Lil Uzi Vert Maverick EP Tops US Apple Music Hip-Hop Chart After Surprise Birthday Drop

The Lil Uzi Vert Maverick EP reached No. 1 on the US Apple Music top hip-hop and rap albums chart over the weekend of August 1, 2026, days after the Philadelphia artist released Maverick “Almost Forever” without warning on their 31st birthday, July 31, 2026. The eight-track project also reached No. 2 on the all-genre US Apple Music albums chart.

How high did the Lil Uzi Vert Maverick EP chart?

Maverick “Almost Forever” took the top spot on the US Apple Music hip-hop and rap albums chart, moving past Drake’s ICEMAN, Future’s The Real Me and Rylo Rodriguez’s S.K.A.T.E. On the all-genre US chart it settled at No. 2, behind Ariana Grande’s petal.

Those are real-time streaming-service rankings rather than Billboard chart positions, so they measure early momentum rather than first-week units. A Billboard 200 figure, if the EP is eligible, would not arrive until the following chart cycle. The distinction matters here because the EP arrived with limited platform availability at launch, with Apple Music as its primary home rather than a full wide release.

What is on the EP?

The project runs eight tracks and about 23 minutes. No guest features have been credited on the release.

The cover art shows a young Uzi alongside their grandmother. Fans quickly spotted text hidden in one of the eyes on the artwork reading “album after this,” which is the entire basis for the album speculation now attached to the release. You can hear the project on Apple Music, and our full releases hub tracks the rest of the week in new music.

Is a new Lil Uzi Vert album coming?

Nothing has been formally announced. The evidence is the cover-art message, plus a July 14, 2026 Instagram Story in which Uzi showed work on a new studio project. Uzi release timelines have historically slipped — Eternal Atake famously spent close to two years in limbo before arriving in 2020 — so a 2026 album remains speculation until a date is confirmed.

Why did the EP arrive on that date?

July 31 is Uzi’s birthday, and it carries a second anniversary: The Perfect LUV Tape arrived on July 31, 2016, exactly ten years earlier. That mixtape debuted at No. 55 on the Billboard 200 and has since been certified gold by the RIAA.

The timing also softened a bad day. Uzi had been booked for Lollapalooza 2026 at Grant Park in Chicago on July 31, in the slot ahead of Friday headliner Charli xcx, but the set was called off. Organizers cited travel complications in an on-site announcement, and NBC Chicago tied the cancellation to heavy rain and storms across the Chicago area. Zara Larsson filled the slot, and Uzi later turned up during Major Lazer’s set. Complex reported the sequence.

Where does this sit in the Lil Uzi Vert catalog?

Maverick “Almost Forever” is Uzi’s first project in nearly two years. Eternal Atake 2 arrived November 1, 2024 through Generation Now and Atlantic Records and debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with 59,000 album-equivalent units in its opening week. That album followed Pink Tape in 2023 and served as the sequel to 2020’s Eternal Atake.

The gap since then has been the quietest stretch of Uzi’s run at this level, filled mostly with loose singles. An eight-track surprise EP that immediately tops a streaming chart is a low-risk way to test whether that audience is still there, and the early numbers answer that question. The thing to watch now is whether an announcement follows while the attention holds.