From the moment OutKast boldly declared that the South had something to say at the 1995 Source Awards, Atlanta’s place on the hip-hop map was cemented. And true to Big Boi and Andre 3000’s words, the city has since grown into a veritable hotbed of innovation, from the Dungeon Family’s lyrical prowess and genre-blurring soundscape to the head-nodding crunk movement led by Lil Jon.
No conversation about Atlanta rap can be had without acknowledging the trap music revolution, a seismic shift in the hip-hop landscape orchestrated by legends like T.I., Young Jeezy, and Gucci Mane. These pioneers flipped the script, their gritty storytelling and hard-hitting beats creating a blueprint that has been adopted and adapted far beyond the ATL. And then there’s the new school, artists like Migos and 21 Savage who have taken the city’s trap tradition and shaped it into their own unique narratives, their music resonating on a global scale and proving that Atlanta is far from done writing its hip-hop story.
The most streamed Atlanta Hip Hop artist is Future with 27.70B streams, which includes 15.18B as lead artist and 12.53B from features, followed by 21 Savage (26.41B) and Lil Baby (16.53B).
A top list of Atlanta Hip Hop artists in order of streams as lead artist is as follows:
- 1Future
- Streams as a lead artist: 15.18B
- Streams as a featured artist: 12.53B
- Most streamed song of all time: Mask Off with 1.57B streams
- Most streamed song today: Like That with 5.1M daily streams
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- 221 Savage
- Streams as a lead artist: 12.02B
- Streams as a featured artist: 14.38B
- Most streamed song of all time: rockstar with 2.94B streams
- Most streamed song today: Redrum with 2.0M daily streams
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- 3Lil Baby
- Streams as a lead artist: 8.59B
- Streams as a featured artist: 7.94B
- Most streamed song of all time: Drip Too Hard with 1.47B streams
- Most streamed song today: Drip Too Hard with 668K daily streams
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- 4USHER
- Streams as a lead artist: 8.27B
- Streams as a featured artist: 2.26B
- Most streamed song of all time: Yeah! with 1.27B streams
- Most streamed song today: Yeah! with 932K daily streams
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- 5Migos
- Streams as a lead artist: 6.80B
- Streams as a featured artist: 1.39B
- Most streamed song of all time: Bad and Boujee with 931.3M streams
- Most streamed song today: Need It with 327K daily streams
- 6Playboi Carti
- Streams as a lead artist: 6.60B
- Streams as a featured artist: 3.95B
- Most streamed song of all time: Magnolia with 821.3M streams
- Most streamed song today: FE!N with 3.0M daily streams
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- 7Young Thug
- Streams as a lead artist: 4.73B
- Streams as a featured artist: 10.12B
- Most streamed song of all time: Goodbyes with 1.25B streams
- Most streamed song today: Trance with 1.0M daily streams
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- 8OutKast
- Streams as a lead artist: 4.04B
- Streams as a featured artist: 9.6M
- Most streamed song of all time: Hey Ya! with 1.31B streams
- Most streamed song today: Hey Ya! with 901K daily streams
- 9Gunna
- Streams as a lead artist: 3.76B
- Streams as a featured artist: 8.16B
- Most streamed song of all time: Drip Too Hard with 1.47B streams
- Most streamed song today: fukumean with 1.1M daily streams
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- 10Gucci Mane
- Streams as a lead artist: 2.84B
- Streams as a featured artist: 3.35B
- Most streamed song of all time: Wake Up in the Sky with 978.3M streams
- Most streamed song today: Black Beatles with 230K daily streams
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- 11Lil Yachty
- Streams as a lead artist: 2.46B
- Streams as a featured artist: 450.3M
- Most streamed song of all time: One Night with 333.9M streams
- Most streamed song today: A Cold Sunday with 392K daily streams
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- 122 Chainz
- Streams as a lead artist: 2.39B
- Streams as a featured artist: 3.89B
- Most streamed song of all time: F**kin' Problems with 793.3M streams
- Most streamed song today: F**kin' Problems with 331K daily streams
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- 13T.I.
- Streams as a lead artist: 1.52B
- Streams as a featured artist: 1.01B
- Most streamed song of all time: Live Your Life with 543.9M streams
- Most streamed song today: Live Your Life with 230K daily streams
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- 14Offset
- Streams as a lead artist: 1.44B
- Streams as a featured artist: 5.79B
- Most streamed song of all time: Taste with 1.35B streams
- Most streamed song today: Prada Dem with 459K daily streams
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- 15Mike WiLL Made-It
- Streams as a lead artist: 1.28B
- Streams as a featured artist: 733.3M
- Most streamed song of all time: Go Stupid with 409.0M streams
- Most streamed song today: Go Stupid with 249K daily streams
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- 16Quavo
- Streams as a lead artist: 1.23B
- Streams as a featured artist: 8.20B
- Most streamed song of all time: Congratulations with 1.96B streams
- Most streamed song today: Congratulations with 614K daily streams
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- 17Ludacris
- Streams as a lead artist: 1.19B
- Streams as a featured artist: 2.80B
- Most streamed song of all time: Yeah! with 1.27B streams
- Most streamed song today: Yeah! with 932K daily streams
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- 18Waka Flocka Flame
- Streams as a lead artist: 1.08B
- Streams as a featured artist: 84.6M
- Most streamed song of all time: No Hands with 652.6M streams
- Most streamed song today: No Hands with 302K daily streams
- 19Rich Homie Quan
- Streams as a lead artist: 660.1M
- Streams as a featured artist: 616.9M
- Most streamed song of all time: My Nigga with 328.5M streams
- Most streamed song today: Flex with 54K daily streams
- 20Takeoff
- Streams as a lead artist: 587.8M
- Streams as a featured artist: 859.9M
- Most streamed song of all time: HOTEL LOBBY with 388.9M streams
- Most streamed song today: HOTEL LOBBY with 365K daily streams
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- 21ILOVEMAKONNEN
- Streams as a lead artist: 331.6M
- Streams as a featured artist: 7.3M
- Most streamed song of all time: Tuesday with 241.5M streams
- Most streamed song today: Tuesday with 42K daily streams
- 22Killer Mike
- Streams as a lead artist: 78.5M
- Streams as a featured artist: 810.5M
- Most streamed song of all time: Legend Has It with 96.9M streams
- Most streamed song today: Legend Has It with 34K daily streams
- 23Trouble
- Streams as a lead artist: 73.0M
- Streams as a featured artist: 35.7M
- Most streamed song of all time: Bring It Back with 33.4M streams
- Most streamed song today: F.I.G.H.T. with 4,474.0 daily streams
- 24Bone Crusher
- Streams as a lead artist: 48.2M
- Streams as a featured artist: 289K
- Most streamed song of all time: Never Scared with 28.3M streams
