The Most Streamed Hip Hop Artists of All Time

Hip hop started small, but now it runs the world – clothes, movies, everything. We’ve seen so many dope MCs change the game, pushin’ boundaries with their lyrics, beats, and style. Some cats stay legendary for decades.

Think about Kanye and his crazy creativity, Queen Latifah rippin’ it for female MCs, or Ice Cube with raw gangsta rap in the ’90s. Then you got Missy Elliott’s wild videos and Jay-Z hustlin’ up to billionaire status. Kendrick’s new-school fire, Pac’s spirit, Pharrell’s unique style, Rakim droppin’ knowledge, Biggie with those stories… Legends, all of ’em. The overlap between rap and hip hop is significant, see also most streamed rappers of all time.

A Top 50 countdown of most popular Hip Hop artists in order of streams on Spotify as lead artist is as follows:

50 Gucci Mane: Streams as a lead artist: 5.64B; Streams as a featured artist: 3.69B; Most streamed song of all time by Gucci Mane: Wake Up in the Sky with 1.05B streams
49 Nelly: Streams as a lead artist: 5.67B; Streams as a featured artist: 960.5M; Most streamed song of all time by Nelly: Dilemma with 904.1M streams
48 Rae Sremmurd: Streams as a lead artist: 6.20B; Streams as a featured artist: 355.4M; Most streamed song of all time by Rae Sremmurd: Black Beatles with 992.6M streams
47 Dr. Dre: Streams as a lead artist: 6.32B; Streams as a featured artist: 3.23B; Most streamed song of all time by Dr. Dre: Still D.R.E. with 1.49B streams
46 Meek Mill: Streams as a lead artist: 6.50B; Streams as a featured artist: 2.72B; Most streamed song of all time by Meek Mill: Going Bad with 1.22B streams
45 Snoop Dogg: Streams as a lead artist: 6.63B; Streams as a featured artist: 7.85B; Most streamed song of all time by Snoop Dogg: Still D.R.E. with 1.49B streams
44 Jack Harlow: Streams as a lead artist: 6.68B; Streams as a featured artist: 2.67B; Most streamed song of all time by Jack Harlow: INDUSTRY BABY with 2.06B streams
43 Bryson Tiller: Streams as a lead artist: 6.90B; Streams as a featured artist: 2.97B; Most streamed song of all time by Bryson Tiller: Don't with 1.36B streams
42 Tyga: Streams as a lead artist: 7.07B; Streams as a featured artist: 4.23B; Most streamed song of all time by Tyga: Taste with 1.39B streams
41 Young Thug: Streams as a lead artist: 7.45B; Streams as a featured artist: 11.90B; Most streamed song of all time by Young Thug: Goodbyes with 1.29B streams
40 Macklemore: Streams as a lead artist: 7.52B; Streams as a featured artist: 14.6M; Most streamed song of all time by Macklemore: Can't Hold Us with 2.38B streams
39 Big Sean: Streams as a lead artist: 7.56B; Streams as a featured artist: 4.36B; Most streamed song of all time by Big Sean: I Don't Fuck With You with 799.2M streams
38 Tory Lanez: Streams as a lead artist: 7.76B; Streams as a featured artist: 3.73B; Most streamed song of all time by Tory Lanez: The Color Violet with 898.4M streams
37 Gunna: Streams as a lead artist: 8.06B; Streams as a featured artist: 11.25B; Most streamed song of all time by Gunna: Drip Too Hard with 1.54B streams
36 DaBaby: Streams as a lead artist: 8.08B; Streams as a featured artist: 6.88B; Most streamed song of all time by DaBaby: ROCKSTAR with 1.66B streams
35 Wiz Khalifa: Streams as a lead artist: 8.72B; Streams as a featured artist: 5.82B; Most streamed song of all time by Wiz Khalifa: See You Again with 1.96B streams
34 Playboi Carti: Streams as a lead artist: 8.83B; Streams as a featured artist: 5.93B; Most streamed song of all time by Playboi Carti: Popular with 917.3M streams
33 USHER: Streams as a lead artist: 8.89B; Streams as a featured artist: 2.45B; Most streamed song of all time by USHER: Yeah! with 1.41B streams
32 Kodak Black: Streams as a lead artist: 8.94B; Streams as a featured artist: 3.93B; Most streamed song of all time by Kodak Black: ZEZE with 1.10B streams
31 Romeo Santos: Streams as a lead artist: 9.03B; Streams as a featured artist: 8.9M; Most streamed song of all time by Romeo Santos: Propuesta Indecente with 806.0M streams
30 DJ Khaled: Streams as a lead artist: 9.05B; Streams as a featured artist: 642.4M; Most streamed song of all time by DJ Khaled: I'm the One with 1.28B streams
29 Childish Gambino: Streams as a lead artist: 9.49B; Streams as a featured artist: 428.9M; Most streamed song of all time by Childish Gambino: Redbone with 1.67B streams
28 Logic: Streams as a lead artist: 9.59B; Streams as a featured artist: 1.23B; Most streamed song of all time by Logic: 1-800-273-8255 with 1.35B streams
27 A$AP Rocky: Streams as a lead artist: 9.64B; Streams as a featured artist: 4.12B; Most streamed song of all time by A$AP Rocky: Praise The Lord with 1.29B streams
26 Migos: Streams as a lead artist: 9.71B; Streams as a featured artist: 1.51B; Most streamed song of all time by Migos: Bad and Boujee with 950.0M streams
25 G-Eazy: Streams as a lead artist: 9.73B; Streams as a featured artist: 800.0M; Most streamed song of all time by G-Eazy: Me, Myself & I with 1.34B streams
24 The Kid LAROI: Streams as a lead artist: 10.00B; Streams as a featured artist: 1.24B; Most streamed song of all time by The Kid LAROI: STAY with 3.25B streams
23 Lil Nas X: Streams as a lead artist: 10.63B; Most streamed song of all time by Lil Nas X: INDUSTRY BABY with 2.06B streams
22 Lil Peep: Streams as a lead artist: 10.85B; Streams as a featured artist: 81.3M; Most streamed song of all time by Lil Peep: Star Shopping with 1.26B streams
21 Kid Cudi: Streams as a lead artist: 10.89B; Streams as a featured artist: 1.21B; Most streamed song of all time by Kid Cudi: Day 'N' Nite with 867.9M streams
20 Pop Smoke: Streams as a lead artist: 11.90B; Streams as a featured artist: 670.9M; Most streamed song of all time by Pop Smoke: What You Know Bout Love with 1.17B streams
19 The Notorious B.I.G.: Streams as a lead artist: 12.20B; Streams as a featured artist: 445.6M; Most streamed song of all time by The Notorious B.I.G.: Hypnotize with 1.20B streams
18 50 Cent: Streams as a lead artist: 12.34B; Streams as a featured artist: 4.39B; Most streamed song of all time by 50 Cent: In Da Club with 1.59B streams
17 2Pac: Streams as a lead artist: 12.47B; Streams as a featured artist: 333.7M; Most streamed song of all time by 2Pac: california love with 791.5M streams
16 JAY-Z: Streams as a lead artist: 12.85B; Streams as a featured artist: 8.96B; Most streamed song of all time by JAY-Z: Umbrella with 1.63B streams
15 21 Savage: Streams as a lead artist: 13.01B; Streams as a featured artist: 17.19B; Most streamed song of all time by 21 Savage: rockstar with 3.02B streams
14 Lil Baby: Streams as a lead artist: 13.29B; Streams as a featured artist: 10.62B; Most streamed song of all time by Lil Baby: Drip Too Hard with 1.54B streams
13 Mac Miller: Streams as a lead artist: 13.35B; Streams as a featured artist: 138.7M; Most streamed song of all time by Mac Miller: The Spins with 776.2M streams
12 $uicideboy$: Streams as a lead artist: 13.94B; Streams as a featured artist: 388.3M; Most streamed song of all time by $uicideboy$: ...And to Those I Love, Thanks for Sticking Around with 694.1M streams
11 Frank Ocean: Streams as a lead artist: 14.31B; Streams as a featured artist: 1.18B; Most streamed song of all time by Frank Ocean: Pink + White with 1.44B streams
10 Nicki Minaj: Streams as a lead artist: 14.81B; Streams as a featured artist: 14.31B; Most streamed song of all time by Nicki Minaj: Starships with 1.19B streams
9 Lil Uzi Vert: Streams as a lead artist: 15.61B; Streams as a featured artist: 15.20B; Most streamed song of all time by Lil Uzi Vert: Lucid Dreams with 2.54B streams
8 Lil Wayne: Streams as a lead artist: 15.79B; Streams as a featured artist: 18.54B; Most streamed song of all time by Lil Wayne: I'm the One with 1.28B streams
7 J. Cole: Streams as a lead artist: 18.91B; Streams as a featured artist: 3.49B; Most streamed song of all time by J. Cole: No Role Modelz with 2.33B streams
6 Future: Streams as a lead artist: 20.28B; Streams as a featured artist: 15.28B; Most streamed song of all time by Future: Mask Off with 1.67B streams
5 Kendrick Lamar: Streams as a lead artist: 26.35B; Streams as a featured artist: 10.52B; Most streamed song of all time by Kendrick Lamar: HUMBLE. with 2.33B streams
4 XXXTENTACION: Streams as a lead artist: 31.07B; Streams as a featured artist: 2.71B; Most streamed song of all time by XXXTENTACION: SAD! with 2.26B streams
3 Kanye West: Streams as a lead artist: 37.17B; Streams as a featured artist: 14.68B; Most streamed song of all time by Kanye West: Ni**as In Paris with 1.49B streams
2 Eminem: Streams as a lead artist: 53.25B; Streams as a featured artist: 7.04B; Most streamed song of all time by Eminem: Lose Yourself with 2.29B streams
1 Drake: Streams as a lead artist: 70.12B; Streams as a featured artist: 35.62B; Most streamed song of all time by Drake: One Dance with 3.33B streams