{"id":510570,"date":"2026-05-30T16:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T16:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/510570\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T16:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T16:29:14","slug":"baby-keem-kendrick-lamars-good-friends-hits-no-1-on-rhythm-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/510570\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Keem &#038; Kendrick Lamar&#8217;s &#8216;Good Friends&#8217; Hits No. 1 on Rhythm Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cGood Friends\u201d brings good news for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/baby-keem\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baby Keem<\/a>, who achieves his first No. 1 on Billboard\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rhythmic-40\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rhythmic Airplay<\/a> chart with the single, which features <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/kendrick-lamar\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kendrick Lamar<\/a> and Momo Boyd. The track, released and promoted on eerie times\/pgLang\/Columbia, rises from No. 3 to crown the list dated June 6.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/baby-keem\/\" class=\"c-lazy-image__link lrv-a-unstyle-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779940812_991_lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779940812_991_lazyload-fallback.gif\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-tagline  a-font-secondary-fancy-xxxs@desktop-xl a-font-secondary-fancy-s@desktop-xl-max lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-black u-padding-t-13 lrv-u-padding-b-2 lrv-u-margin-tb-00 lrv-u-text-align-center lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-color-black lrv-u-width-100p\">See latest videos, charts and news<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe new champion takes the summit from DaBaby\u2019s \u201cPop Dat Thang,\u201d which slides to No. 4 after two weeks in charge. \u201cGood Flirts\u201d is from Baby Keem\u2019s album CA$INO, released in February. The set opened at No. 4 on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Billboard 200<\/a> and became his first No. 1 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/r-b-hip-hop-albums\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Albums<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOn Rhythmic Airplay, \u201cGood Friends\u201d is the fourth entry for Baby Keem, the 25-year-old rapper born Hykeem Carter, Jr. He made his debut with \u201cOrange Soda,\u201d which debuted and peaked at No. 38 in March 2020, and followed with two collaborations with Lamar, his cousin: \u201cFamily Ties\u201d (No. 19) in October 2021 and \u201cThe Hillbillies\u201d (No. 27) in August 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFor Momo Boyd, \u201cGood Flirts\u201d gives the singer a first No. 1 with her maiden visit to Rhythmic Airplay. Her budding momentum continues through her second career entry, \u201cOops,\u201d which climbs 35-31 on this week\u2019s chart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tLamar, meanwhile, adds a 12th Rhythmic Airplay No. 1 to his ledger. With his latest, the superstar ties Beyonc\u00e9, Doja Cat and Nicki Minaj for the eighth-best career sum. Drake remains far and away the leader in that race, with 43 champs to his credit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAs Lamar joins the dozen club, here\u2019s a list of his 12 Rhythmic Airplay No. 1s. Notably, \u201cGood Flirts\u201d marks his first chart-topper in a featured role; all previous 11 have come in a lead or co-lead capacity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cHumble.,\u201d three weeks at No. 1, beginning June 6, 2017<br \/>\u201cLoyalty.,\u201d feat. Rihanna; one, Sept. 30, 2017<br \/>\u201cLove.,\u201d feat. Zacari; one, Dec. 30, 2017<br \/>\u201cPray for Me,\u201d with The Weeknd; two, April 18, 2018<br \/>\u201cLike That,\u201d with Future and Metro Boomin; four, May 18, 2024<br \/>\u201cNot Like Us,\u201d 12, June 15, 2024<br \/>\u201cSquabble Up,\u201d two, Jan. 18, 2025<br \/>\u201cTV Off,\u201d feat. Lefty Gunplay; four, Feb. 8, 2025<br \/>\u201cLuther,\u201d with SZA, one, March 1, 2025<br \/>\u201c30 for 30,\u201d with SZA, two, March 8, 2025<br \/>\u201cPeekaboo,\u201d feat. AzChike, two, May 31, 2025<br \/>\u201cGood Flirts,\u201d Baby Keem featuring Kendrick Lamar &amp; Momo Boyd; one (to date), June 6, 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tElsewhere, \u201cGood Flirts\u201d repeats at its No. 9 best on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/mainstream-r-and-b-hip-hop\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mainstream R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Airplay<\/a>. Thanks to its result, the single secured Baby Keem\u2019s first top 10 appearance on that chart, while Boyd collected a first and Lamar posted his 20th such visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cGood Friends\u201d brings good news for Baby Keem, who achieves his first No. 1 on Billboard\u2019s Rhythmic Airplay&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[264],"tags":[190103,4812,18,117,5266,19,17,337],"class_list":["post-510570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-bb-charts","tag-chart-beat","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-genre-hiphop","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116664479353251997","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}