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Who gains more listeners this week? Guess right for +$1M Bank and +20 XP.
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The Market Right Now
How RAP1 Works
A proper player guide for scoring, green/red arrows, price changes, chips, transfers, weekly questions, league modes and compact updates.
Start hereQuick start
The whole game in plain English.
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Quick start
The whole game in plain English.
Draft 5 artists with your starting bank. Expensive artists are safer; cheaper artists can be value plays if they rise.
Every morning the app refreshes listener movement and banks daily points.
Use the transfer window to improve your roster. You get 2 free signings per window. Extra signings cost points, so don’t panic-buy like a raccoon in a studio fridge.
Global is for everyone. Ranked starts you in Iron. Draft Lock is private invite-only chaos where artists can only be owned once per league.
PointsScoring, green arrows and red arrows
What players need to know before they start arguing with the leaderboard.
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Scoring, green arrows and red arrows
What players need to know before they start arguing with the leaderboard.
Artist daily score
Each artist gets a daily score from base popularity plus daily momentum.
Roughly 1 point per 1 million monthly listeners.
Daily listener change divided by 10,000, capped between -20 and +200.
The artist gained listeners versus the latest update. That adds momentum points.
The artist dropped listeners versus the latest update. That reduces their momentum.
A huge artist can be red and still score well because their base popularity is high.
Example
An artist with 100M monthly listeners gets around 100 base points. If they drop -120,000 listeners, their momentum is about -12, so they still score around 88. Red does not mean “bad artist”; it means “down today”.
Patch 18.1.145 fixes league ordering. Global and Ranked positions are decided by Total season points. Daily points still display on the tables, but they no longer decide placement.
Points scored from today’s daily scoring run. You need a full active roster of 5 scoring artists at the scoring cut-off; incomplete rosters can show 0 Daily, but your already-banked Total points stay.
Your season-long score. League tables now show both Daily and Total.
HeadlinerHeadliner bonus and fatigue
Pick a star, get a boost, but don’t flog them into dust.
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Headliner bonus and fatigue
Pick a star, get a boost, but don’t flog them into dust.
What the Headliner does
Your Headliner is the crowned artist on your roster. Their artist score gets multiplied before it is added to your manager score. This is a scoring choice, not a market-price choice.
Day 1 starts at 1.50x, then drops to 1.40x, 1.30x, 1.20x, 1.10x, 1.05x, then 1.00x when exhausted.
If you picked the Eminem advisor, the Headliner starts stronger: 2.00x, then 1.85x, 1.70x, 1.50x, 1.30x, 1.15x, then 1.00x.
If the same artist stays Headliner too long, they become exhausted and must rest for 7 days before they can be Headliner again. Removing them and immediately reselecting them does not reset fatigue.
MarketPrice Changes
Why artists go up, why they can fall, and when the market actually moves.
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Price Changes
Why artists go up, why they can fall, and when the market actually moves.
What makes an artist go up?
Artist price is tied to the live artist catalogue. Stronger monthly listeners, positive daily movement and sustained momentum can push an artist’s market value up. Bigger artists usually cost more because they carry a safer base score; cheaper artists can become value plays if their listener movement improves.
Yes. If an artist grows or performs better against the refresh data, their live market price can increase. If you already own them, your roster value and net worth benefit from that rise.
Yes. If an artist cools off, loses listeners, or no longer looks as valuable compared with the wider pool, their live market price can drop. When you sell, you receive the current live price, not the price you originally paid.
Prices update after the artist data refresh/scoring run. Normal expectation: once per day, overnight UK time after the daily listener refresh.
An artist’s displayed price only changes when the catalogue refreshes. In normal play that means up to once per day, so up to 7 refresh-based moves per week.
There is no separate manual price-rise button and no extra player-triggered pump. The practical limit is the refresh schedule. If a hard weekly cap is added later, this section should be updated before launch.
Price changes affect bank decisions, sell value and net worth. They do not directly decide league position. League position is still decided by Total season points; price movement is the market/economy layer.
TransfersTransfers, timing and penalties
When you can change artists, what counts, and the exact cost of going over the limit.
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Transfers, timing and penalties
When you can change artists, what counts, and the exact cost of going over the limit.
Window
The normal transfer window opens Friday 17:00 UK and stays open through Sunday. Outside that window, normal buy/sell moves are locked after your initial roster is complete.
Free allowance
You get 2 free signings per transfer window. If you use Free Hit, that gameweek allowance becomes 3 free signings.
Future scoring only
Transfers affect future scoring days. They do not rewrite points you already banked earlier in the season or earlier in the week.
Extra transfer penalty
Every extra signing beyond your free allowance costs points. The standard penalty is -50 points per extra signing. If your advisor is Jay-Z, the perk reduces extra transfers to -25 points per extra signing.
Example: after using your 2 free signings, signing one more artist is -50 points normally, or -25 with Jay-Z. Signing two extra artists is -100 normally, or -50 with Jay-Z.
After your initial 5-artist roster is complete, signing a paid artist counts against your weekly transfer allowance. Releasing an artist gives you bank back, but replacing them requires a signing, and that signing counts.
Planned once-per-season panic button: one midweek emergency move outside the normal window. The new artist starts scoring from the next daily scoring update. It does not rewrite points already scored.
ChipsStrategy chips
One-use tools that should be clear, visible and hard to abuse.
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Strategy chips
One-use tools that should be clear, visible and hard to abuse.
One use per season. Adds a free 6th scoring artist. Once chosen, the pick is locked. It also spends your weekly chip slot, so it should not stack with Free Hit in the same gameweek.
Gives one extra free signing for that gameweek: your allowance goes from 2 to 3. It should not stack into messy loopholes with other one-use chips.
Planned once-per-season panic button: make one midweek transfer if one of your artists becomes a disaster pick.
Planned scouting chip: pick a low-owned artist already on your roster. For 7 days, positive momentum gets boosted.
Weekly QuestionHot Take result, deadline and payout
How the two-artist question works.
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Hot Take result, deadline and payout
How the two-artist question works.
Choose which of the two artists you think will win the listener-movement matchup.
You can change your pick until Friday 17:00 UK. After that the pick is locked.
The result is announced on Monday. Correct picks get +$1.0M bank.
Why the Friday deadline?
Answering early should not punish you, so you can switch before the deadline. But Sunday-night sniping is not allowed, because by then the listener movement is too obvious.
LeaguesGlobal, Ranked and Draft Lock
The three ways to care about the table.
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Global, Ranked and Draft Lock
The three ways to care about the table.
Everyone is in this by default. Shared artist ownership is allowed. This is the main public leaderboard.
Everyone starts in Iron. Tables have 20 managers. NPCs fill empty spots. Every Monday at 04:30 UK, top 4 real managers promote and bottom 4 demote. Iron cannot demote; Platinum cannot promote.
Private invite leagues created by users. Once an artist is drafted in that league, nobody else in that same league can draft them.
UpdatesRelease notes
Patch notes live here now. Kept collapsed so the Rulebook stays lean.
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Release notes
Patch notes live here now. Kept collapsed so the Rulebook stays lean.
FAQQuestions players are actually asking
No sacred scrolls. Just answers.
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Questions players are actually asking
No sacred scrolls. Just answers.
How can a really popular artist be red?
Red means their daily listener movement dropped compared with the latest update. It does not mean they are unpopular. A massive artist can be red and still score well from base popularity.
Do red artists lose me points?
Red momentum reduces that artist’s score, but individual artist scoring now floors at 0 before multipliers. Transfer penalties can still reduce your manager score.
Can I sell an artist, then use them as my free 6th Artist?
The 6th Artist chip is one use per season. Once you pick the free 6th Artist, that pick is locked. You cannot use selling/re-buying tricks to keep swapping the slot.
What is the difference between Daily and Total points?
Daily points are what you scored from today’s scoring run. Total points are your season score. League tables show both so players can see who had a good day and who is winning overall.
Can two people own the same artist in Draft Lock?
Not inside the same Draft Lock league. Artist locks only apply inside that private league, so another private league can still draft that artist separately.
Why am I in Iron?
Everyone starts in Iron. You climb by total season points. Every Monday at 04:30 UK, the top 4 real managers by Total points in each ranked table promote and the bottom 4 demote. NPCs fill empty table places so every division feels alive.
How many points do extra transfers cost?
You get 2 free signings per transfer window. Every extra signing after that costs -50 points by default. If your advisor is Jay-Z, the extra-transfer penalty is reduced to -25 points per extra signing.
Does selling an artist count as a transfer?
The allowance is spent when you sign a paid replacement after your initial roster is complete. Releasing an artist gives you bank back, but the replacement signing is the move that uses a free transfer or triggers a penalty.
Can I remove and reselect my Headliner to reset fatigue?
No. Headliner fatigue is tracked per artist. Deselecting and immediately reselecting the same artist does not reset the streak. Once exhausted, that artist needs 7 days of rest before they can be Headliner again.
Can I change my Weekly Question answer?
Yes, until Friday 17:00 UK. After that the pick is frozen until Monday result. Correct picks get +$1.0M bank; incorrect picks get no payout.
Where do I see last week’s Weekly Question result?
The latest result appears on the Hot Take card on Home and in your Week in Review. If your pick won, the +$1.0M bank bonus is credited during Monday result processing.
When do artist price rises happen?
Prices move after the artist catalogue refresh/scoring run, normally once per day overnight UK time. They can rise or fall based on the refreshed artist data. In normal play an artist can only change when that refresh happens, so the practical limit is up to 7 refresh-based price moves per week.
Updates
Recent fixes, feature drops, and release notes that are actually readable now.
Locker Store
Support rap1 hosting and flex your label with cosmetic-only upgrades. No points, no boosts, no pay-to-win.
Support
Need help with your roster, chips, crates, scoring, or something acting cursed? Message support on Telegram and I’ll take a look.
Message @Crx_rap1
Send screenshots, your label name, and a quick note about what happened. The more detail you send, the quicker it is to diagnose.
Your Label
✓Build the strongest label in the game.
Identity SettingsEdit label name, tagline, and profile photo
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Limited to 2 renames per season.
Shown on profiles and league cards.
Your Artists
Cosmetics LockerEquipped Looks & Inventory
Open when you want to equip crate rewards.
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Equipped Looks & Inventory
Open when you want to equip crate rewards.
HQ ProgressUpgrade Your Empire
Indie Studio, Penthouse, Boardroom.
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Upgrade Your Empire
Indie Studio, Penthouse, Boardroom.
Cyan name + studio banner.
Purple name + glow border.
Gold name + pin 1 diss / week.
AchievementsTrophy Cabinet
Your legacy, tucked away until needed.
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Trophy Cabinet
Your legacy, tucked away until needed.
