Lil Nas X has a lot to celebrate these days. His upcoming album Montero is dropping soon, and the third single off the album, “Industry Baby” featuring Jack Harlow, is doing well on the charts. Fans appear to be really locked into Lil Nas X and vibing out to his eclectic sound.
Fans are tuned in so much that Lil Nas X has surpassed DaBaby on Spotify. According to a post shared by a Lil Nas X Stats Twitter account, the “Old Town Road” crooner has more monthly listeners than the Charlotte, North Carolina native. Lil Nas X currently has 52,318,623 monthly listeners, while DaBaby has 51,749,552.
“Wow this is insane,” Lil Nas X wrote on Twitter. “This is the most i’ve ever had in my career. thank u to everybody listening.”
“Industry Baby” also exceeded 100 million Spotify streams on Tuesday (August 10). The song has caused quite a stir for the suggestive music video showing Lil Nas X in prison and doing a naked dance routine with inmates while their crotches are blurred out.
The jump in monthly Spotify listeners for Lil Nas X is ironic for DaBaby, who’s been dragged all over social media and lost several festival placements for his homophobic rant at Rolling Loud Miami last month. That monthly listener count for Lil Nas X may jump again when he releases his highly-anticipated album Montero.
The 22-year-old recently announced he’ll be going back to his “cowboy era” once his “gay era” is done after Montero is complete.
“After i drop the album i will be finish with my gay era and returning to my cowboy era,” he wrote.
Lil Nas X Promises Return To ‘Cowboy Era’ After ‘Gay Era’ Is Complete
Lil Nas X’s “cowboy era” birthed his 2019 smash hit “Old Town Road.” The Billy Ray Cyrus-featured single started as a SoundCloud loosie released in 2018 before being launched to international fame through remixes, performances and more. The song has been certified 14x-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the highest certification in the 69-year history of the institution.
bla. x Nas is still wack and a discrace to any form of a male, including animals
Someone obviously never met their dad.
@we know I don’t give a dam about your soft cookie dad, take your feelings and stick it up your pie hole. discrace
You know your dumbass can’t even spell “disgrace” correctly. Idiot. LOL. Twice mind you.
The irony.
Our culture is doomed for ever having either one as the most listened to. They are both degenerates.
I’m sure 2pac and Biggie are rolling over in their grave knowing a gay is somehow the most listened ”rapper” on a streaming site. What has hiphop become? Since when did we put sexual orientation before skills and presence? Shit be getting wacker each day.
Not really ironic. It’s also not really surprising because lil Nas x is in full album promo mode and has 2 big singles right now while Dababy hasn’t been making that much noise outside of his “homophobic rant.” Also, if people are angry at Dababy I expect his numbers to drop. It isnt like Dababy was trying to stop Lil Nas X from succeeding and now this dude surpassed him. That would be closer to “irony” than how the situation is actually playing out. I’m happy for both of them.
It is MOST DEFINITELY ironic. They don’t have to be competing musically or be on the same pace in creating music for it to be ironic. Dababy goes on a rant against gays and then a gay rapper surpasses him with listening streams?! How do you not see the irony in that? It’s hilarious!
Lil Piece of shXt is the most listed to autotune singer on Spotify. FYI: hiphop is something like Das EFX, Mr. MFN eXquire, MC Ren, SGP, Lil Flip, Digable Planets, PE, Luni Coleone, Koncept Jackson, Kid Frost, Lil Kim, Mic Geronimo, Necro, Ratking, Planet Asia, Godfather Don, Heltah Skeltah, Kirby Dominant, Le1f, Playa Fly, Twinz, Felt, Scarub, Boss, Too Short,Black Sheep, Gangsta Boo or Elucid. Check a dictionary before you write silliness.
Wow. 98% of the weirdos on your bullshit list are what lame ass, dork white kids who are scared to go to hip-hop shows because of how “urban” the shows are, listen to. This mother fucker said Necro, Lil Flip, Diggable Planets? Hilarious
Fuck a whole in your mother’s heart on her catafalque.
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That is a horrible backpacker list. Definitely an uncle whiteboy.
This is what Diddy wanted. This is what he started with that tweet.
Hahahahahahahaha.
Rapper?
Kids these days….
I watched one of his recent Interview. Compared to many other rappers he seems to be a nice, well spoken guy that has his things together. I support that.
Ayo what happened to black males? Why ya’ll so fruity now?