Kendrick Lamar Becomes The First Rapper To Achieve An Astonishing Billboard Chart Milestone

American rapper, Kendrick Lamar, is undoubtedly among the most successful musicians. He doesn’t strive to produce recordings for a commercial audience, all things considered. He is renowned, instead, for the pen he uses to write stories that compel you to reflect profoundly on both the outside world and yourself.

Lamar has a special talent because he has managed to achieve commercial success with this strategy. The album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, which was published in 2012, has been his most successful commercial release. Despite not receiving a Grammy, this record will always be remembered.

Numerous people consider this album to be Kendrick Lamar’s greatest work. Throughout the tracklist, there are numerous hit songs. All of them, nevertheless, share intricate tales about Lamar’s childhood in Compton. It only serves to highlight Kendrick’s skill as an artist and his ability to create almost anything.

The classic record achieved a new milestone yesterday that will undoubtedly surprise a few of you. It turns out that the album has spent 600 weeks on the Billboard Hot 200 chart. This comes to almost eleven and a half years.

Kendrick Lamar’s ‘good kid, m.A.A.d city’ has now spent 600 weeks (11.5 years) on the Billboard Hot 200 Chart 📈

It becomes the 1st rap album in history to achieve this milestone 🏆 pic.twitter.com/Jv5sk6WwDV

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Now that this record is more than ten years old, it’s difficult to believe. It seems like it was released yesterday, which only helps illustrate just how timeless the project is.