{"id":12906,"date":"2025-08-21T02:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T02:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/12906\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T02:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T02:21:09","slug":"kendrick-lamar-reaches-50-billion-total-streams-on-spotify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/12906\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendrick Lamar Reaches 50 Billion Total Streams On Spotify"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"font-lora text-dark-grey !leading-[1.9125rem] break-words text-[17px] lg:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotnewhiphop.com\/profile\/kendricklamar\" class=\"font-semibold hover:text-accent-color border-b-2 border-accent-color\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kendrick Lamar<\/a> has officially surpassed 50 billion total streams on Spotify. He&#8217;s just the 14th artist in history to hit the mark overall and only the fifth rapper to do so. The only other hip-hop artists to cross 50 billion are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotnewhiphop.com\/profile\/travisscott\" class=\"font-semibold hover:text-accent-color border-b-2 border-accent-color\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Travis Scott<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotnewhiphop.com\/profile\/eminem\" class=\"font-semibold hover:text-accent-color border-b-2 border-accent-color\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eminem<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotnewhiphop.com\/profile\/kanye-ye-west\" class=\"font-semibold hover:text-accent-color border-b-2 border-accent-color\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kanye West<\/a>, and his current rival, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotnewhiphop.com\/profile\/drake\" class=\"font-semibold hover:text-accent-color border-b-2 border-accent-color\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Drake<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-lora text-dark-grey !leading-[1.9125rem] break-words text-[17px] lg:text-lg\">Lamar has released a total of six studio albums over the course of his career, including Section.80, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, To Pimp a Butterfly, Mr. Morale &amp; the Big Steppers, and GNX, in addition to Damn. Some of his most popular songs on Spotify include &#8220;luther,&#8221; &#8220;All The Stars,&#8221; &#8220;Not Like Us,&#8221; and &#8220;Money Trees,&#8221; among others.<\/p>\n<p>Kendrick Lamar &#8220;Not Like Us&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-lora text-dark-grey !leading-[1.9125rem] break-words text-[17px] lg:text-lg\">Despite the popularity of Kendrick Lamar&#8217;s music over the last year, the success hasn&#8217;t come without its challenges. Drake is in the process of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotnewhiphop.com\/937844-lucian-grainge-fires-back-drake-emails-not-like-us-hip-hop-news\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"font-semibold hover:text-accent-color border-b-2 border-accent-color\">taking legal action against Universal Music Group<\/a> over the company&#8217;s promotion of Lamar&#8217;s hit song, &#8220;Not Like Us.&#8221; Drake alleges that UMG used &#8220;covert tactics&#8221; to artificially increase the popularity of the song, which he says contains defamatory lyrics. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-lora text-dark-grey !leading-[1.9125rem] break-words text-[17px] lg:text-lg\">On &#8220;Not Like Us,&#8221; Lamar raps: &#8220;Certified Lover Boy? Certified pedophiles&#8230; Why you trollin&#8217; like a b*tch? Ain&#8217;t you tired? \/ Tryna strike a chord and it&#8217;s probably A minor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-lora text-dark-grey !leading-[1.9125rem] break-words text-[17px] lg:text-lg\">In other news, Lamar is currently traveling on his Grand National Tour alongside SZA, who has been serving as a co-headliner. Following a show in Stockholm, Sweden on August 9th, the two are taking a brief pause from performing. The tour will resume in Mexico City, Mexico on September 23. They still have dates in Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, and Australia on the schedule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kendrick Lamar has officially surpassed 50 billion total streams on Spotify. 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