Blacc Sam & Bino Rideaux Break Down Nipsey Hussle’s Prolific | Billboard R&B / Hip-Hop House 2026

Blacc Sam and Bino Rideaux sit down with Billboard to talk about Nipsey Hussle’s long-awaited project Prolific—recorded in 2017 and finally released this year. They break down what it meant to finish the rollout with the full team, what studio life with Nip was really like, and why preserving the integrity and intent of the music mattered most. Sam also shares why Lauren London wasn’t feeling the original title (“Single for the Summer”), clears up rumors about “new albums,” and gives an update on the Nipsey Hussle documentary (and what fans still don’t know). Plus: the story behind Nipsey’s pivot from Bullets Ain’t Got No Name to The Marathon—and the Nip quotes and songs that still hit the hardest. Blacc Sam Bluntly speaking, she wasn’t with that name. The, uh, uh, uh, uh, “Single for the Summer.” Michael Saponara “Single for the Summer.” Blacc Sam Yep, so- Michael Saponara It’s understandable Blacc Sam . . . you know, so I was, you know, before I, we even said anything, we, we all internally was like, “We not gonna name it that, for sure. ” I don’t even think Hussle, Hussle probably would’ve changed it at the last minute anyway. For sure’Cause we know how Hussle is, and I think that was one of the one things when I did kinda, like, pry in a little bit and, and ask her about the records, has she listened to it. She like, “Y’all, y’all not calling it Single for the Summer? ” I was like, “Nah, hell nah. ” She’s like, “All right. ” She said, “I told Hussle, yeah, you put that out, you are gonna be single.””You gonna be single for more than a summer. ” So she laughed and joked about it, so I, I, you know, I kinda felt like she knew and she d-heard the project and she, you know, I know she wanted the music to come out for, for Hussle and for Bino. Michael Saponara I’m Mike Saponara, I’m a staff writer with Billboard. We’re here with the great Bino Rideaux and Blacc Sam. Make some noise for the guys right here.So if you guys didn’t know, Bino and Nipsey put out their project titled ‘Prolific.’ They recorded it in 2017. It arrived in August 14th. I think it’s one of my albums of the year. How you guys feeling? Watch the full video above