Kendrick Lamar Is The First Rapper To Hit 100 Million Monthly Spotify Listeners

Kendrick Lamar has become the first rapper to hit 100 million monthly listeners on Spotify, according to the streaming service.

As of Monday, Kendrick had 100,052,025 monthly listeners, making him the first rapper to hit that figure on Spotify. He's the 9th artist overall to hit the figure.

He’s in elite company with Bruno Mars (151,000,000), The Weeknd (125,000,000), Lady Gaga (123,000,000), Billie Eilish (108,000,000), and Taylor Swift (87,000,000).

Other rappers closing in on his spot are Post Malone (69,000,000), Drake (77,000,000), Eminem (74,000,000), Ye (67,000,000), and Travis Scott (75,000,000).

Kendrick is coming fresh off the heels of another major achievement by becoming the first rapper to have three top-10 albums on the Billboard 200 simultaneously: GNX, which is at No. 1., DAMN, which is at No. 9, and Good Kid, M.A.A.D City that’s at No. 10.