Ab-Soul and Daylyt are officially Billboard Hot 100 artists for the first time thanks to their appearances on J. Cole's “Pi” from his new album. It may be deleted later.
The set, released on Cole World/Interscope Records, debuts at No. 1 on the Top Rap Albums chart and No. 2 on the Billboard 200 (dated April 20) with 115,000 equivalent album units earned in the US on its first week (April). 5-11), according to Luminate.
Both artists appear on the project's “Pi,” which debuts at No. 62 on the Hot 100 with 8.1 million official streams in the US. It also debuts at No. 29 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
Ab-Soul, from Carson, California, is signed to Top Dawg Entertainment and has been releasing music for nearly two decades. In his career he has released five solo studio albums: Long-term mindset (2011), Control system (2012 – No. 91 Billboard 200 peak), These days… (2014, No. 11), Do what you want. (2016, No. 34) and Herbert (2022). He was also a member of the West Coast hip hop supergroup Black Hippy, along with Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock and ScHoolboy Q, until it disbanded in 2022.
Ab-Soul has also been a good collaborator with many R&B/hip-hop artists throughout his career, including Jhene Aiko, Danny Brown, Chance the Rapper, The Game, Freddie Gibbs, Macklemore and the late Mac Miller.
As for Daylyt, “Pi” marks the emcee's first foray into Watts, California. Advertising signgraphs of The artist, who Pulse compiled The “fierceest lyricist in battle rap” released three solo LPs in 2013: The Black and White Project, with Mr2theP and Darren Vegas (2016), King queen (2018) and Jesus is King (2019).
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