Where do you rank Kendrick’s current run?

[Iverson_64]

Drake is the most streamed rapper based on catalogue, we’re talking about the YEAR 2025 and in this YEAR Kendrick’s got the top charting song (10 weeks and counting) the highest grossing tour (while Drake had to cancel his Anita Wynn Max shows) and Not Like Us hasn’t left the top 20 since its release in 2024.

The only thing Drake is dominating is court filings at this present time.

I know Kendrick's hotter.

I'm just saying that Drake is still dominating despite his relative decline. They're already calling "Nokia" the song of the summer all over social media and there's some hype for a Drake solo project.

You were comparing 50 Cent to Outkast(who didn't even drop until the tail end of 2003) to minimize 50's peak so I was making a similar comparison with how Kendrick and Drake are still close to each other in dominance despite Kendrick being bigger atm.

 

[Ziggiy]

In Da Club entered the charts in January 2003, Hey Ya entered in October and didn't hit number 1 until December. Both spent nine weeks at number 1, but Outkast's was mostly in 2004. 2003 was 50's.

Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2003 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

You’ve got a point, also i’ll concede that I was living in Atlanta during this time period so the radio play/promotion was more Outkast centric so that may have skewed my perception a bit. This is not to say that In Da Club and 21 Questions weren’t both huge singles but Hey Ya and The Way You Move literally were played EVERY 10-15 minutes on radio and the respective videos were all over TRL, MTV Countdown, and 106 & Park.

 

[bourgeoisie tall freak]

i just came home from the gym and heard 4 songs on the atl radio top 9 countdown (driving behind a slow ass car ). 3 of them were dot and we didn't even get into the top 4 yet lol

nobody ever came close.

 

[tysigna]

I know Kendrick's hotter.

I'm just saying that Drake is still dominating despite his relative decline. They're already calling "Nokia" the song of the summer all over social media and there's some hype for a Drake solo project.

You were comparing 50 Cent to Outkast(who didn't even drop until the tail end of 2003) to minimize 50's peak so I was making a similar comparison with how Kendrick and Drake are still close to each other in dominance despite Kendrick being bigger atm.

Only Drake fans lmao. Non-Drake fans are calling it a flop song.

Luther is on pace to become the longest #1 hit ever by a rapper. Thats already song of the year on lock and they're predicting it to win the grammy, again.

 

[SNG]

Only Drake fans lmao. Non-Drake fans are calling it a flop song.

Luther is on pace to become the longest #1 hit ever by a rapper. Thats already song of the year on lock and they're predicting it to win the grammy, again.

The nikka about to clean house again with gnx.

 

[tehparadox]

I know Kendrick's hotter.

I'm just saying that Drake is still dominating despite his relative decline. They're already calling "Nokia" the song of the summer all over social media and there's some hype for a Drake solo project.

You were comparing 50 Cent to Outkast(who didn't even drop until the tail end of 2003) to minimize 50's peak so I was making a similar comparison with how Kendrick and Drake are still close to each other in dominance despite Kendrick being bigger atm.

Unfollow Drake fanpages (run by the label, as confirmed by Brian from DjBooth),

1 more week and Kendrick will officially have the biggest #1 by a rapper on the charts. On top of already having the best selling rap song ever (Humble).

 

[Ziggiy]

I know Kendrick's hotter.

I'm just saying that Drake is still dominating despite his relative decline. They're already calling "Nokia" the song of the summer all over social media and there's some hype for a Drake solo project.

You were comparing 50 Cent to Outkast(who didn't even drop until the tail end of 2003) to minimize 50's peak so I was making a similar comparison with how Kendrick and Drake are still close to each other in dominance despite Kendrick being bigger atm.

I wasn’t minimizing 50, my argument was even though he was huge, he didn’t single-handedly run the year because Outkast was scorching hot as well. But @Barney Rubble made a good point about the timelines so if the argument is that 50 ran 2003 while Outkast ran 04 thats an argument i’m willing to concede.

Kendrick is single-handedly running 2025. I honestly don’t see how a case can be made for Drake whatsoever. He cancelled his tour, Nokia failed to dethrone Luther at number 1. Nobody’s talking about that PND collab album. The only headlines he’s been making the last two months is for his lawsuit.

 

[Iverson_64]

Only Drake fans lmao.

Not even close to a Drake fan. I'm just being objective here.

Non-Drake fans are calling it a flop song.

I'm not even calling the song a megahit but it helped Drake bounce back and almost went number 1.

Luther is on pace to become the longest #1 hit ever by a rapper. Thats already song of the year on lock and they're predicting it to win the grammy, again.

I already told you Kendrick was bigger atm breh.

I'm just saying that both Kendrick and Drake are dominating this year. Kendrick's more dominant but Drake is still close.

Again, I'm saying this with no emotions involved. I haven't listened to a full Drake project since 2015 literally.

 

[tehparadox]

Not even close to a Drake fan. I'm just being objective here.

I'm not even calling the song a megahit but it helped Drake bounce back and almost went number 1.


I already told you Kendrick was bigger atm breh.

I'm just saying that both Kendrick and Drake are dominating this year. Kendrick's more dominant but Drake is still close.

Again, I'm saying this with no emotions involved. I haven't listened to a full Drake project since 2015 literally.

"Almost went number 1"

Talkofthecharts confirmed it had no chance of challenging Luther despite the music video. And it's a song that dropped last year... Again, it's only talk from the ovo camp as promotion lol

 

[Ike omad]

Not even close to a Drake fan. I'm just being objective here.

I'm not even calling the song a megahit but it helped Drake bounce back and almost went number 1.


I already told you Kendrick was bigger atm breh.

I'm just saying that both Kendrick and Drake are dominating this year. Kendrick's more dominant but Drake is still close.

Again, I'm saying this with no emotions involved. I haven't listened to a full Drake project since 2015 literally.

Close?


Kendrick:

-Rap Song with the most GRAMMY wins EVER (5x — Not Like Us) - won in general categories too, something that is very, very rare for hip hop
-SuperBowl
-The MOST watched Super Bowl Halftime show EVER (133.5M viewers)
-The record for Rapper with the MOST all-time Spotify monthly listeners (110M)
-First rap song to ever be eligible for 2x diamond (Humble)
-Critically Acclaimed album
-First attempt for a rapper at a full stadium tour and it's being a success (international tour instantly sold out)
-Highest grossing concerts for a black man in music history
-First album under 15 tracks to reach these numbers in the streaming era
-Tied Michael Jackson record with the most #1 hits on the hot 100 in the span of 12 months - He produced four number 1 hits, faster than anybody else before
-On pace to beat Eminem for the longest charting song at #1 for a rapper
-His tour is impacting the industry, they're already changing the concert models after Kendrick performance
-...

There's way too many to list.

Kendrick isn't just beating one or two records, he's breaking them all!!!

 

[Ike omad]

Daily reminder that After only 4 shows, Kendrick has grossed more than Drake's entire tour.

 

[Conan]

Did you not see his sh*t getting played from Africa to Japan the last year?

Did you not see he's headlining a festival in Australia?

I'm not even saying it's impossible to argue any of those guys run was bigger....but "those were global phenomenons" is a bizarre angle to take.

Fred.

nikka, NO

Those runs were bigger.

I lived abroad from 2000 to 2006. There's a difference between having a hot song (that goes global) and being a global phenomenons. What Eminem and 50 were in that period, eclipses anything Kendrick has shown to date. Or even Drake.

DMX had songs that were popular internationally. He didn't come close to what 50 did. Or Em.

 

[hex]

nikka, NO

Those runs were bigger.

I lived abroad from 2000 to 2006. There's a difference between having a hot song (that goes global) and being a global phenomenons. What Eminem and 50 were in that period, eclipses anything Kendrick has shown to date. Or even Drake.

DMX had songs that were popular internationally. He didn't come close to what 50 did. Or Em.

Again,

Did you just wake up from a coma?

Nobody is talking about one song. Kendrick had the biggest solo rap tour in history in 2022 and toured South America, North America, Asia, Africa, and Europe.

Hell, the "DAMN" tour was also international and that was almost 10 years ago.

This is an entire arena singing "Be Humble" in Swedan in 2018....and you're talking about he's hot off one song?



Like I said this whole "he's not a global phenomenon" angle is DOA. Find another argument.

Fred.

 

[Conan]

It was the napster era and 50 was heavily bootlegged weeks before his album dropped. Everywhere I went, 50 was the only thing talked about. G-Unit mixtapes were like albums and playing in every car. 50 benefited from the "machine" but that doesn't mean the hype wasn't real.

They don't understand man

50 was being played in crevices of the world that didn't have internet in 2003, in places months removed from war. Yayo and Banks were stars in their own right. He met Mandela off the strength

It's almost not worth arguing man.

 

[Illmagic]

Well Kendrick has had a run previously so are we starting this run from the battle on? If so it’s a great run but not on the level of the runs mentioned simply cause music is consumed differently. If you were there for that 50 run you know what I mean. It’s just a different feel. Not Kendrick’s fault but it’s just this era. Luther has been number one but ask a random non hip hop person if they’ve heard it and they won’t know what you’re talking about. When X had 2 platinum albums in that short span that was real people buying real physical albums. Numbers can be manipulated now. It’s just not the same. Em, 50, Wayne and X have the goat runs without question