Streaming is the way of music in the 21st century, particularly in recent years, and a number of rappers have made the list for the most streamed artists of 2021, so far.
On Thursday (July 22), Hits Daily Double released their mid-year roundup of the top 50 streamed artists. At the top of the list is Drake with 3,642,943,000 streams this year. While the site doesn't specify the particular tracks or albums that attributed to these numbers, earlier this year, Drizzy dropped a three-song pack called Scary Hours 2. His joint "Wants and Needs" featuring Lil Baby has 202,007,861 streams on Spotify while "What's Next" has been listened to 165,464,417 times on the platform.
The next rapper on the chart is the late Juice Wrld, who has received 2,772,206,000 streams so far this year. Juice's posthumous effort, Legends Never Die, arrived in 2020 and of the 22 songs on the album, four of the tracks are on his Spotify artist profile as his most listened to songs: "Wishing Well" (485,312,757), "Come and Go" With Marshmello (509,643,890), "Righteous" (348,988,797) and "Hate the Other Side" With Marshmello and The Kid Laroi (231,173,964).
Right below Juice Wrld is YoungBoy Never Broke Again with 2,550,793,000. NBA YoungBoy's highest streamed track is his effort with Juice Wrld, "Bandit."
The Weeknd made the cut as well with 2,226,148,000 streams. Other rappers on the list include Rod Wave (2,014,855,000), Pop Smoke (1,958,408,000), Polo G (1,934,829,000), Lil Baby (1,912,809,000), Eminem (1,900,239,000), Lil Durk (1,870,525,000), J. Cole (1,768,563,000), Post Malone (1,608,321,000) and Moneybagg Yo (1,556,796,000).
See the full list of the 50 top streaming artists below.
Here Are Some of the Highest Paid Rappers of 2020
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Post Malone
Money Earned in 2020: $23.2 million
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Drake
Money Earned in 2020: $14.2 million
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YoungBoy Never Broke Again
Money Earned in 2020: $11.9 million
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Lil Baby
Money Earned in 2020: $11.7 million
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Eminem
Money Earned in 2020: $9.7 million
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DaBaby
Money Earned in 2020: $9.1 million
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Future
Money Earned in 2020: $8.2 million
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Roddy Ricch
Money Earned in 2020: $7.4 million
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Rod Wave
Money Earned in 2020: $7.37 million
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Kanye West
Money Earned in 2020: $6.3 million
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Travis Scott
Money Earned in 2020: $5.82 million
Filed Under: Drake, Eminem, J. Cole, Juice Wrld, Lil Baby, Lil Durk, MoneyBagg Yo, Polo G, Pop Smoke, Post Malone, Rod Wave, The Weeknd, YoungBoy Never Broke Again
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FEDS SHOCKED AND UPSET WITH KANYE WEST AND DRAKE’S SUPPORT FOR LARRY HOOVER – REPORT
C. Vernon Coleman II
Published: December 11, 2021
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Kanye West and Drake's recent reunion to support imprisoned O.G. Larry Hoover reportedly has the Feds shocked and upset.
Ye and Drizzy headlined a huge Free Larry Hoover Benefit Concert on Thursday (Dec. 9) at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The sold-out show came together as a means to help raise awareness for Hoover, who is currently serving six life sentences after being convicted of murder and running a criminal organization in 1997. According to a TMZ report published on Saturday (Dec. 11), the Feds are "surprised" and upset by the decision of the two rap megastars to support a convicted criminal who they say is "the worst of the worst."
Hoover is credited as the cofounder of the Gangster Disciples street gang in Chicago in the early 1970s. He was convicted of murder in 1973, despite not being named as the person who pulled the trigger. While serving a life sentence, he was accused of continuing to operate the gang from inside prison. He was found guilty of drug conspiracy, extortion and continuing to engage in a criminal enterprise in 1997, and sentenced to additional multiple life sentences. He is currently serving six life sentences in a supermax prison. Hoover has turned a new leaf and works to promote peace among the gangs in Chicago. Over the summer, a federal judge denied Hoover a sentencing break.
Kanye has been on the free Larry Hoover train for a few years. Back in 2018, when MAGA-hat wearing Kanye visited the White House, he asked then president Donald Trump to pardon Hoover, to no avail. Like-minded Rap-a-Lot CEO J Prince was able to connect some dots with Kanye and the Hoover family earlier this year. They invited Drake along to help with the mission, with Drizzy obliging in October. With Drake and Ye working together on a common cause, they ended their lengthy beef, culminating with the epic concert on Thursday.
These Rappers School You on the Best Ways to Get to the Bag
Lil Baby, Kendrick Lamar, Drake and more.
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Lil Baby
Song: "Get Money"
Lyrics: "All I do is get money/Monday through Sunday, Sunday through Monday/It ain't no stoppin', always gon' clock in/Ask for my bookin' phone like I'm trappin'"
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Kendrick Lamar
Song: "Gotta Love Me"
Lyrics: "100K for a walk through, why you talkin' to me?/Starin’ at a dead president, they be talkin' to me"
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Drake
Song: "Nonstop"
Lyrics "Al Haymon checks off of all of my events/I like all the profit, man, I hardly do percents (I don't do that shit)"
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Quavo
Song: "I Get the Bag"
Lyrics: "You get the bag and you fumble it/I get the bag and I flip it and tumble it"
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Lil TJay
Song: "Run It Up"
Lyrics: "I just stack up that money, I run it up/Give a fuck ’bout who love me, I run it up/What the fuck they gon' tell me? My money up"
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Future
Song: "Purple Reign"
Lyrics: "We gon' never have closure/Got real estate downtown, investing all over/I heard you're trying to talk down like I ain't focused"
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Big Sean
Song: "No More Interviews"
Lyrics: "So I’m treating every second like it's an investment/Time is money, every second I’m collecting"
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Money Man
Song: "3D"
Lyrics: "In the high rise with the floor-to-ceiling window/Made at least 300K from crypto"
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Rick Ross
Song: "Vegas Residency"
Lyrics: "Restaurants, I got me 50 and they do they thing/Now I'm into sports and think I really need a team"
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Moneybagg Yo
Song: "No Sucker" featuring Lil Baby
Lyrics: "Did they just really give me 80K for 30 minutes? Yup/And can't nobody tell me how to spend it"
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DaBaby
Song: "Pony"
Lyrics: "Need to pull up my pants, pull my shirt down/I make what they make in three months for a verse now (Yeah)"
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Cardi B
Song: "Bickenhead"
Lyrics: "Give him some vag', I'm gettin' a bag/Give him some ass, I'm gettin' some Raf/When I'm done, I make him cum, but then, he comin' off that cash"
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Meek Mill
Song: "Pound Cake Freestyle"
Lyrics: "All real estate, fuck it, I'm buying the curb/I buy a crib every week from the hood to the ’burbs/Making investments with this money I'm blessed with"
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J. Cole
Song: "A M A R I"
Lyrics: "Multi' and I'm still munching/Big bag, never fear fumbling"
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Joey Bada$$
Song: "Unorthodox"
Lyrics: "Young boss, man, got Jimmy Fallon endorsements/From porches to Porsches, getting portions of fortune"
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Jay-Z
Song: "I Got the Keys"
Lyrics: "Key to life, keep a bag comin'/Every night another bag comin'/I ain't been asleep since ’96/I ain't seen the back of my eyelids"
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Soulja Boy
Song: "Bitcoin"
Lyrics: "Stacking up Bitcoins, I got money pouring (Uh)/I'm doin' shows, stacking dough, now is you feeling me? (Uh)/I'm running up the bands, on cryptocurrency (Yeah)"
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Lil Uzi Vert
Song: "Enemies"
Lyrics: "Ballin', I'm just on it, I'm just on it/Gettin' all this money, off recordin'"
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Nicki Minaj
Song: "Megatron"
Lyrics: "I need a blunt-blunt/I own my own Moscato, bitch, we gettin' drunk-drunk"
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Eminem
Song: "Alfred's Theme"
Lyrics: "But how could I get up in arms about you saying trash is all that I put out?/Bitch, I still get the bag when I'm putting garbage out"
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ROD WAVE CONCERNS FANS AFTER DROPPING NEW SONG AND DEACTIVATING HIS SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS
C. Vernon Coleman II
Published: December 11, 2021
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Rod Wave has responded to fan concern over his new song, "Nirvana." Saturday morning, Rod made a statement about the uproar on his Instagram Story, dispelling speculation that he is suicidal. "Sorry for da scare," he wrote. "I'm super goood...Happy asf working on my new album...love y'all fasho doe dat was definitely a [suicide] prevention song."
See Rod's statement below.
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Rod Wave has his fans concerned after releasing a song that sounds like a literal suicide note and deactivating his social media accounts.
On Saturday (Dec. 11), the SoulFly rap-crooner released a track called "Nirvana," where he appears to rhyme about taking his own life. "If you're hearing this it's too late/I've been writin' this since Tuesday, today Friday that mean tomorrow's doomsday," Rod eerily rhymes. "Tried to fight the pain but it ate me alive/Sad to say I lost a battle, against my mind/You should be happy for me homie no more sufferin'/We all got a day I guess we'll see each other then/I hope that heaven's real and one day we can reunite/And don't be crying for me I lived a wonderful life."
Rod continues on the chorus-less track, "I feel so alone/Like I'm just a walking come up without a soul/I hope, this ain't how they remember me/Thought accomplishin' my dreams would end my misery/I've been this way for awhile, lost as a child/Mama always tellin' me smile, she's so in denial/Still, wishin' I had some help/What the fuck, make a nigga run off and blast himself."
The title of the song could also be a reference to the 1990s grunge band Nirvana whose frontman Kurt Cobain committed suicide in 1994. In the Buddhism faith, nirvana represents the final transcendent state in which one is free from suffering and desires.
Rod Wave - Nirvana (Official Audio)
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Much like The Notorious B.I.G.'s track, "Suicidal Thoughts," the new song could have been taken as a non-literal expression of dark emotions. However, the central Florida artist also deactivated his Twitter and Instagram accounts, leaving fans even more concerned for his safety. "Bro I cannot lose rod wave pls," one fan wrote on Twitter. "Rod talk to somebody get some help your music help me grow as person. When I went to your concert in Dallas I truly Tiered up by your Presence. You’re the only artist I ever felt that connection through your music. U helped me during thehardtimes."
"@rodwave Don’t Go out Like This Baby We NEEEEEEEED Youuuu," another fan posted. "I’ll be Iost Fr Mane DONT DO US LIKE THAT!!!!"
"I hope rod wave Be OK," someone else wrote. "People really be battling shit that no amount of money can solve."
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