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crank out the mixtapes rather than studio albums. In fact, their third mixtape, YRN , spawned their first hit, “Versace,” in 2013. It reached No. 23 on the U.S. Billboard Rap charts and No. 31 on the R&B/Hip- Hop chart. Migos successfully landed a record contract with 300 Entertainment in 2014. That led to the first of their four studio albums. In 2017, a deal between 300 Entertainment and Quality Control cut with Motown and Capitol Records led to future releases of the band being released under the Motown and Capitol Records labels. In summer of 2020, Migos plan to release their fourth album, titled, as of press time, Culture III . They released their first album, Yung Rich Nation , in 2015, following it two years later with Culture , then Culture II in 2018. All Released Solo Albums to Date: Discography

Scan here to listen to “IBang,” from Migos’ first days in rap.

Y UNG R ICH N ATION (Released July 31, 2015)

Released in 2015, the album Yung Rich Nation features fifty minutes of witty trap rap in dactylic meter. It was produced by Zaytoven, the Honorable C.N.O.T.E., and Murda Beatz. Although critics claimed that Migos’ first studio album did not pack

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