GTA Online The Contract: Release date, story, Dr. Dre new music, price and more

Rockstar Games announced this week a brand new single-player expansion, The Contract, for Grand Theft Auto V’s online companion, GTA Online, with the developer finally fulfilling a  promise made back in 2013 where they detailed plans on releasing follow-up story content for Michael, Trevor and Franklin.

The Contract will include new story missions, new music, radio stations updates and a plethora of celebrity appearances, which is highlighted by the return of Dr. Dre to GTA Online. We detail everything we know about the upcoming GTA Online story expansion including release date and time, story details, new music and more.

When will The Contract be released?

Developer Rockstar Games announced that GTA Online’s The Contract expansion will be released on 15th December 2021 across all available platforms. Based on past expansion releases, players can expect to install the expansion between 4 am and 5 am ET / 9 am to 10 am GMT on the day of release.

In the years since he and his accomplices knocked over the Union Depository, Los Santos hustler Franklin Clinton has been making moves of his own.

Introducing The Contract, a new GTA Online story coming December 15 — featuring Dr. Dre, new music and more: https://t.co/07q6zZY2Hepic.twitter.com/KNk96P1Osc

— Rockstar Games (@RockstarGames) December 8, 2021

What is the price of The Contract expansion?

GTA Online players will be happy to hear that The Contract expansion will be a free update for all available platforms including PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles.

When does the story of The Contract take place?

Set years after the conclusion of the main game events, the online story follows Franklin Clinton who has carved out his path in Los Santos. Having founded a “celebrity solutions agency” that targets Vinewood’s elitists by helping them solve their “high society problems”.

To help launch his business, Franklin needs a business partner and a major celebrity client. Players will be coming on board as Franklin’s new business partner while an old acquaintance of Franklin’s, entrepreneur Lamar Davis, comes on board to help find a client for him in Los Santos.

Recording producer, DJ Pooh, gets in contact with Franklin about a potential client, legendary rapper and producer, Dr. Dre who needs Franklin’s help with locating his mobile device. The device has landed in the wrong hands which contains all his unreleased music and Dre needs Franklin’s agency to locate and retrieve it before it’s too late.

Me and @drdre - The Contract. 12-15-21 #gtaonline R* games pic.twitter.com/tkB2HpSFcE

— DJPOOH (@DJPooh) December 8, 2021

Will The Contract feature new music from Dr. Dre?

This expansion will feature legendary rapper and producer, Dr. Dre, who previously made a cameo appearance in GTA Online's Cayo Perico Heist last year. The appearance of Dr. Dre confirms a leak from rapper Snoop Dogg during an interview for the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast in October 2021.

Snoop Dogg, who has been a longtime collaborator and friend of Dr. Dre stated that the legendary rapper and producer has been in the studio “making great f**king music”. Snippets of a collaboration titled “ETA” between Dre and Snoop as well as rapper Busta Rhymes and Anderson Paak was featured in the trailer for The Contract.

The Contract update will include a catalogue of “new and unreleased exclusive tracks” featuring some of the industry’s best musicians. The expansion will also include a new radio station with a line-up of “exciting special guest hosts” alongside new radio updates in-game.

What more will be included in The Contract?

The expansion will feature additional content including a brand new property, The Agency. This property, which is tied to the main story missions of the expansion, will include special missions that players can take on when visiting this property.

Several new weapons and vehicles will be arriving with the expansion which is the following:

• Compact EMP Launcher
• Stun Gun
• Dewbauchee Champion
• Enus Jubilee

As of writing, Rockstar Games have yet to release the full tracklist of new and exclusive music that will feature in GTA Online’s new expansion story. With more information expected to arrive in the coming days.

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