Who's on TDE's Roster in 2026? Read the ℗ Lines

By Cole Ashby, October 23, 2026

This list checks every current roster name against the ℗ line on their latest Apple Music release, the small print that says who owns the recording. The short version: seven acts have put out new first-billed releases on the Top Dawg Entertainment line in 2026, five more signed names have not, and three names are linked to TDE in reporting while their latest releases carry another line or none.

How this list was built

A roster is a claim. A ℗ line is paper. Where they disagree, this piece shows both. Joins and exits come from label announcements and reputable reporting. If a status can't be pinned to a label source, the name is marked unconfirmed. Dates are Apple Music release dates.

Isaiah Rashad: IT'S BEEN AWFUL

Releasing on the TDE line in 2026

Isaiah Rashad. IT'S BEEN AWFUL, May 1, 2026, 16 tracks. ℗ 2026 Top Dawg Entertainment, under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. SZA is co-lead on its single "BOY IN RED" (April 30, same ℗ line).

Isaiah Rashad & SZA: BOY IN RED

Ray Vaughn. "Set It Off", October 9, 2026. ℗ 2026 Top Dawg Entertainment.

Ray Vaughn: Set It Off

Zacari. "Let It Ride", October 2, 2026. ℗ 2026 Top Dawg Entertainment.

Zacari: Let It Ride

SiR. "Back To Friends", August 11, 2026. ℗ 2026 Top Dawg Entertainment.

SiR: Back To Friends

Alemeda. "The World Keeps Spinning" with Fousheé, August 7, 2026. ℗ 2026 Top Dawg Entertainment, under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. Billboard reported the TDE and Warner signing on September 20, 2024.

Alemeda & Fousheé: The World Keeps Spinning

Lance Skiiiwalker. #invite,sessions,only!!, July 10, 2026, 18 tracks. ℗ 2026 Top Dawg Entertainment. ScHoolboy Q is co-lead on its single "keep it on!!" (June 19).

Lance Skiiiwalker, ScHoolboy Q & Pink Siifu: keep it on!!

Trap Dickey. "Highway", October 9, 2026. ℗ 2026 Top Dawg Entertainment/11 Music Group, under exclusive license to Uptown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. The signing was announced through Variety on March 17, 2026, in partnership with 11 Music Group. His mixtape The Ville (May 8, 15 tracks) carries the same line.

Trap Dickey: Highway

Doechii lands here with an asterisk, outside the seven. Her latest single is "RUNWAY" with Lady Gaga, billed second, April 10, 2026: ℗ 2026 Lil Monsters, LLC / Top Dawg Entertainment, LLC, under exclusive license to Interscope Records and Capitol Records. Her last first-billed release is "girl, get up." with SZA (December 30, 2025, ℗ Top Dawg Entertainment, LLC, under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.). KAZI made the case for her crossover in May.

Lady Gaga & Doechii: RUNWAY

Doechii & SZA: girl, get up.

Ray Vaughn: Set It Off (Official Video)

Signed, but quiet on the TDE line

SZA. Her own latest single, "Save The Day" (February 20, 2026), is a soundtrack release under ℗ 2026 Walt Disney Records/Pixar. Her latest solo release on the TDE line is SOS Deluxe: LANA (December 20, 2024, ℗ Top Dawg Entertainment, under exclusive license to RCA Records). In 2026 she shows up on TDE paper as a co-lead on Isaiah Rashad's "BOY IN RED."

SZA: Save The Day (From "Hoppers")

ScHoolboy Q. The latest solo album is BLUE LIPS, March 1, 2024, ℗ 2024 Interscope Records (Top Dawg Entertainment). The 2026 TDE credit is a co-lead spot on Lance Skiiiwalker's "keep it on!!".

Ab-Soul. The latest lead album is Soul Burger, November 8, 2024, ℗ 2024 Top Dawg Entertainment. Ab-Soul's 2026 appearances on Apple are collaborations released under other labels' lines.

Jay Rock. The latest lead release on the TDE line is "Still That Way" featuring Bongo ByTheWay, November 17, 2023, ℗ 2023 Top Dawg Ent., under exclusive license to Interscope Records.

Jay Rock: Still That Way (feat. Bongo ByTheWay)

Kal Banx. RHODA, August 15, 2025, 25 tracks, ℗ 2025 Top Dawg Entertainment. That's recent enough to count as active, with no new lead release on Apple so far in 2026.

Status unconfirmed

These names show up in TDE reporting, but their latest releases don't carry a TDE ℗ line. They stay unconfirmed until a label source says otherwise.

Devin Malik. Home Grown Radio reported in June 2024 that he signed to TDE as a producer. His releases, latest "GHOST" (September 8, 2025), carry ℗ BMR. Artist releases on the TDE line: none on Apple yet.

Devin Malik: GHOST

iAMLYRIC. BLKBRD, November 21, 2025, 10 tracks. The Apple ℗ line reads "℗ 2025," with no label named. KAZI reviewed the EP in May. On the store's own paper, the TDE tie is unconfirmed.

aroomfullofmirrors (A Room Full of Mirrors on the group's site). The collective led by TDE president Terrence "Punch" Henderson, introduced in a 2021 Billboard interview. On Apple, its latest single, "Creative Luxury 2 (Freestyle)" (October 14, 2026), shows a bare "℗ 2026" with no label named.

aroomfullofmirrors: Creative Luxury 2 (Freestyle)

Who left, and when

Kendrick Lamar. In an August 20, 2021 note on oklama.com, he wrote that he was producing his "final TDE album," Pitchfork reported. That album was Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (May 13, 2022). His GNX (November 22, 2024) carries ℗ 2024 pgLang, under exclusive license to Interscope Records.

Reason. Announced a split from TDE on June 18, 2024, per Variety.

Isaiah Rashad: SAME SH!T (Official Video)

Isaiah Rashad: SAME SH!T

What the paper says

My read: the busiest names on TDE paper in 2026 are not the headliners. Ray Vaughn, Zacari and SiR are putting out singles under a plain "℗ Top Dawg Entertainment" line with no major in the credit, while the marquee names either pass through Warner, Interscope, Capitol and RCA deals or haven't released solo on the line in over a year. KAZI argued in May that the label was coasting. Isaiah Rashad's album and a steady run of singles make that look harsher now than it did then. The open question is the newest wave. Trap Dickey's is the 2026 signing with a public announcement behind it, and three affiliated names have latest releases that carry another line or none.

Verdict: TDE in 2026 is a working label carried by its middle class, not its marquee. Start with: "SAME SH!T".