Metro Boomin Says “Hip-Hop Is Alive & Well” As “Like That” Reaches No. 1

Metro Boomin celebrated landing his first No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on social media, Monday, by remarking that the genre of hip-hop is “alive and well. The song, “Like That,” which features Kendrick Lamar, has been making headlines for the rapper using his verse to diss Drake and J. Cole. Metro and Future included the song on their collaborative album, We Don’t Trust You.

“HIP-HOP IS ALIVE AND WELL,” Metro captioned the chart. In another post on Twitter, he added: “FEELING BLESSED. FEELING GRATEFUL. PUTTING SOMETHING CRAZY TOGETHER WITH THE TEAM TO SHOW APPRECIATION TO ALL THE SUPPORTERS.”

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Metro Boomin & Future Attend Paris Fashion Week

PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 17: (L-R) Producer Metro Boomin and Rapper Future aka Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn attend the “YSL Beauty Hotel” event during Paris Fashion Week Menswear Fall/Winter 2018-2019 on January 17, 2018 in Paris, France. (Photo by Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty Images for YSL Beaute)

As for Lamar’s portion of the song, he raps at one point: “Yeah, get up with me, f–k sneak dissing / ‘First Person Shooter,’ I hope they came with three switches. Think I won’t drop the location? I still got PTSD / Motherf–k the Big 3, n—a, it’s just big me / ‘Fore all your dogs gettin’ buried, that’s a K with all these nines, he gon’ see Pet Sematary.” Drake has yet to respond to the diss directly, although he’s posted several subliminal Instagram captions about it. His latest has fans thinking that’s about to change.

Metro Boomin Celebrates The Success Of “We Don’t Like You”

 
 
 
 
 
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You can take a look at Metro’s reactions to the news above. Check out our review of We Don’t Like You here and be on the lookout for further updates on Metro Boomin and Future on HotNewHipHop.

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Future & Metro Boomin’s “We Don’t Like You” Debuts Atop Billboard 200

Future and Metro Boomin’s new collaborative album, We Don’t Like You, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 251,000 equivalent album units. The figure marks the most successful sales week for any music project thus far in 2024.

When XXL shared the news on Instagram, fans celebrated the success of their favorites in the comments section. “It was a good body of work no doubt,” one fan wrote. “I’m a fan of all the ones beefing so we getting good music overall!! Ion know none of them personally so ain’t no side choosing lol…just give us some [fire emoji] tracks.” Another added: “Metro has separated himself from any other beat maker or producer in dis album …and FURURE did his thing as always…” Others credited Kendrick Lamar’s feature on the chart-topping track, “Like That,” for the project’s overall success. “Only thing I hear about that album is Kendrick diss. I thought it was a EP,” one user wrote.

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Future & Metro Boomin Perform At MTV Video Music Awards

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – SEPTEMBER 12: (L-R) Metro Boomin and Future perform onstage at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

As for that Kendrick Lamar verse, the iconic rapper disses both J. Cole and Drake with his lyrics. “F*ck sneak dissin’, first person shooter, I hope they came with three switches… Think I won’t drop the location? I still got PTSD/ Motherf*ck the big three, n***a, it’s just big me/ N***a, bum, what? I’m really like that/ And your best work is a light pack,” he raps at one point. Cole and Drake previously collaborated on a song titled “First Person Shooter.” Lamar also references Drake’s For All The Dogs.

Metro Boomin & Future Announce “We Don’t Like You”

 
 
 
 
 
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Check out our review of We Don’t Trust You here. Be on the lookout for further updates on Future and Metro Boomin on HotNewHipHop.

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