Yet again, Kendrick seemingly effortlessly trumps Drake, this time with monthly Spotify listeners. Kendrick Lamar is now the most listened-to rapper on Spotify, surpassing 88.8 million monthly listeners. This milestone puts him ahead of Drake, who previously held the record. Kendrick’s recent rise...
Current Popularity Snapshot: Monthly listeners represent the number of unique users who have listened to an artist in a given month. This provides a snapshot of current popularity, indicating how often an artist is being discovered and played. Limitation in Depth: While useful for gauging contempo...
Drake didn’t become the most-listened-to artist on Spotify by accident. His first public appearance was more than 20 years ago and since then, he has managed to win the hearts of the public by continuously improving the quality of his music. From the very beginning, Drake focused on R&...
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1— have a more direct throughline to the state of mainstream rap music today. So much of SSLP, on the other hand, is tied into Eminem’s particular personality and position. This makes Slim Shady inimitable; there aren’t many mainstream rappers complaining about their precarious minimum ...