Doja Cat has risen to the top of Billboard’s Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart following her headlining performance at Coachella 2024.
On Wednesday (April 17), Billboard reported that the California native’s 2023 Scarlet joint “Agora Hills” now sits atop the aforementioned tally dated April 20, following a 19% surge in weekly plays.
This marks the 28-year-old’s first No. 1 on the chart, though she has topped the Pop Airplay chart eight times with hits such as “Say So,” “Kiss Me More” with SZA and more. Previously, her highest position on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart was No. 8, thanks to the Tyga-assisted “Juicy” back in 2020.
Doja Cat served as the headliner for the third and final night of the annual festival. Throughout her set, the superstar surprised fans with special guests 21 Savage, A$AP Rocky and Teezo Touchdown for their respective collaborations — the last two appear on the deluxe version of her latest LP Scarlet 2: CLAUDE, which was released late last month.
A number of fans thought she was taking shots at her rap peers upon the extended cut’s release, though she was quick to deny the speculation.
“No one has done anything to me for me to even want to begin to diss them. all my peers been nice as fuck and welcoming of me. please stop fucking grasping for straws here,” she wrote.
“I dont play these games you all are playing. its incredibly childish and quite frankly the most depressing shit ive ever come across on the internet. grow the fuck up. i dont get in ‘rAp bEefS.’”
Her statement was met with support from fans, with one writing: “My whole timeline is people theorizing who you might be dissing even though you’ve made it clear multiple times that you don’t diss your peers. It’s so embarrassing.”
The Grammy-winner replied: “I’m dissing the man in the song saying hes barking like a woman/ calling him a bitch but that goes over anyones head whos smooth brained.”
She was referencing a line on the song “Acknowledge Me,” where she raps to a lover: “You out here actin’ like you sniffin’ on some Carly Rae/ Cartier on you, but you barkin’ like you Cardi B.”
The Los Angeles rapper concluded her online rant by saying: “Hope yall enjoy the deluxe do with it what u will God bless.”
Doja Cat will return for weekend two of Coachella 2024 and perform again this Sunday (April 21).
