Despite the animosity between Kendrick Lamar and Drake, their diss recordings have achieved phenomenal popularity. With “euphoria” reaching a new peak of number three this week, both “Push Ups” and “euphoria” have spent several weeks in the top twenty of the Hоt 100. However, that is merely the prologue of the narrative. Three new tracks debuted inside the top fifteen on the charts this week: two by Kendrick and one by Drake. However, even among the beef’s already impressive accomplishments, Kendrick’s “Not Like Us” is still behind.
“Not Like Us” didn’t even require a full week to debut at number one on the Hоt 100. Unlike its competitors, this track just needed five days to track its streaming and plays to secure first place. Multiple streaming records have been shattered by the album as well. As a result, it surpassed Drake’s previous record for most Spotify streams for a rap song in a single day, which had been held by his collaboration with Lil Baby, “Girls Want Girls.” After a week on the platform, the song has achieved an even more remarkable milestone. It has surpassed the previous highest-streaming song for any week this decade, which was “Fortnite” by Taylor Swift and Post Malone earlier this year, and “WAP” by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, which had held the record since 2020.
At this point, “Not Like Us” is the beef’s second number one single. “Like That” by Future & Metro Boomin was released in March, marking the official beginning of the rivalry. Following its premiere, it spent three weeks atop the Hоt 100. This week, the song remаins inside the top ten.