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Several of the most lauded hip-hop songs in music history have achieved diamond status\u201410 million sold or more\u2014according to the Recording Industry Association of America<\/a> (RIAA).\u00a0For these celebratory diamonds,\u00a0there are more than 80 official songs and albums released by rappers that hit the achievement\u2014no features on other artists’ songs.<\/p>\n In 2019,\u00a0Post Malone’s\u00a0anthemic track “Congratulations” reached diamond certification. It\u00a0was the rapper\u2019s first diamond-certified single of his career. Post has since gone on to become the first rapper to ever nab a two-time diamond track with “Sunflower.” The single, which features Swae Lee, was certified two times diamond in February of 2024. In 2019, Posty joined fellow rappers Juicy J, T.I., OutKast, Tupac Shakur\u00a0and Drake who have also reached diamond status for either features on a song, their own albums or a song they released during their careers. Now Post has nine tracks that are diamond level.<\/p>\n And speaking of Drizzy, his 2018 track, “God\u2019s Plan,” is 16-times platinum<\/a>\u00a0as of 2025, and\u00a0was the Canadian rapper\u2019s first solo diamond certification as well. In the years since, Drake has also secured diamond accolades for his assistance on Travis Scott’s song “Sicko Mode,” which reached diamond status<\/a> in December of 2020, as well as “Hotline Bing” and “One Dance”\u00a0in 2016. Drake has now amassed 15 diamond releases.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Eminem\u00a0also holds the unique distinction of being\u00a0a rapper to have three songs that went diamond. The Detroit rhymer nabbed a diamond award for his Oscar-winning song “Lose Yourself,” from his 8 Mile soundtrack, in 2018. Next, “Not Afraid, from his Recovery album, earned him a diamond plaque back in 2014, and the Rihanna-assisted hit “Love the Way You Lie” has so far reached 13 million units sold in 2022, and was officially certified diamond in 2013.<\/p>\n More recently, 50 Cent\u00a0celebrated his classic 2003 hit “In Da Club” getting into the diamond club\u00a0in 2023. He hopped on Instagram and wrote in part, “Diamonds are forever. Yo, that thing 50 Cent is no joke.”<\/p>\n Diamonds are indeed forever, and every artist below deserves to celebrate such a historical achievement.\u00a0With streaming the go-to way for music fans to listen to songs, more artists reaching the diamond\u00a0status\u00a0is on the horizon.<\/p>\n In the meantime, check out all of the rappers whose hip-hop songs and albums they’ve released have reached diamond status below.<\/p>\nSee Every Hip-Hop Album and Song Certified Diamond in Music History<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n