NLE Choppa Promises He Will Have The Next #1 Rap Song

BYLavender AlexandriaUpdated on August 28, 2023546 Views

iHeartRadio’s Living Black 2023 Block Party

INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) In this image released on August 2, NLE Choppa performs onstage during a taping of iHeartRadio’s Living Black 2023 Block Party in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartRadio )

He's hoping to break the drought of rap songs topping the charts soon.

As of earlier this week, it's officially been an entire year without a rap song hitting number one. Last year, Nicki Minaj's "Super Freaky Girl" debuted at the top spot and spent one week there. In the entire 365 days following a rap song has failed to reach the same chart successes. Two have come close with both Drake's "Search & Rescue" and Lil Durk and J. Cole's "All My Life" both peaking at number 2. Technically, there has been a rapper at the top spot in 2023, just not a rap song. Latto gave a guest verse to BTS member and K-Pop superstar Jung Kook on his song "Seven" which debuted at the number one spot in its first week.

One artist is pretty sure that he can step up and end the very long drought. NLE Choppa is taking the burden upon himself to become the next rapper to hit number one. "Bet lemme change that rq," he responded in a quote tweet to a post about the long lack of chart toppers. It would be a pretty impressive boost for the rapper to soar all the way up to number one given that he's never had a song inside the top 20 before. His biggest hit to date is "SLUT ME OUT" which made a sustained climb all the way up to its peak at number 28.

NLE Choppa Coming For The Number One Spot

The Billboard 200 had also been completely dry of rap albums at the top of the chart for almost the entire first half of the year. Lil Uzi Vert's Pink Tape finally broke the streak and was quickly followed by Travis Scott's UTOPIA. UTOPIA didn't just hit the top spot but has stuck there, aiming for a full month at the number one spot on the Billboard 200 this week.

The best chance NLE Choppa has to break the streak before anyone else does it likely his newest single. The track "Bonjour" is a collaboration with Gambi that he released last week. What do you think of NLE Choppa aiming for a number one hit on the Hot 100? Let us know in the comment section below.

[Via]

About The Author

Lavender Alexandria

Lavender Alexandria is a music and culture journalist based in Los Angeles, California. She’s covered dozens of musical genres and styles from the most mainstream to the most experimental and underground on her blog and accompanying YouTube channel that looks at music, pop culture, and Billboard charts since 2017: Lav’s Music Corner. Lavender has produced editorial and listicle content both in written and video form over the past far years and has also interviewed up-and-coming artists like Censored Dialogue. Her experiences covering culture have taken her from Hyperpop parties in LA to underground rap shows in Atlanta, to DIY punk shows in Charlotte. Lavender has also written for iHeartRadio, covering some of the biggest artists in Hip Hop such as Ice Spice, Drake, Doja Cat and Cardi B. She also has bylines with ScreenRant and continues to write for Ringtone magazine. Lavender is a lifelong Charlotte Hornets fan and her favorite rap artists include Clipping, Little Simz, Earl Sweatshirt, and Kendrick Lamar.