What’s up y’all. Today we’re analyzing and giving answers to a question that has been floating around. Did Kendrick Lamar need to diss Drake to have the biggest record of his career, Not Like Us?
Kendrick’s Not Like Us, released on May 4, 2024, debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and broke several streaming records. Not Like Us sold over 1 million units in only 12 days, making it the fastest song to do so in 2024.
Kendrick would then follow up with the success of the song and perform it for the first time on Juneteenth at the Forum in Inglewood, California. The concert was a memorable one and Kendrick performed the song 5 times consecutively to close out the event.
And then on July 4th Kendrick Lamar dropped the Not Like Us Music Video. The video set several records. It had the highest first day view count for a hip hop video in 2024, with 13 million views by the morning after its release.
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THE SUCCESS OF NOT LIKE US
Not Like Us became the fastest video to reach 10 million views on YouTube for Kendrick Lamar. It also trended at number one globally on YouTube and other social media platforms for several days after its release.
Now let’s look at the Billboard records set by the man Kendrick Lamar disses in Not Like Us, Drake. The Canadian rapper has over 300 total Billboard chart hits. He’s the first artist to reach such a milestone. And of those 300, 13 of them are Billboard number ones.
The Billboard records Drake has set are insane and plenty. In addition to the number ones, Drake has 23 songs that have peaked in the top two on Billboard. He’s tied with Mariah Carey and The Beatles for the most of all time.
Drake has earned a record 30 top three hits 41 top five hits and a record 76 top 10 hits in his career. The record breaking goes on and on.
BEFORE NOT LIKE US
Whereas, Kendrick Lamar, previous to Not Like Us, had only 3 Billboard number ones. Two of them were guest appearances, Metro Boomin and Future’s Like That, Taylor Swift’s Bad Blood, and his single Humble, released in 2017.
So did Kendrick Lamar need to diss Drake to have the biggest record of his career? Rapper and producer Pretty Ken from Atlanta weighed in on the subject.
What are your thoughts on this hot debate, Did Kendrick Lamar need to diss Drake to get the biggest record of his career?
Keep in mind that Kendrick Lamar was already a household name before the Not Like Us diss record. He’s a Pulitzer Prize winner, with 17 Grammys and over 70 million records sold worldwide.
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CONCLUSION
And as always we like to close with a saying, quote or adage and today’s is from Dame Dash: THERE’S CERTAIN LINES YOU JUST DON’T CROSS. YOU KNOW THE ONE THING THAT WILL GET A MAN OUT OF POCKET IS WHEN YOU MESS WITH HIS CHILDREN.
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