Doja Cat nabbed the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, and she ended a year-long dry spell for rappers on the chart.
The song is her second to reach the pinnacle position and her first since breakout single “Say So” ascended the charts with a Nicki Minaj remix in 2020.
Aside from being a huge win for the “Demons” hitmaker, 27, it is also a major milestone for the rap genre. Read more about Doja Cat’s achievement… Billboard noted that “Paint the Town Red” is the first rap song to top the chart since Nicki‘s “Super Freaky Girl” did so in August 2022.
Since then, several rap songs (including two from Drake – “Search & Rescue” and the 21 Savage-assisted “Rich Flex”) bowed in at the No.
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