Doja Cat Essentials

Editors’ Notes Doja Cat’s fierce style, sweet singing voice, and hard-edged rapping catapulted her to the top of the pops as the 2020s began. Her uncanny ability to add high-concept hooks—the extended “oooh”-ing that gives “Mooo!” its bovine appeal, the runway-ready chorus of “Boss Bitch”—to undeniably catchy pop confections helped, too. Doja’s breakout hit “Say So” gleams and bounces like a freshly blown bubble; her earlier single “Candy” pairs sulking with innuendo and knotty synths; and her collaborations with high-flying MCs like Gucci Mane and Rico Nasty prove that she can hang on record with hip-hop’s biggest names.