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: 5.57B; Streams as a featured artist: 4.65B; Most streamed song of all time by Gucci Mane: Wake Up in the Sky with 1.02B streams
49 Rae Sremmurd: Streams as a lead artist: 6.12B; Streams as a featured artist: 354.5M; Most streamed song of all time by Rae Sremmurd: Black Beatles with 980.3M streams
48 Bryson Tiller: Streams as a lead artist: 6.43B; Streams as a featured artist: 2.88B; Most streamed song of all time by Bryson Tiller: Don't with 1.32B streams
47 Meek Mill: Streams as a lead artist: 6.44B; Streams as a featured artist: 2.71B; Most streamed song of all time by Meek Mill: Going Bad with 1.21B streams
46 Nelly: Streams as a lead artist: 6.44B; Streams as a featured artist: 953.7M; Most streamed song of all time by Nelly: Dilemma with 879.0M streams
45 Snoop Dogg: Streams as a lead artist: 6.53B; Streams as a featured artist: 7.78B; Most streamed song of all time by Snoop Dogg: Young, Wild & Free with 1.45B streams
44 Jack Harlow: Streams as a lead artist: 6.56B; Streams as a featured artist: 2.65B; Most streamed song of all time by Jack Harlow: INDUSTRY BABY with 2.03B streams
43 Dr. Dre: Streams as a lead artist: 6.95B; Streams as a featured artist: 3.18B; Most streamed song of all time by Dr. Dre: Still D.R.E. with 1.45B streams
42 Tyga: Streams as a lead artist: 7.01B; Streams as a featured artist: 4.45B; Most streamed song of all time by Tyga: Taste with 1.37B streams
41 Young Thug: Streams as a lead artist: 7.38B; Streams as a featured artist: 11.68B; Most streamed song of all time by Young Thug: Goodbyes with 1.28B streams
40 Macklemore: Streams as a lead artist: 7.48B; 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: 7.49B; Streams as a featured artist: 4.30B; Most streamed song of all time by Big Sean: I Don't Fuck With You with 789.1M streams
38 Tory Lanez: Streams as a lead artist: 7.52B; Streams as a featured artist: 3.68B; Most streamed song of all time by Tory Lanez: The Color Violet with 845.3M streams
37 Gunna: Streams as a lead artist: 7.77B; Streams as a featured artist: 11.09B; Most streamed song of all time by Gunna: Drip Too Hard with 1.51B streams
36 DaBaby: Streams as a lead artist: 8.02B; Streams as a featured artist: 6.83B; Most streamed song of all time by DaBaby: ROCKSTAR with 1.65B streams
35 Playboi Carti: Streams as a lead artist: 8.59B; Streams as a featured artist: 4.73B; Most streamed song of all time by Playboi Carti: Popular with 861.1M streams
34 Wiz Khalifa: Streams as a lead artist: 8.61B; Streams as a featured artist: 6.03B; Most streamed song of all time by Wiz Khalifa: See You Again with 1.92B streams
33 USHER: Streams as a lead artist: 8.62B; Streams as a featured artist: 2.43B; Most streamed song of all time by USHER: Yeah! with 1.35B streams
32 Romeo Santos: Streams as a lead artist: 8.75B; Streams as a featured artist: 8.9M; Most streamed song of all time by Romeo Santos: Propuesta Indecente with 768.9M streams
31 Kodak Black: Streams as a lead artist: 8.80B; Streams as a featured artist: 3.86B; Most streamed song of all time by Kodak Black: ZEZE with 1.08B streams
30 DJ Khaled: Streams as a lead artist: 8.96B; Streams as a featured artist: 631.9M; Most streamed song of all time by DJ Khaled: I'm the One with 1.27B streams
29 Childish Gambino: Streams as a lead artist: 9.18B; Streams as a featured artist: 415.5M; Most streamed song of all time by Childish Gambino: Redbone with 1.64B streams
28 A$AP Rocky: Streams as a lead artist: 9.32B; Streams as a featured artist: 4.06B; Most streamed song of all time by A$AP Rocky: Praise The Lord with 1.24B streams
27 Logic: Streams as a lead artist: 9.52B; Streams as a featured artist: 1.22B; Most streamed song of all time by Logic: 1-800-273-8255 with 1.34B streams
26 G-Eazy: Streams as a lead artist: 9.60B; Streams as a featured artist: 799.0M; Most streamed song of all time by G-Eazy: Me, Myself & I with 1.31B streams
25 The Kid LAROI: Streams as a lead artist: 9.60B; Streams as a featured artist: 1.23B; Most streamed song of all time by The Kid LAROI: STAY with 3.17B streams
24 Migos: Streams as a lead artist: 9.63B; Streams as a featured artist: 1.50B; Most streamed song of all time by Migos: Bad and Boujee with 942.3M streams
23 Lil Nas X: Streams as a lead artist: 10.51B; Most streamed song of all time by Lil Nas X: INDUSTRY BABY with 2.03B streams
22 Lil Peep: Streams as a lead artist: 10.52B; Streams as a featured artist: 80.6M; Most streamed song of all time by Lil Peep: Star Shopping with 1.22B streams
21 Kid Cudi: Streams as a lead artist: 10.78B; Streams as a featured artist: 1.21B; Most streamed song of all time by Kid Cudi: Day 'N' Nite with 850.0M streams
20 Pop Smoke: Streams as a lead artist: 11.71B; Streams as a featured artist: 662.8M; Most streamed song of all time by Pop Smoke: What You Know Bout Love with 1.14B streams
19 50 Cent: Streams as a lead artist: 12.03B; Streams as a featured artist: 4.32B; Most streamed song of all time by 50 Cent: In Da Club with 1.54B streams
18 The Notorious B.I.G.: Streams as a lead artist: 12.05B; Streams as a featured artist: 440.8M; Most streamed song of all time by The Notorious B.I.G.: Hypnotize with 1.17B streams
17 JAY-Z: Streams as a lead artist: 12.66B; Streams as a featured artist: 8.83B; Most streamed song of all time by JAY-Z: Umbrella with 1.57B streams
16 21 Savage: Streams as a lead artist: 12.69B; Streams as a featured artist: 16.81B; Most streamed song of all time by 21 Savage: rockstar with 2.99B streams
15 2Pac: Streams as a lead artist: 12.73B; Streams as a featured artist: 328.2M; Most streamed song of all time by 2Pac: california love with 765.1M streams
14 Lil Baby: Streams as a lead artist: 13.08B; Streams as a featured artist: 10.42B; Most streamed song of all time by Lil Baby: Drip Too Hard with 1.51B streams
13 Mac Miller: Streams as a lead artist: 13.09B; Streams as a featured artist: 138.6M; Most streamed song of all time by Mac Miller: The Spins with 734.4M streams
12 $uicideboy$: Streams as a lead artist: 13.57B; Streams as a featured artist: 376.1M; Most streamed song of all time by $uicideboy$: ...And to Those I Love, Thanks for Sticking Around with 672.5M streams
11 Frank Ocean: Streams as a lead artist: 13.73B; Streams as a featured artist: 1.17B; Most streamed song of all time by Frank Ocean: Pink + White with 1.36B streams
10 Nicki Minaj: Streams as a lead artist: 14.62B; Streams as a featured artist: 14.20B; Most streamed song of all time by Nicki Minaj: Starships with 1.15B streams
9 Lil Uzi Vert: Streams as a lead artist: 15.36B; Streams as a featured artist: 15.09B; Most streamed song of all time by Lil Uzi Vert: Lucid Dreams with 2.54B streams
8 Lil Wayne: Streams as a lead artist: 15.62B; Streams as a featured artist: 18.37B; Most streamed song of all time by Lil Wayne: I'm the One with 1.27B streams
7 J. Cole: Streams as a lead artist: 18.60B; Streams as a featured artist: 3.42B; Most streamed song of all time by J. Cole: No Role Modelz with 2.28B streams
6 Future: Streams as a lead artist: 19.44B; Streams as a featured artist: 15.01B; Most streamed song of all time by Future: Mask Off with 1.63B streams
5 Kendrick Lamar: Streams as a lead artist: 25.49B; Streams as a featured artist: 10.26B; Most streamed song of all time by Kendrick Lamar: HUMBLE. with 2.27B streams
4 XXXTENTACION: Streams as a lead artist: 30.48B; Streams as a featured artist: 2.64B; Most streamed song of all time by XXXTENTACION: SAD! with 2.24B streams
3 Kanye West: Streams as a lead artist: 36.53B; Streams as a featured artist: 14.18B; Most streamed song of all time by Kanye West: Ni**as In Paris with 1.46B streams
2 Eminem: Streams as a lead artist: 52.17B; Streams as a featured artist: 7.76B; Most streamed song of all time by Eminem: Lose Yourself with 2.24B streams
1 Drake: Streams as a lead artist: 69.37B; Streams as a featured artist: 34.91B; Most streamed song of all time by Drake: One Dance with 3.25B streams