We’re counting down the days to the unveiling of Billboard’s 2025 year-end charts on Tuesday, Dec. 9, with a special look at select rankings in the lead-up to the big reveal — and today (Dec. 2), we have the top 10 of the 2025 Hot Rap Songs chart.
On Dec. 9, hundreds of year-end charts will be posted on Billboard’s website, following the conclusion of the Billboard 2025 No. 1s Livestream, hosted by Druski, which will broadcast on the Billboard News YouTube channel and BillboardTV on Samsung TV Plus starting at noon ET/9 a.m. PT, as special surprise guests stop by to celebrate the year in chart-toppers.
Below, we’re dropping the top 10 of the 2025 Hot Rap Songs chart — led by Kendrick Lamar and SZA‘s “Luther.” The track debuted at No. 1 on the weekly edition of Hot Rap Songs dated Dec. 7, 2024; rose to No. 1 on the Dec. 21, 2024, chart; and then never left the ranking during the rest of the 2025 chart year (Oct. 26, 2024, through Oct. 18, 2025-dated charts). During that span, it never ranked lower than No. 3, and that only happened in its debut week.
For the top 10 of the list, scroll below. The full depth of the ranking (beyond the top 10) will be posted Dec. 9 alongside the complete menu of Billboard‘s 2025 year-end charts.
Billboard’s year-end music charts represent aggregated metrics for each artist, title, label and music contributor on the weekly charts from Oct. 26, 2024, through Oct. 18, 2025. Rankings for Luminate-based recaps reflect equivalent album units, airplay, sales or streaming during the weeks that the entries appeared on a respective chart during the tracking year. Any activity registered before or after a title’s chart run isn’t considered in these rankings. That methodology detail, and the October-October time period, account for some of the difference between these lists and the calendar-year recaps that are independently compiled by Luminate.
2025 Year-End Hot Rap Songs: 10. Doechii, “Denial Is a River”
Peak Position: No. 4
Peak Date: Feb. 15, 2025
9. Kendrick Lamar featuring AzChiki, “Peekaboo”
Peak Position: No. 6
Peak Date: Feb. 22, 2025
8. GloRilla & Sexyy Red, “Whatchu Kno About Me”
Peak Position: No. 2
Peak Date: Nov. 30, 2024
7. Tyler, The Creator featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne, “Sticky”
Peak Position: No. 1
Peak Date: Nov. 16, 2024
6. BigXthaPlug featuring Bailey Zimmerman, “All the Way”
Peak Position: No. 1
Peak Date: Sept. 6, 2025
5. Drake, “Nokia”
Peak Position: No. 2
Peak Date: April 5, 2025
4. Kendrick Lamar, “Squabble Up”
Peak Position: No. 1
Peak Date: Dec. 7, 2024
3. Kendrick Lamar, “Not Like Us”
Peak Position: No. 1
Peak Date: May 18, 2024
2. Kendrick Lamar featuring Lefty Gunplay, “TV Off”
Peak Position: No. 1
Peak Date: Dec. 14, 2024
1. Kendrick Lamar & SZA, “Luther”
Peak Position: No. 1
Peak Date: Dec. 21, 2024
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