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.

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.

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.

This week's Trending Up looks at Lefty Gunplay, Dody6 and other rappers whose numbers are way up since the 'GNX' release, as well as a handful of new viral hits.

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.