After a summer spent exchanging a series of diss tracks with Drake, Kendrick Lamar dropped a surprise album last month -- GNX -- that has since exploded in popularity. And here's the thing: even if you don't listen to the hip-hop superstar yourself,

While SZA and saxophonist Kamasi Washington are the only cameos on “GNX” that pop music fans are likely to recognize, the album taps into a lot of lesser-known talent such as Wallie the Sensei, AzChike and Hitta J3, and fast-rising local acts like Dody6 and YoungThreat.

The rapper’s surprise LP tops Billboard’s album and singles charts, where “Squabble Up” blocked Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” from a historic 20th week of dominance.

The album is now Lamar’s fifth total and consecutive chart-topping album. GNX earned 319,000 equivalent album units in the US during the week ending November 28, which is the sixth-biggest debut week of 2024. It also had the third-biggest streaming week for any album this year, with 379.72 million on-demand official streams for the project’s songs.

Rapper Kendrick Lamar's GNX is the No. 1 album in the United States this week. Coming in at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 album chart dated Saturday is the Wicked soundtrack, followed by Sabrina Carpenter's Short n' Sweet at No.

Kendrick Lamar ’s “ GNX ” has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, becoming the California rapper’s fourth consecutive chart-topping effort. The surprise-released set sold a total of 319,000 album units following its Nov. 22 arrival, per Luminate.

Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” was the feud’s biggest earner, generating an estimated $7.6 million in streaming, sales and publishing revenue, Billboard reported.