Most-streamed Rappers on Spotify: Drake, Kendrick, Cardi & More

Who’s the No. 1 rapper on the all-time Spotify charts? From Drizzy and K.Dot to Lil Wayne, Cardi, and Jay-Z, find out who rounds out hip-hop’s top 50.

Besides Dylan, who are the icons most widely considered among the greatest rappers ever to do it? It’s a question worth asking any day of the week, but it’s particularly prescient given that 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the hip-hop art form.

If you’re making a Mount Rushmore, you’re almost certainly including — in no particular order — The Notorious BIG, 2Pac, and Jay-Z. If we’re talking top five, there’s a stronger chance by comparison that Nas is making his way in there. But what if I asked you to name the five most popular bar-spitters in the history of Spotify? Would your answer be the same?

Spoiler alert: None of those four even crack the top 30. Biggie Smalls doesn’t make the top 50.

That’s surely got you either infuriated or strangely enthused, right? Well, all ye backpackers and boom-bappers, no more vamping and/or cold-lamping, let’s get right to the 50 most-streamed rappers on Spotify all-time, starting with a Canadian man who went from Degrassi to classy.

The 50 Most-streamed Rappers on Spotify

Rap-specific rankings, all-time rankings, and billion-stream stats are based on streamed songs as a lead artist only via ChartMasters as of Oct. 9, 2023.

RAP RANK	ARTIST	OVERALL SPOTIFY RANK	SONGS W/ 1B+ STREAMS
1	Drake	1	9
2	Eminem	8	7
3	Kanye West	11	2
4	Juice WRLD	15	3
5	Travis Scott	19	4
6	XXXTENTACION	20	9
7	Kendrick Lamar	26	5
8	Future	34	2
9	J. Cole	39	3
10	Nicki Minaj	40	3
11	Lil Uzi Vert	51	1
12	Doja Cat	57	4
13	Metro Boomin	64	1
14	21 Savage	65	1
15	Lil Baby	70	1
16	Mac Miller	75	0
17	Pitbull	76	2
18	Pop Smoke	77	2
19	Tyler, The Creator	78	1
20	Lil Peep	81	1
21	$uicideboy$	84	0
22	DaBaby	88	2
23	Lil Wayne	90	1
24	Young Thug	95	0
25	Cardi B	96	2

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26	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	103	0
27	Wiz Khalifa	105	2
28	NF	112	1
29	G-Eazy	113	1
30	Tyga	116	1
31	A Boogie Wit da Hoodie	118	0
32	Trippie Redd	120	0
33	A$AP Rocky	123	1
34	Logic	125	1
35	Jay-Z	136	1
36	Gunna	139	1
37	Migos	141	0
38	Kodak Black	142	0
39	The Kid LAROI	143	1
40	DJ Khaled	146	2
41	Bizarrap	152	1
42	50 Cent	154	1
43	Polo G	155	0
44	2Pac	157	0
45	Macklemore	158	2
46	Kid Cudi	162	0
47	Playboi Carti	163	0
48	Flo Rida	170	0
49	Childish Gambino	172	0
50	Duki	174	0

Other Notable Rappers on the All-time Spotify Charts

55. Snoop Dogg (overall Spotify rank: 216)
56. The Notorious BIG (218)
57. Megan Thee Stallion (223)
58. Big Sean (228)
60. Meek Mill (230)
62. Lil Durk (240)
64. Gucci Mane (242)
65. Rae Sremmurd (244)
73. Dr. Dre (289)
75. Lizzo (296)