Drake and Kendrick Lamar have been the hip hop story of 2024. They dominated the dialog from the beginning of the yr to the top. They have been chargeable for probably the most discourse, and their songs completely dominated the charts. Lamar managed to attain two primary singles with Drake disses. To place this into context, Lamar solely had two quantity singles in his profession previous to the feud. It should not come as a shock that Drake and Lamar’s Billboard numbers are bonkers. What’s a shock, although, is simply how a lot cash they generated.
Billboard launched the income from every of the diss songs that charted on the Sizzling 100. The numbers are staggering. In whole, Drake and Kendrick Lamar introduced in $15.3 million. That is from six songs. Billboard just isn’t even counting the disses that didn’t make it to streaming. “Taylor Made Freestyle,” “616 In LA” and “The Coronary heart Half 6” didn’t contribute to the $15.3 million, which makes the quantity much more surprising. Kendrick Lamar’s disses led the pack by way of financially profitable songs. “Not Like Us” generated a whopping $7.6 million, whereas “Like That” pulled in $4.6 million. These are the primary information we simply alluded to. Drake, in the meantime, generated $981.3K for his scathing diss, “Household Issues.”
Drake And Ok. Dot Generated Over $15 Million
Drizzy could have been topped the loser, however his disses weren’t slouches by way of efficiency. His different diss, “Push Ups,” introduced in $969.4K. Sadly for the 6 God, Kendrick Lamar takes the ultimate two spots. He launched extra diss information, so it is smart. “Meet the Grahams” earned $795.1 Ok, all whereas being one of the unnerving and haunting songs of the last decade. It is also garnered consideration as of late because of the timestamps which were added to every verse on YouTube. Lamar’s “Euphoria” is the final entry on the record. The banger pulled in $441.3K.
There’s been speak about whether or not a “Massive Three” ever really existed. Some have mentioned no, and argue that Drake and Kendrick Lamar are usually not as related because the “Massive Three” narrative claims. Properly, the numbers do counsel that these two nonetheless dominate the dialog. Spotify just lately launched its stats for probably the most streamed rappers on this planet. Drake positioned at primary (once more), and Lamar positioned at quantity 5. These achievements, coupled with Billboard’s income chart, counsel that Drizzy and Kenny are usually not completed.
About The Writer
Elias Andrews is a music and leisure author for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH in 2024 because the lead night time shift contributor, which suggests he covers new music releases on a weekly foundation.
Within the yr since becoming a member of, Elias has coated a number of the largest and most turbulent tales on this planet of music. He coated the Drake and Kendrick Lamar battle, and the discharge of the disses “Household Issues” and “Meet the Grahams,” specifically, in actual time. He has additionally detailed the continued record of allegations and legal prices made towards Diddy.
Elias’ favourite artists are Andre 3000, MF Doom, pre-808s Kanye West and Tyler, The Creator. He loves L.A. hip-hop however not L.A. sports activities groups. The primary album he ever purchased was Massive Willie Fashion by Will Smith, which he maintains continues to be a reasonably good hear.
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