

50 Cent hasn’t released an album in over a decade, but that hasn’t stopped him from being named the most-streamed rapper from New York in 2024.
Over the last 12 months, 50 has accumulated 1.89 billion streams on YouTube, more than other NYC giants such as JAY-Z, Nicki Minaj and Cardi B.
As expected, the G-Unit boss feeling on top of the world with the news, posting screenshots of his stats on Instagram and reminding fans that this was something he prophesized some time ago.
“I told you I run New York in 05, Nothing has changed! LOL Don’t believe me check the numbers,” he wrote.
Over the same period (January 21, 2024 to January 21, 2025), Nicki was the second most-streamed New York rapper with 1.43 billion YouTube views, followed by Cardi (921 million) and Hov (721 million).
Pop Smoke (715 million), A$AP Rocky (619 million), Biggie (567 million), Busta Rhymes (412 million), Diddy (386 million), DMX (376 million) and Nas (313 million) also pulled in considerable numbers on the platform.