{"id":42424,"date":"2025-08-04T08:43:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/42424\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T08:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:43:12","slug":"kendrick-lamar-replaces-drake-a-at-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/42424\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendrick Lamar Replaces Drake A At No. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1754296992_287_960x0.jpg\" alt=\"Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show\" data-height=\"2214\" data-width=\"3322\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kendrick Lamar and SZA\u2019s \u201cLuther\u201d returns to No. 1 on Billboard\u2019s Hot R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, replacing Drake\u2019s \u201cWhat Did I Miss?\u201d NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA &#8211; FEBRUARY 09: Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on February 09, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Gregory Shamus\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Getty Images <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s likely that no matter how much time passes since the end of their public feud, <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hughmcintyre\/2025\/05\/15\/kendrick-lamar-makes-history-with-another-week-at-no-1\/&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjHj43tqu2OAxWfIEQIHcyzBrcQxfQBKAB6BAgKEAE&amp;usg=AOvVaw06RyMERYoC6E37o4m92nRO\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hughmcintyre\/2025\/05\/15\/kendrick-lamar-makes-history-with-another-week-at-no-1\/&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjHj43tqu2OAxWfIEQIHcyzBrcQxfQBKAB6BAgKEAE&amp;usg=AOvVaw06RyMERYoC6E37o4m92nRO\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Kendrick Lamar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kendrick Lamar<\/a> and Drake will always be compared to one another and seen as rivals. The rappers spent part of 2024 trading diss tracks in what turned out to be one of the most high-profile beefs in hip-hop history. Lamar came out on top, thanks largely to his tune &#8220;Not Like Us,&#8221; which didn\u2019t just reach No. 1 on the Hot 100, it also earned the rapper both Record and Song of the Year at the Grammys.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been well over a year since &#8220;Not Like Us&#8221; seemingly finished the war, but Lamar and Drake are still competing against one another directly on the Billboard charts.<\/p>\n<p>Kendrick Lamar Replaces Drake at No. 1 <\/p>\n<p>Lamar manages to replace Drake at No. 1 on several Billboard tallies in the United States this week, thanks to his recent collaboration with friend and tourmate SZA. <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sNY_2TEmzho\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sNY_2TEmzho\" aria-label=\"&quot;Luther&quot;\">&#8220;Luther&#8221;<\/a> returns to the summit on both the Hot R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs rankings this frame. Last period, the collaboration sat in the runner-up spot on the two consumption-based lists, pushed down by Drake\u2019s &#8220;What Did I Miss?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian hip-hop superstar\u2019s single begins to decline this frame, making way for &#8220;Luther&#8221; \u2014 one of the most popular tunes in hip-hop of all time, according to the charts \u2014 to find its way to the summit once more.<\/p>\n<p>Drake\u2019s Songs Decline as &#8220;Luther&#8221; Surges<\/p>\n<p>On the Hot R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Songs tally, <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=weU76DGHKU0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=weU76DGHKU0\" aria-label=\"&quot;What Did I Miss?&quot;\">&#8220;What Did I Miss?&#8221;<\/a> drops from No. 1 to No. 3, landing just ahead of Drake\u2019s previous smash &#8220;Nokia.&#8221; On the Hot Rap Songs chart, &#8220;What Did I Miss?&#8221; only steps back one space, while &#8220;Nokia&#8221; also holds at No. 4 on that ranking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Luther&#8221; Extends Its Historic Reign<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Luther&#8221; has now ruled both the Hot R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs rankings for 29 weeks apiece. The tune long ago became the longest-running leader on both tallies, and with every frame it commands the tallies, it adds to its total and Lamar and SZA further their lead over every other hit in the history of those genres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kendrick Lamar and SZA\u2019s \u201cLuther\u201d returns to No. 1 on Billboard\u2019s Hot R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,37252,37250,134,37254,37255,37247,37253,37248,37256,37251,37249,136],"class_list":["post-42424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-drake-billboard-decline","tag-drake-what-did-i-miss","tag-entertainment","tag-hot-rb-hip-hop-songs-luther","tag-hot-rap-songs-luther","tag-kendrick-lamar-billboard-charts","tag-kendrick-lamar-chart-record","tag-kendrick-lamar-luther-no-1","tag-kendrick-lamar-sza-chart-hit","tag-kendrick-lamar-vs-drake","tag-luther-sza-kendrick-lamar","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}