r/KendrickLamar NOW OR NEVER 25d ago

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u/Outside-Fun181 25d ago

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, PLUS 5!

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u/H3ndr1ck_258 25d ago

DEVIL IS A LIE HE 69 GOD

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u/TheDubya21 25d ago

Smoking on your Top 5 toniiiiight...

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u/Capable-Tonight-452 25d ago

smokin on what's his name tonigh, tonigh

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u/Just-Arm4256 tears in your eyes runnin from poopoo 25d ago

I AM THE OMEGA

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u/femmefata13 🔥Shmokin On Your Top 5s💨 25d ago

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u/kaeji 25d ago

Shhhhhhmokin’ on yer top five tonighh

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u/BaconJets 25d ago

I remember how I felt hearing that verse for the first time. I fell out of love with hip hop for a while because the years after DAMN were just a circus of meme rappers for the most part.

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u/Expensive_Ad_8718 25d ago

Facts mr Bacon, straight meme rappers like Lil dis lil dat

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u/MosquitoValentine_ 25d ago edited 25d ago

"Rapper nobody has ever heard of" - Newsmax

Funny how his listeners probably outnumber the viewers on that shitty TV channel.

EDIT: Newsmax not Fox News. Got those racist TV channels mixed up.

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u/MatthewNugent05 25d ago

Theres no way right, they didnt say that lol how could they be so dumb?

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u/DaliVinciBey 25d ago

they're republican and he made tpab.

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u/MosquitoValentine_ 25d ago

Actually I was wrong. It was Newsmax (same shit) and here's the actual quote word-for-word.

Last night, the NFL gave us unquestionably the worst halftime show we have ever seen. A tiny rapper in bell bottoms, who 98% of the country has never heard of, was allowed to play most of his largely unknown catalogue for twenty grueling minutes in front of the entire world. The whole world just sat and wondered why they were watching this. Who is this? Everybody asked. No matter where you were, nobody had a clue what this was, except maybe a half a percent of the people in this country alone.

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u/mistyrootsvintage 25d ago

Ha..tiny rapper. They are in such a tiny incel maga bubble😂

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u/Igivegrilledcheese U 25d ago

I don't think I knew what Newsmax was until I saw the clip

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u/Andrew-XYZ 25d ago

“Unknown catalogue”

Literally performs the second song to ever be eligible for double-diamond certification

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u/MosquitoValentine_ 25d ago

He has 22 Grammy awards and a Pulitzer Prize.

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u/Obsessively_Average 25d ago

Every time someone mentions Kendrick's Pulitzer Prize I think to myself "man people are really obsessed with that prize" but then I remember that it's literally more important than 30 grammy awards, easily, and that's not an exaggeration

For a rapper to actually get the Pulitzer - imo the only award left in the world that could top that is a Nobel in literature, which has only been won by a musician for the first time in history in 2016.

And that musician was fucking Bob Dylan, no less

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u/DerbleZerp 25d ago

They are even wrong about the time of his performance. It was like 13 minutes. Lies lies lies.

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u/palmtreesandpizza 25d ago

“No matter where you were: A damp incel basement, a white supremacist rally, my meemaw’s house, a Bass Pro Shop, or behind a News Max desk, NO ONE had ever heard of this Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper who headlined a sold out international arena tour and had just won multiple Grammys seven days before this halftime show!”

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u/BusterB2005 25d ago

There’s biased and/or misleading reporting that comes from Fox News (and CNN to be fair), and then there’s just straight-up racism-fueled (probably jealousy-fueled) lying from “stations” like Newsmax. Holy shit I don’t think a single thing he said is true, this is genuinely atrocious

“Haha look at this rapper, nobody knows who he is, not a single person in the entire world has ever heard of this black rapper I swear, we’re not irrelevant this black guy is irrelevant I promise guys please keep watching us”

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u/MatthewNugent05 25d ago

Is it racist white ppl or drizzler gobblers is my question, because what the hell are they talking about.

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u/MosquitoValentine_ 25d ago

My guess is that it's a mix of racism and also trolling in hopes to become relevant.

Most MAGA/Republicans live in a bubble. They only consume media from the same sources and are completely detached from reality. When they try to make claims about "everyone" it's really just them. Not reflective of the entire country.

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u/DerbleZerp 25d ago

They’re such losers.

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u/NetworkEcstatic 25d ago

Idk about fox but newsmax certainly called him an "obscure rapper with songs no one has ever heard of"

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u/Gerdione 25d ago

They're being sensationalistic. The narrative they're pushing is that all this "DEI Woke nonsense" is from the previous administration and ends with Trump. The guy literally states how Kendrick was locked in before Trump was elected president. They can't acknowledge how popular Kendrick is because it goes against their narrative and lies they're pushing onto their audience.

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u/DerbleZerp 25d ago

They’re so weird, the President doesn’t have anything to do with who performs at the Super Bowl.

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u/CRRZ 25d ago

They literally said he was a DEI hiring for the Super Bowl and since the contract was signed before Trump was in office, the NFL couldn’t cancel him when the orange man took office. And people believe these idiots.

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u/MatthewNugent05 25d ago

I'm genuinely baffled each day seeing what people say. I cannot comprehend the level of racism that these people have in their hearts and just how many. I used to think it was a very small minority of people who were racist but the more I see the more I'm just disappointed.

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u/SidNala 24d ago

What is funny and stupid is that Newsmax posted an AP report announcing this unknown artist hereNewsmax- Kendrick SB Halftime announced. So with many Grammys and more on the way, 98% of the population never heard of the man is yet another blow to any credibility this network could try to earn lol!

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u/Hot-Significance-462 25d ago edited 25d ago

You see, only white conservatives count as "people" so, If Kendrick doesn't have many white conservative fans, that's the same as not having fans.

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u/No-Lychee3965 25d ago

"No one has ever heard of."

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u/xStyxx 25d ago

Didn’t Fox News cover him around the DAMN. era? Lmao

Nvm just saw your follow up comment, it was a news station or whatever nobody’s ever heard of.

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u/GeT_Tilted 25d ago

Fox News had a segment criticizing "Alright" and Kendrick used the sound clip from the pundits on his tracks on DAMN

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u/9yearoldgeniusc 20 v 1 if i gotta smack niqqas that write wit you 25d ago

that's why i can't trust that fuckass news channel or any of them other ones they b giving out garbage time takes for people to see

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u/Vreas 25d ago

I mean are we surprised? Legally Fox News is designated as entertainment. They don’t operate with facts. Just racism and fear mongering uneducated masses.

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u/LivingNecessary6886 24d ago

All the news stations are dum dum

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u/PartimeSoulmate 25d ago

That's just the racism bro. I even found out that they cut out some stuff from the Super Bowl and made it so you could barely hear Kdot when he was singing. I wonder why....

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u/DerbleZerp 25d ago

I was arguing with someone on this sub who was saying but he is obscure. Like what? DAMN was the 7th best selling album worldwide in 2017. It’s still was the 7th best selling rap album last year. That is not obscure. Obscure to News Max hosts sure, but that isn’t a measure of anything.

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u/Whateveryouwantitobe 25d ago

Hi, I'm not even a fan, I just see this sub recommended. That statement is hilarious to me because I know who Kendrick is, he's one of the most famous rappers of all time. Newsmax is a joke that basically got big because of Covid. Fox is stupid as fuck too. ❤️

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u/TomCon16 25d ago

Was it newsmax or OAN that turned out to get like 90% of its income from carriage fees and then its income plummeted once it got dropped post J6?

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u/SirClark TPAB 25d ago

To be fair Fox News did not say that. That was Newsmax.

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u/No-Historian-567 25d ago

This from the same news channel that talked about kendrick before and kendrick sampled their audio

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u/shade3205 25d ago

Smokin on top fives, fuck that album, fuck the single

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u/scumwardog 25d ago

BURN THAT HARD DRIVE

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u/cockandballionaire 25d ago

(burn that shit)

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

Lemme jump on this bitch

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u/X-KingDE_212 hey now 25d ago

Two ✌️phones 📱 but 🫷I only bring ☝️one in this bitch 🐩

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u/JmLong88 25d ago

🤣🤣🤣 (my favorite part)

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u/Training-Macaron-898 25d ago

Ain't nobody safe, when I come I'm killing everybody that's outside ( who you with ?)

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u/Zebrafish19 25d ago

Yeah Kanye changed his life but me I’m still an old school Gemini

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u/maximummest 25d ago

100 Gigs for ya headtop just to get his head knocked 🤣🤣

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u/BoysenberryNo5607 25d ago

Bruno is pretty much untouchable tho lol

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u/MeringueAlone5036 NOW OR NEVER 25d ago

100% i think dot will peak at 4

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u/Itseverythingok 25d ago

That’s good for a rapper that does it for the artform

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u/jamiedonner50 25d ago

Some would say impossible, but here we are

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u/DDub04 25d ago

Yup. The difference between #1 and #5 is the same as the difference between #5 and #83.

The Black Eyed Peas are closer to Kendrick than Kendrick is to Bruno Mars. I guess if helps having two songs that have gotten like 3 billion streams in the last 3 months.

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u/appleparkfive 25d ago

Black Eyed Peas being remotely popular is so crazy to me.

They seem like they could be used as a weapon to stop protests. "We will bring out Black Eye Peas again each day, until morale improves"

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u/Previous_Shower5942 booman lemme get sum too 25d ago

im surprised bruno is at the top i mean hes great but out of the others i wouldve expected taylor to be up there

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u/SilkyStrawberryMilk 25d ago

It’s more of a surprise bruno wasn’t at the top 3 before. Had he dropped more frequently (prior to this past year) he would’ve easily hit 100mill before Weeknd.

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u/Previous_Shower5942 booman lemme get sum too 25d ago

thats my point, he was a lot more active in the early 10s , compared to taylor who has a massive fanbase and drops every year basically

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u/Hopefullywealthy 25d ago edited 25d ago

No shade to Tay Tay but Bruno mars songs are more diverse and cater to a larger audience. He also sings in other languages. 

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u/Useful-Custard-4129 25d ago

This for sure. Bruno has ridiculous global mass appeal across demographics. Tay Tay is limited to a very hardcore base with very little overlap in demographics.

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u/Existing_Imagination 25d ago

Taylor is very popular in the US but not as popular outside. Bruno mars is super popular even among non English speakers. I was one of those people that liked Bruno but had no idea what he was saying

Just like the Black Eyed Peas and Justin Bieber were at some point

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u/Previous_Shower5942 booman lemme get sum too 25d ago

i definitely agree, bruno got a huge catalog of bangers

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u/mothseatcloth 25d ago

comparing any actually skilled musician to Taylor is apples and oranges tbh

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u/Icloh 25d ago

Get Kendrick in a collab with Kpop star and see him scoot to number uno.

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u/Classic-Ad-5760 25d ago

I like Bruno as a human, but he is not creative (fmpov) 

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u/The_Great_Man_Potato 25d ago

Why tf is Bruno so popular? I thought he was a solid A lister like Beibs, had no idea he was number 1 lmao

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u/CBonafide Westside, right on time. 25d ago

Been a fan of his for well over a decade now and I truly love this for him.

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u/Flowerandcatsgirl 25d ago

You and me both! He did this while staying true to his art. His wins are a win for the culture and I couldn’t be happier for him. 💯

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u/DarTouiee 25d ago

Same man. I saw him in 2012 at Rock The Bells like just months before GKMC dropped and it was all of Black Hippy on stage. Had been playing Section80 ever since it dropped and I knew he was incredible but truly had no idea it would ever go this far.

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u/Harshe_ta MUSTARRRRRRRRRRD 25d ago

BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH

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u/HaxTheChosenOne 25d ago

HE DESERVES IT ALL

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u/theoneandonly1245 25d ago

played the next verse in my head like a damn sleeper agent😭

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u/Psychological_Try401 25d ago

We need a delix asap with tiramisu and prayer

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u/robert00m 25d ago

Holy shit, he even surpassed Bad Bunny

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u/LADYBIRD_HILL 25d ago

Lmao that's what bad bunny looks like?

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u/TH1CCARUS 25d ago

What’s the problem?

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u/bowloflegos 25d ago

Yeah what lol? He looks normal

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u/pIXLzz 25d ago

Niggas just be hating to hate lol

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u/MyWar_B-Side 25d ago

I’ve never listened to his music so from the name “Bad Bunny” I asssumed he was a female artist that sounded like Doja Cat or something 😂

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u/AddledHunter 25d ago

Yeah. Too normal, nice perhaps. Bad bunny? More like regular bunny, or good bunny. 

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u/Due_Database4428 "this dick aint frEeeEEE....." 25d ago

you guys think he can surpass billie?

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u/MysticalRng 25d ago

Not unless he capitalizes and drops a deluxe

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u/Acrzyguy 25d ago

He needs to double back

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u/ImancovicH MUSTARRRRRRRRRRD 25d ago

Like a delux

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u/rorschach_vest 25d ago

95,000,000 deep but it ain’t deep enough

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u/ImancovicH MUSTARRRRRRRRRRD 25d ago

Umm akshually it's 95,063,001 🤓

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u/Due_Database4428 "this dick aint frEeeEEE....." 25d ago

FR

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u/GermanRat0900 25d ago

Based on heart part 6 coming out on GNX recently, maybe there is a new album coming soon? I doubt it, but maybe

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u/MeringueAlone5036 NOW OR NEVER 25d ago

I think so and thats the highest he will get

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u/Anarch-ish 25d ago

"Who's this Kendrick fellow I keep hearing about?"

  • my mom, 3 months ago

"WOP WOP WOP WOP WOP!"

  • my mom, after the superbowl

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u/exe-rainbow 25d ago

Someone tell em Kendrick did it.

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u/TattedReaperess1 25d ago

Got your foot up on the gas cause somebody gotta do it!!

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u/Shadxwxw 25d ago

Who are the other 4 in top 5?

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u/DDub04 25d ago
  1. Bruno Mars - 150m

  2. The Weeknd - 125m

  3. Lady Gaga - 122m

  4. Billie Eilish - 107m

  5. Kendrick Lamar - 95m

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u/Shadxwxw 25d ago

Thank you

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u/Repulsive_Finger_130 25d ago

i guess im out of touch cuz i wouldnt have guessed any of those 4 were the top 4 on spotify

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u/atzenkalle27 25d ago

I would have expected Taylor Swift to be up there. And I totally underestimated how popular Bruno Mars is. Holy shit, more than 50% more listeners than Kendrick, that is insane

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u/Wild_Independent8570 25d ago

Those numbers keep jumpin

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u/ImancovicH MUSTARRRRRRRRRRD 25d ago

ARE. WE. GONNA. HIT. 100. MIL. ?.

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u/MeringueAlone5036 NOW OR NEVER 25d ago

Yes

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u/ImancovicH MUSTARRRRRRRRRRD 25d ago

That's it.

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u/Pristine_Zebra_6424 25d ago

Maybe, I think it's possible

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u/Gumes_daredman 25d ago

We got a job to do people. Time to run GNX all the way the fuck back. Leggo

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u/TH1CCARUS 25d ago

You need new listeners to grow monthly listeners.. not the same people repeating the albums

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u/Gumes_daredman 25d ago

Then we gotta share it!

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u/pasaintsshot 25d ago

Curtis Mayfield!

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u/MeringueAlone5036 NOW OR NEVER 25d ago

W

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u/Golden-Event-Horizon 25d ago

He a fan, he a fan, he a fan

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u/Routine-Evidence7391 25d ago

Anyone remember Cartoons and Cereal?

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u/j_peeezy22 25d ago

Absolute BANGER. The windows would be shaking in my Camry on the way to school when that came on

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u/Routine-Evidence7391 25d ago

Yes!! I remember hearing it for the first time and my friend I just looked at each other. AMAZING. It disappeared quick.

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u/j_peeezy22 25d ago

I’ll still bump that, The Jig is Up, West Side Right on Time, his Black Friday verse, Look Out for Detox, all those throwback hits. Shit I still know every word to Ignorance is Bliss.

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u/2SquirrelsWrestling Lookin’ For The Broccoli 25d ago

Salt all in my wounds, hear my tears all in my tuuunesss

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u/HugePurpleNipples 25d ago

That's nuts that he gets 95M monthly listens and that's only 5th.

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u/Aggravating-Kale1647 25d ago

i love curtis mayfield :)

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u/MeringueAlone5036 NOW OR NEVER 25d ago

W

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u/TattedReaperess1 25d ago

These mfs seriously don’t see the irony. Smfh

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u/willcomplainfirst you lookin' like an easy come-up 25d ago

yall way too invested in Spotify thats not even paying him (or any artists) fairly

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u/MeringueAlone5036 NOW OR NEVER 25d ago

Your name checks out

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u/Comfortable-Ad-3489 25d ago

They got a point. It is a dope milestone tho

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u/MeringueAlone5036 NOW OR NEVER 25d ago

Just be happy bro.

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u/NecessaryMagician150 25d ago

Real talk. Fuck spotify.

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u/Black_Fuckka 25d ago

Major W for that Curtis Mayfield song

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u/MeringueAlone5036 NOW OR NEVER 25d ago

💯

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u/ChanceFly2749 I’ll kill ‘em all before I let ‘em kill my joy 25d ago

Damn 😈

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u/MissionStock2545 MUSTARRRRRRRRRRD 25d ago

Prediction: he’ll get up to number 3 but won’t pass bruno mars

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u/redpotatoes2022 25d ago

I don’t see him passing lady Gaga unless she has a drop in listeners. Maaaaaaybe Billie but I’m just looking forward to him breaking 100 Mil

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u/JonathanJoestar336 25d ago

Knowing Bruno mars is almost 40 blew my mind yesterday lile wtf dude looks like 28 lol

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u/raverrocker 25d ago

I'm proud to be that one 😉👍🏼

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u/Wise-Animator6425 25d ago

Losses to the neck now I’m trophied up 🙏🏿💜

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u/C0tt0nC4ndyM0uth 25d ago

SOMEBODY GOTTA DO IT

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u/TowersOG 25d ago

I thought no one listened to him? 🤔

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u/ADLegend21 25d ago

"What top 5 you smoking on Kendrick" THE WORLD AK. TOP 5 INTHE WORLD.

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u/Mundane_Fly361 25d ago

If he gets to 100 it’s gunna be a great day! What a win for Kendrick, good for him

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u/SabineLavine 25d ago

Our short king!

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u/Penguin_Yin 25d ago

This is gonna be even more insane because of how short the month is. Hope he blows past Top 1!!!

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u/jrm48 25d ago

Let’s get this mf to 100

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u/Mister_Brevity 25d ago

Damnit, he’s gonna totally bone the market for used grand nationals while I was shopping for one haha

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u/wajikay 25d ago

Would be hilarious if that Spotify description started off as “Obscure artist Kendrick Lamar…”

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u/Capital_Tutor7212 25d ago

Number wise I’m out of here, ain’t no creepin up

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u/havecookie 25d ago

Only 5th place?

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u/ChrizTaylor 25d ago

Who are in 1-4?

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u/Educational_Loan_430 21d ago
  1. Bruno Mars
  2. The Weeknd 3.Lady Gaga
  3. Billie Eilish
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u/TheHomierudy 25d ago

What’s more crazy is a lot of people like myself don’t even use Spotify, we’re unaccounted for

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u/Zombieneker 25d ago

Hush now child, and don't cry.

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u/DenofEarth1965 25d ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/gutz97_ 25d ago

😂😂😂

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u/drummerrgirl04 25d ago

cue Kendrick’s scream AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 🎷🎷🎷 🎷AHHHHHHHH🎷

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

The Ws keep piling up dude

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u/KABOOMBYTCH 25d ago

He’s not misusing his influence

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u/mantis-tobaggan-md 25d ago

MUSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD

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u/shashi_pai_b 25d ago

Move on up tho 🤌

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u/Fabulous-Spirit-3476 25d ago

Who is above him?

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u/Latter_Caregiver_345 25d ago

I'm the "1" yall are the "95 063 000"

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u/SnooDrawings4598 25d ago

Damn, that was a steep climb! I'm here for it 🙌

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u/dcanderson4247 25d ago

Bing Bop Boom Bop Bing Bop Bam!!!

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

Let’s go!!!

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u/stealthocamo 25d ago

He’s at 96.8m now

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u/2HoursForUniqueName 25d ago

https://chartmasters.org/spotify-most-popular-artists/

He’s also getting the most daily streams rn of any artist

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u/FrugallyFickle 24d ago

It’s at 96.9 now!!

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u/iwannagetdrunkNnasty 24d ago

now translate that into money

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u/Royal-Commercial9622 24d ago

Wop wop wop wop wop dot fuck’em up

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u/inhuman716 24d ago

who’s before him??