streaming services last month, Future released High Off Life, his first new album of 2020, Friday. Mike Hamilton/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Future (right) and Juice WRLD blur the lines between celebration and social critique in three videos. YouTube hide caption
Future performs on stage at Gucci and Friends Homecoming Concert in July 2016 in Atlanta. Paras Griffin/Getty Images hide caption
Jay Rock, Top Dawg Entertainment's bedrock emcee, fronts the second single from the TDE-curated Black Panther soundtrack, alongside Kendrick Lamar and Future. Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images hide caption
A still from Taylor Swift's video for "Endgame." YouTube hide caption
Future joined Kendrick Lamar on the Coachella stage in April. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella hide caption
Future and Amber Rose unmask in dark visual of survival and seduction. YouTube screenshot hide caption
Migos performs at a nightclub in Las Vegas in February, following the release of its album C U L T U R E, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart. David Becker/Getty Images hide caption
Future in Paris on March 5, 2017 during Fashion Week. Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images hide caption
The cover art of Future's HNDRXX, released just one week after his chart-topping self-titled album. Courtesy of the artist hide caption