Drake secured Apple music’s most-streamed artist place for 2025, whereas Kendrick Lamar‘s Grammy-winning diss track “Not Like Us” claimed the platform’s high rap tune for the second consecutive 12 months.

Apple music introduced Tuesday that the Toronto rapper earned the streaming service’s highest artist rating, pushed by momentum from his February collaboration Some Sexy Songs 4 U with PartyNextDoor and tracks from his upcoming “Iceman” album rollout.

The platform’s “’25 Replay” information revealed Lamar’s Drake-targeted monitor maintained its dominance in Hip-Hop classes, marking the primary time any rap tune held the style’s high place throughout back-to-back years on Apple music.

“Not Like Us” completed as 2025’s most-streamed rap tune worldwide regardless of Rosé and Bruno Mars‘ “APT.” claiming the general primary place throughout all genres.

The competing chart positions spotlight the complicated aftermath of Hip-Hop’s most publicized feud in latest reminiscence.

The battle erupted in 2024 with a number of diss tracks exchanged between the artists, culminating in “Not Like Us” turning into a cultural phenomenon that prolonged past music. Kendrick Lamar’s monitor earned 5 Grammy Awards in February 2025, together with Record of the Year and Song of the Year, the ceremony’s most prestigious honors.

The Compton rapper devoted his Record of the Year victory to “the culture” throughout his acceptance speech. Drake in the end filed a authorized response to the monitor over claims he was unfairly labeled a pedophile, which ruined his popularity and put his life at risk.

A federal decide dismissed his defamation lawsuit towards Universal music Group in October 2025, rejecting claims that the label deliberately promoted false statements about him in “Not Like Us.”

The Apple music nod caps off a banner 12 months during which each artists achieved vital milestones. Drake reached RIAA Diamond certification standing for a number of tracks, whereas Kendrick Lamar’s shock album GNX generated over 2 million gross sales inside weeks of its November launch.

Drake’s streaming dominance comes as he prepares to launch Iceman, his first full-length studio album for the reason that feud’s peak.

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