Just a week after debuting, NLE Choppa and 41’s collaboration “Or What?” rockets into the top 10 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart with a 24-9 surge on the list dated Oct. 19. The track, released through NLE Choppa/Warner, continues to turn its viral momentum from TikTok clips into huge gains on streaming services.
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In the Oct. 4-10 tracking week for Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, which blends streaming, radio airplay and sales data for its ranks, “Or What?” registered 8.5 million official U.S. streams, according to Luminate. The count is a 49% explosion from the prior week’s 5.7 million clicks. Thanks to the surge, “Or What?” launches at No. 6 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs chart.
Streaming contributes virtually all the song’s activity for Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, with a negligible number of digital downloads sold in the tracking week and 158,000 total audience impressions. (For comparison, the threshold title on this week’s 50-position R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart drew 1.3 million impressions.)
With “Or What?,” Memphis rapper NLE Choppa earns his second top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and ties for his best rank among 21 career entries. “Slut Me Out” also reached No. 9, in April 2023.
Hip-hop collective 41, comprised of Brooklyn rappers Kyle Richh, Jenn Carter and TaTa, picks up its first Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs hit under the combined artist billing. The three previously charted individually on breakthrough hit “Bent,” which reached a No. 37 high in December 2023.
Social media users have pushed “Or What?” into viral territory in the last weeks, largely due to TikTok clips in which users play off the track’s “Is we f–kin’ or not?” lyric. The tune has been used in more than 170,000 clips to date on the social platform, with the recent surge pushing the track to a new peak of No. 2 on this week’s TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart.
Elsewhere, “Or What?” shoots 21-6 on the Hot Rap Songs chart and 91-52 in its second week on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100.
