Recent coverage of Playboi Carti centers on several collaborations and events: Lil Baby has discussed a joint album with him, and Kanye West hosted a Houston Halloween concert featuring Carti and North West, with Carti also performing alongside West at ComplexCon 2026. Other reports mention a BAPE collection release, questions about a possible hack of Carti's X bio after a meme coin rush, A$AP Rocky calling Carti the godfather of rage-vamp music, and Lucki being injured in an alleged brawl with Carti's entourage at ComplexCon.