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Forbes
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Kendrick Lamar's Drake Diss Becomes His Longest-Running Global Hit
Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' beats "Money Trees" with Jay Rock on the Billboard Global 200, ... More becoming the rapper's longest-charting hit on the global ranking. NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - FEBRUARY 09: Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on February 09, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by) Despite being one of the most recognizable figures in hip-hop for more than a decade, it wasn't until last year that Kendrick Lamar earned his first No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200. The chart, which Billboard introduced in 2020, ranks the most popular individual tracks around the world, using a methodology that combines sales and streaming activity. Amid his feud with Drake, Lamar released "Not Like Us"—a track that not only topped the list, but which has since become a career-defining hit and the Grammy winner's longest-running smash around the world. "Not Like Us" Becomes Kendrick Lamar's Longest-Charting Hit "Not Like Us" lives on the Billboard Global 200 more than a year after it first reached the summit. This week, the track falls slightly, dipping from No. 37 to No. 44, but it still manages to earn its sixty-first frame somewhere on the tally. With one more stay on the list, the diss tune becomes Lamar's longest-charting hit on the global ranking. Beating "Money Trees" on the Billboard Global 200 Prior to this week, "Not Like Us" was tied with "Money Trees," Lamar's collaboration with Jay Rock, in terms of longevity. That composition previously led among the rapper's longest-running hits, with an even 60 weeks spent on the Billboard Global 200. Now, "Money Trees" slips to second place as "Not Like Us" takes the lead. Only Two No. 1 Hits, and a Dozen Top 10s Lamar has only reached No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 twice, though he has collected a dozen top 10 hits. His first trip to the top came in April 2024 as a featured artist on "Like That," which is fronted by Future and Metro Boomin. Some of Lamar's bars in that track offended Drake and helped ignite their public feud. Just over a month later, "Not Like Us" launched at No. 1, doubling the rapper's career total of chart champions. U.S. Consumption Keeps "Not Like Us" Going Strong consumption of "Not Like Us" in America is largely responsible for its continued presence on the Billboard Global 200. The tune currently ranks at No. 85 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S., a list that removes all U.S.-based listening data. The discrepancy in position shows who is still listening to 'Not Like Us' in the greatest numbers. Lamar remains inside the top 10 on half a dozen U.S. charts with "Not Like Us," more than a year after the cut was released.
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Time of India
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
[Watch]: Kevin Durant Goes Viral for Vibing to Drake's 'No Face' at Wireless Festival
Kevin Durant (Image via Getty) NBA superstar Kevin Durant recently captured the internet's attention after a video surfaced of him enjoying himself at the Wireless Festival in London. The Houston Rockets forward was spotted grooving to Drake 's live performance of 'No Face,' a track that includes a shoutout to Durant in the lyric: 'KD just text me, WTF are we waiting on, damn.' Kevin Durant's relaxed presence among the crowd, moving effortlessly with the rhythm, resonated with fans and showcased the genuine camaraderie between the basketball icon and the Canadian rapper. Their relationship goes beyond public appearances and mutual admiration. Durant notably featured in Drake's music video for 'Laugh Now Cry Later,' and holds A&R and executive producer credits on the rapper's 2023 album For All the Dogs. In 2022, Drake even referred to Durant as his 'executive producer,' a title that solidified their creative connection. Their history of public moments stretches back to 2016, when Kevin Durant made a surprise on-stage appearance during Drake's concert at Oracle Arena. Drake, known for referencing athletes in his lyrics, has name-dropped Durant multiple times over the years. In 'Weston Road Flows,' he rapped: 'Shout out to KD, we relate, we get the same attention,'—a line Durant once said caught him off guard when he first heard it. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Dementia Has Been Linked To a Common Habit. Do You Do It? Memory Health Learn More Undo Jay-Z also mentioned Durant in 'Crown' with the line: 'It's a new day, hit up KD,' which Durant found particularly impactful after signing with Roc Nation. Kevin Durant has acknowledged being referenced by other major hip-hop artists as well, including J. Cole, Fabolous, and Logic, all of whom have used his name to symbolize excellence and relevance. Despite a momentary tension during the 2019 NBA Finals—where Durant's Golden State Warriors faced off against Drake's beloved Toronto Raptors —the two have maintained a strong mutual respect and lasting friendship. Durant's latest festival appearance comes during heightened attention on Drake, who is currently embroiled in a lyrical feud with Kendrick Lamar. That rivalry saw fellow NBA star LeBron James attending Lamar's 'Pop Out' concert, where several diss tracks targeting Drake were performed. This led to online speculation that LeBron might be distancing himself from Drake, especially after Kevin Durant posted a photo from Drake's music video set. The post was misinterpreted as Durant choosing sides, prompting him to clarify on social media that he wasn't taking part in the drama. Also read: Why is Cooper Flagg Benched After Summer League Breakout: Injury Concerns or Smart Strategy? Durant's festival cameo not only underscored his bond with Drake but also reminded fans of how closely intertwined the worlds of basketball and hip-hop remain. For real-time updates, scores, and highlights, follow our live coverage of the India vs England Test match here. Catch Rani Rampal's inspiring story on Game On, Episode 4. Watch Here!
Hypebeast
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Hypebeast
Drake's OVO Takes Over Wireless Festival With Exclusive Nike NOCTA Merch Drop
Summary Wireless Festival 2025 was in full swing at Finsbury Park, London, and beyond the headlining acts,Drakeis making waves with an exclusive merchandise drop that has fans clamoring. His collaborativeNike NOCTA, has unveiled a limited-edition collection featuring highly anticipated collaborations with cult-favorite brandsCactus Plant Flea Market (CPFM)andSp5der Worldwide, turning the festival grounds into an epicenter of streetwear hype. The collaboration showcases NOCTA's signature blend of elevated sportswear and street-ready aesthetics, infused with the distinct visual languages of its partners. The CPFM x NOCTA pieces feature the Cactus Plant Flea Market's characteristic playful graphics and quirky typography, reinterpreted through NOCTA's minimalist, performance-inspired lens. Given CPFM's history of bold, often textured designs, these items include two jerseys — one long-sleeve and another football-inspired short-sleeve. The long-sleeve navy jersey features the CPFM x NOCTA branding in a gradient neon green, yellow, orange and pink featuring a playful 'ju$$$t do it.' graphic as a nod to Drake's newest album. The short-sleeve features a more muted tone in a black and white colorway featuring a NOCTA emblem as a crest. Meanwhile, the Sp5der Worldwide x NOCTA features Young Thug's streetwear brand's distinct spiderweb motifs and vibrant, often experimental, color palettes into the mix. This partnership promises a fusion of NOCTA's clean lines with Sp5der's more audacious, graphic-heavy approach including one that features the spiderweb and NOCTA spears overlapped to create a new co-branded logo. Attendees at Wireless Festival are received the first crack at this exclusive merchandise, with a significant buzz building around the limited quantities. It is uncertain if these collabs will be available online at a later date. Take a closer look at the pieces above.
Scotsman
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Wireless 2025: Fan reaction to this weekend's festival as Drake 'only' plays for 40 minutes
Two nights out of three isn't bad, right? Social media reacts to Drake's final set at Wireless 2025 Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Some fans were left disappointed at the conclusion of Wireless Festival 2025 this past weekend. Although many enjoyed two days of performances and noteworthy guests joining Drake during his sets, Sunday's performance left some scratching their heads. Here's how social media reacted to the final day at Wireless 2025, alongside what Drake performed - and who he performed with - during this year's festival. Wireless 2025 wrapped over the weekend in London, with Drake headlining all three days and introducing a 'who's who' of special guests throughout most of his performances. The Canadian rapper on Friday brought out the illustrious Lauryn Hill to perform three songs with him, including a cover of The Fugees 'Ready or Not,'with Bryson Tiller and Mario also joining the artist on stage during the first night. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Drake performed across all three nights at Wireless 2025, however one headline performance left some fans disappointed with the shortness of the slot. | Getty Images/Canva/Reddit But it would be Drake's third set that would elicit disappointment from some fans who only bought tickets to the final night of the festival. The artist, according to reports, only played for 40 minutes with only Reema and Vybz Kartel joining him during the set. The BBC reported that the rapper 'looked agitated' compared to his demeanour the previous nights, with some speculation regarding the ardent curfew the festival had to meet on Sunday evening. Originally, Drake was meant to perform two separate sets on Sunday, according to the official Wireless 2025 timetable, however the planned first set was removed from the timetable in the afternoon ahead of his set. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad That's led some fans to express their disappointment on social media, with many upset about the brevity of his Sunday performance. What has social media reaction been to Wireless 2025? Ahead of the festival, there were concerns over a lack of communication regarding this year's event - mainly the 'last-minute' scheduling of acts and the timetables for each day being released the morning of the performances. But it would be Drake's performance on Sunday that would cause the most commotion with fans, with one in particular addressing the situation on r/WirelessFestival , stating they had come all the way from Australia to see him perform that evening. 'A big reason why I came this far was to see Drake,' they wrote, 'yet [he] comes out and does a 40 minute DJ set and isn't even the one performing half the time. How can the headliner have the shortest set of the day?' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Another on the subreddit made comparisons between Wireless 2025 and another music festival, telling readers that: 'going from Glastonbury to Wireless within 2 weeks was a huge mistake; this was the worst festival I've ever been to' There was confusion also when the first Drake set was removed from the timetable on Sunday afternoon, with a Redditor writing: 'Drake is meant to perform at 6:25pm but cut him off and now he's playing at 8:45pm and curfew is at 9:30pm, not worth the wait we started going home' while someone commented under that post 'Vibes are kinda off too, lots of pushing and shoving, queue jumping, not like yesterday [Saturday] and Friday.' The general consensus so far though is that while Friday and Saturday were incredible days at Finsbury Park, the conclusion of the festival felt more a whimper than a bang. What did Drake perform during Wireless 2025? According to , Drake performed the following songs across all three nights at Wireless 2025. July 11 2025 Come and See Me (PARTYNEXTDOOR cover) (with PARTYNEXTDOOR) Marvin's Room Teenage Fever Virginia Beach Feel No Ways Passionfruit (extended outro) Hours in Silence (Drake & 21 Savage song) Shot for Me Jungle Jaded Slow Down (Bobby V cover) (with Bobby V) Let Me Love You (Mario cover) (with Mario) Chicago Freestyle (with GIVĒON) (Snippet) Twenties (GIVĒON cover) (with GIVĒON) HEARTBREAK ANNIVERSARY (GIVĒON cover) (with GIVĒON) Whatever She Wants (Bryson Tiller cover) (with Bryson Tiller) Exchange (Bryson Tiller cover) (with Bryson Tiller) CN TOWER (PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake song) (with PARTYNEXTDOOR) (Live debut) MOTH BALLS (PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake song) (with PARTYNEXTDOOR) (Live debut) SPIDER-MAN SUPERMAN (PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake song) (with PARTYNEXTDOOR) (Live debut) DIE TRYING (PARTYNEXTDOOR, Drake & Yebba song) (with PARTYNEXTDOOR) (Live debut) OMW (PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake song) (Live debut) SOMEBODY LOVES ME (PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake song) (with PARTYNEXTDOOR) (Live debut) PIMMIE'S DILEMMA (Pimmie, PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake song) (Live debut) NOKIA (Live debut) I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston cover) (Outro, dedicated to fans) Ready or Not (Fugees cover) (with Lauryn Hill) Ex-Factor (Lauryn Hill cover) (with Lauryn Hill) Nice for What (with Lauryn Hill) In My Feelings July 12 2025 IDGAF (with Yeat) No Face Circadian Rhythm What Did I Miss? (Live debut) Headlines Energy Know Yourself Nonstop SICKO MODE (Travis Scott cover) LV Sandals (EsDeeKid, fakemink & Rico Ace cover) (with fakemink) Music and Me (fakemink cover) (with fakemink) Only You Freestyle (Headie One & Drake song) (with Headie One) 50s (Headie One cover) (with Headie One) Warm (K Trap cover) (with K Trap) Who Told You (J Hus cover) (with J Hus) Shutdown (Skepta cover) (with Skepta) Wanna Know (Dave cover) (with Dave) Sprinter (Dave & Central Cee cover) (with Dave & Central Cee) Band4Band / Doja / Day in the Life (Central Cee cover) (with Central Cee) (shortened) Obsessed With You / Overseas (Central Cee cover) (with Central Cee) (shortened) Laugh Now Cry Later God's Plan You Broke My Heart NOKIA SOMEBODY LOVES ME (PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake song) (with PARTYNEXTDOOR) Brokey (Latto cover) (with Latto) Big Mama (Latto cover) (with Latto) Get It Sexyy / SkeeYee / Pound Town / Looking For The Hoes (Sexyy Red cover) (with Sexyy Red) Rich Baby Daddy (with Sexyy Red) Knife Talk (with 21 Savage) Rich Flex (Drake & 21 Savage song) (with 21 Savage) A Thousand Miles (Vanessa Carlton cover) (with Vanessa Carlton) I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston cover) July 13 2025 (Unknown) (with Central Cee) (Unreleased new song) Come Closer (Wizkid cover) (with Popcaan) Who Told You (J Hus cover) Signs (First time live since 2017) Controlla / Too Good / Find Your Love / Work / Passionfruit / No Guidance / Hold On, We're Going Home / One Dance (Medley with remixed instrumentals) One Dance Find Your Love (Remix) Baby (Is it a Crime) (Rema cover) (with Rema) Favorite Girl (Rema cover) (with Rema) Calm Down (Rema cover) (with Rema) Dumebi (Rema cover) (with Rema) Ozeba (with Rema) Summer Time (Vybz Kartel cover) (with Vybz Kartel) Hotline Bling NOKIA I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston cover) (Outro, dedicated to fans) Fever (Vybz Kartel cover) (with Rema) Were you at Wireless 2025 this weekend? What were your experiences at the festival compared to others who have taken to social media? Let us know by leaving a comment down below.
Daily Mail
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Wireless festival is blasted by fans as 'dangerous' after thousands are forced to queue for 'three hours' and miss Drake's final 40-minute performance
Drake's three-day Wireless Festival residency ended in complete chaos on Sunday as thousands of fans blasted the London festival as 'dangerous' when they were forced to queue for hours and in huge crowds of people. As the US rapper appeared on stage 10-minutes early, thousands of British festival goers were left 'disappointed' as they failed to enter London's Finsbury Park for the show. In videos shared on TikTok, festival goers were stood shoulder-to-shoulder pleading with security to let them in because they had tickets for the day. However, it wasn't just general admission that was facing large queues, as VIP guests told MailOnline that they had been forced to wait up to 'three hours' by security before coming to the conclusion they were not going to be let in and headed home. One guest attempting to get in said: 'We arrived at the guest/VIP entrance to the festival at 5:30pm and the queue was massive, but we joined and hoped it would go down quick. We ended up waiting for over two hours and we still weren't in the festival. 'When I asked security what was going on and if we would even get in for Drake coming on stage they said they couldn't give us a time, but said it would be at least another half an hour. 'Everyone was starting to get angry, and people were just pushing past the security. It felt dangerous and so we decided it was better to leave, meaning we didn't even get to see inside the festival. 'It was so disappointing that the festival had invited all these people down and then treated us like that. No staff members were willing to come out and speak to us to help the situation.' Another fan took to X and penned: 'As for whoever was running the crowd management for Wireless this year, they actually need to be fired. 'I've never seen a VIP queue where people are being held outside for 30+minutes for no reason.' A third fan said: 'It looks like a fight broke out at Drake's Wireless Fest, and the police have currently preventing anyone from entering or exiting the fest'. Others took to TikTok to share their experience, with one filming the huge queue and writing: 'Wireless VIP is literally a shambles. People fighting and getting crushed you literally cannot move'. Another on the platform listed the reasons 'why Wireless Sunday was terrible', as they complained about the 'VIP area running out of drinks, fights breaking out and Drake's short set'. Unfortunately it wasn't just the festival goers who failed to gain entry that were left disappointed, as Drake's headline slot was cut by 50minutes. Another fan took to X and penned: 'As for whoever was running the crowd management for Wireless this year, they actually need to be fired' The rapper arrived on stage 10minutes earlier than his scheduled time and warned the crowd that he would perform until his microphone was cut off - referring to the strict 21:30 curfew. During his set, Drake brought out only three special guests Popcaan, Rema and Vybz Kartel compared to the 12 guests and 90minute run time on the Saturday. Earlier in the day on Sunday, the official setlist had advertised two Drake sets - one at 18:25 and one at 20:55. The first mysteriously disappeared from the schedule during the course of the afternoon, with planned performances from Vybz Kartel and Burna Boy going ahead in their allotted time slots. He appeared agitated, which was a departure from his more upbeat attitude during the other sets he performed over the weekend. Drake started his set by playing an unreleased collaboration with British rapper Central Cee, who did not appear on stage to perform but instead mouthed the words from his position in the front row, which was projected across the big screens. The Toronto rapper and singer appeared apologetic throughout, promising to play some of his biggest hits to win over the crowd. He told the crowd: 'London, I will love you for the rest of my life,' as he raced through a medley of tracks which included Controlla, Find Your Love and One Dance, which were remixed and rushed through. During his set, Drake brought out only three special guests Popcaan, Rema and Vybz Kartel compared to the 12 guests and 90minute run time on the Saturday A surprise appearance from Nigerian rapper Rema raised spirits in the crowd, with tracks Calm Down and Fever proving a highlight. But after a brief cameo from Jamaican dancehall artist Vybz Kartel, who had performed to a huge crowd earlier in the day, there was only time for two more Drake solo songs. For the third night in a row, he climbed onto a crane to wave to the 50,000 attendees as Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You blasted through the speakers as his set came to a close. Fans expressed their disappointment to the BBC as they shuffled to the exits with many complaining that they spent longer queuing to get into the venue than they'd seen Drake perform. Whilst attempting to leave, fans were alerted to scenes of distress at the accessible exit with many heard pleading with security to let them leave after being told they would have to be held in a restrictive space for ten minutes or until other security gave them the green light.
