Kendrick Lamar 1st Hip Hop Artist To Have 3 Albums In The Top 10 On Billboard At The Same Time

Beefs are what fueled Hip Hop back in the day, but then beefs became dangerous, with rappers taking their on wax beefs to the streets.   Kendrick Lamar’s beef with Drake however is leading to K-Dot having another page in music history books.

Congratulations is in order Kendrick Lamar’s ‘GNX’ album, that was the highlight of the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime show, has returned to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart, the historic part is 2 of his previous albums have made a return to the top 10 as well.

In an announcement from Billboard:

“With GNX, DAMN. and good kid, m.A.A.d city all in the top 10, Lamar is the first rap act with three albums in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 at the same time. The chart began publishing on a regular, weekly basis in March 1956,”

Another history fact Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN album earned him The Pulitzer Prize in Music for 2018.

Kendrick Lamar Makes Hip-Hop History With Three of the Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200 https://t.co/4JbMzRa5w4

— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) February 17, 2025