Eminem fans react to the rapper’s new streaming record

There’s a somewhat popular narrative on the internet that Eminem’s discography hasn’t aged well. It’s a foolish narrative that’s run by people who probably haven’t even heard his legendary music catalog. In fact, Em’s discography has aged arguably the best of any rapper across generations. The same is evident by the numbers he’s doing at the age of 52.

 His 2004 classic song “Mockingbird” recently surpassed two billion streams on Spotify. “Mockingbird” has become Em’s fifth song to have over two billion streams on the platform. This makes him the only rapper to have five songs to cross that benchmark.

In fact, there’s no other rapper with four songs to have crossed two billion streams on Spotify. The previous four Em songs that have surpassed the coveted mark are “Without Me,” with 2.5 billion streams, “Lose Yourself” with 2.4 billion streams, “Till I Collapse” with 2.1 billion streams, and “The Real Slim Shady” with 2.07 billion streams.

Em’s fans are now over the moon, celebrating the rapper’s newest achievement. One fan stated that this isn’t even a surprise since he is the GOAT, writing, “Of course he is the Goat.”

One fan marveled over the fact that despite being a pre-streaming era artist, Eminem is still the benchmark for the new generation. That person wrote, “The fact that Em is not a rapper from the streaming era but his old catalog keeps performing like he is from the streaming era is crazy and under appreciated.”

Em received a lot of GOAT shoutouts and deservingly so in response to the post. One fan wrote, “The real G.O.A.T been in the game for 30yrs + and still Topping.”

Another fan stated that Em being the only rapper to achieve this makes it even better. "The most of any rapper it’s that part for me," the fan typed.

Em is the best-selling rapper of all time, having sold over 220 million copies. He has sold the most album units as well, over 61 million. The second rapper on this list is the late, great 2Pac with over 36 million albums sold. Em’s dominance goes way beyond selling copies and Spotify streaming numbers.

He is also the undisputed GOAT of YouTube numbers. Last year, he received 5.46 billion streams on YouTube, the most of any rapper. Second in line was Kendrick Lamar with 2.91 billion. Not too bad for a 52-year-old rapper.