Wakai

Data updated on 2025-05-29 17:54:52 UTC

At 24-years-old, Wakai is a DIY aficionado with a preternatural ability for creating worlds around him visually and also sonically - this unique skill allows him to traverse the hip hop and art communities with a level of grace & force. Emerging at the forefront of a bubbling new-wave hip-hop community in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Wakai earns respect from those who inspire him while nurturing a compelling sound of his own. His 2022 debut To a Dark Boy was a polished and personal introduction that featured the likes of Mick Jenkins, Emmavie and so much more, allowing his star to push past just ‘local buzz’ and catapulting him into the ranks of hip-hop's most exciting newcomers; garnering a buzz from publications like The FADER, Pitchfork, and Lyrical Lemonade as well as earning a spot on Pigeons & Planes' Best New Artists has left anticipations high for the southern multihyphenate's 2023 sophomore album, Some People Scream, Some People Talk.

Genres

: jazz rap

Total plays

10.9 million

Updated on 2025-05-29

Date	Total plays
2025-05-29	10,856,769
2025-05-21	10,788,156
2025-05-13	10,717,643
2025-04-27	10,586,546
2025-04-18	10,517,549
2025-04-09	10,421,587
2025-03-31	10,322,564
2025-03-23	10,248,171
2025-03-14	10,157,415
2025-03-06	10,076,785
2025-02-25	9,980,323
2025-02-15	9,882,549
2025-02-07	9,796,571
2025-01-28	9,664,833
2025-01-19	9,573,874
2025-01-10	9,477,024
2025-01-02	9,396,724
2024-12-24	9,297,039
2024-12-16	9,189,640
2024-12-07	9,091,366
2024-07-05	7,113,516
2024-06-03	6,400,819
2024-05-19	6,252,199
2024-05-02	6,104,941
2024-04-17	5,952,574
2024-04-02	5,829,088
2024-03-18	5,719,009
2024-03-03	5,604,679
2024-02-18	5,415,826
2023-12-04	4,832,738
2023-10-24	4,431,510
2023-10-07	4,280,590
2023-09-21	4,139,417
2023-08-30	3,878,747
2023-08-26	3,816,563
2023-08-22	3,714,323

Social media links

Monthly listeners

60,015

Followers

13,911

Top Cities

Los Angeles

1,005 listeners
London

842 listeners
Johannesburg

1,135 listeners
Chicago

931 listeners
Atlanta

774 listeners

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Most popular tracks

Track	Plays	Duration	Release date
Starter Jacket	1,901,820	2:21	2022-01-28
aslongas	1,134,790	2:59	2024-05-29
When There Was No Sun	748,022	2:25	2022-02-25
Elinore's Interlude	538,285	2:48	2022-03-25
Lively	523,091	2:40	2021-09-20
Mama Earth	484,737	1:03	2023-07-26
Dandelions & Willows	463,286	1:12	2019-11-29
PARADIGM	391,799	3:42	2024-09-13
Send Off	312,751	2:21	2021-12-15
Wicked	285,978	2:53	2024-10-18
Survivors Guilt	226,014	2:04	2022-03-25
Silhouette	220,379	3:20	2022-03-25
ROAD RAGE (feat. Wakai)	194,097	2:29	2024-03-01
Evening Sun	176,265	2:12	2022-03-25
All is Good	165,234	1:59	2022-03-30
Busy Working	161,151	2:23	2022-06-18
Closed Shadows	159,915	2:40	2022-03-25
Collect Calls - feat. Flozigg & femdot.	129,845	2:50	2023-05-17
'05 Honda	106,911	2:58	2023-07-12
Frustrated	103,547	3:07	2023-06-14
1102	102,124	2:21	2022-03-25
Smile 4 Us	100,610	2:42	2022-03-25
Word	88,241	2:09	2019-08-21
Catalyst	72,169	2:10	2023-11-03
7 Hours	62,801	2:36	2022-06-24
IGNORANCE IS RICH	61,608	2:32	2024-08-21
Tank on E	61,196	4:22	2024-04-13
Alter Call	60,922	2:11	2023-07-26
WORSTENEMY	54,419	4:03	2022-07-08
Potter's Hand	54,022	2:48	2022-06-18
Ain't Enuff	51,813	2:36	2022-06-03
a month ago	49,450	2:19	2022-10-28
CHURCH CLOTHES	49,394	2:25	2024-07-24
EYE WITNESS	49,087	2:60	2024-06-14
22s	48,126	2:56	2025-01-29
dumditty	47,570	2:08	2021-01-22
Magenta Skin	45,566	2:49	2025-01-29
LukeWarm	45,451	2:13	2022-07-22
Testify	41,609	5:14	2022-03-25
Not Sober	39,301	3:00	2023-03-10
Diary of a Mad Black Man	37,475	2:60	2023-07-26
Testimony	35,430	2:34	2022-04-21
Some People Scream	35,288	3:24	2023-07-26
YAH	33,016	4:03	2023-06-09
Card Declined	31,987	2:39	2023-07-26
clear path	31,427	1:20	2021-04-09
Bittersweet	30,730	3:43	2023-07-26
imani's outro	29,334	2:41	2022-12-02
Sekond Chance	28,896	3:01	2025-04-02
$weet Tea	27,104	3:15	2023-07-26
NORTHSIDE	24,148	3:38	2025-03-06
Standing Close	23,148	1:25	2020-05-15
LIQUID	22,474	3:39	2024-09-13
proud family	22,424	2:42	2021-04-09
hidden faces	21,598	2:38	2022-12-02
Sativa Hawkins	21,363	2:19	2023-07-26
FOUL 38	21,102	3:29	2024-10-11
Stevie & Sanford	19,646	4:44	2023-07-26
Move Round	19,376	2:56	2025-01-17
Weird	19,183	2:35	2022-12-09
avant garde	18,543	2:32	2022-11-18
Natura	17,021	2:20	2024-11-15
Hard Headed	16,688	2:55	2023-07-26
away game	16,379	1:05	2021-04-09
mourning cage	16,312	3:14	2021-01-01
Hashbrowns	15,997	2:26	2019-04-03
shadownman	15,689	2:44	2022-12-02
Expired Plates	15,660	2:42	2025-04-02
My Little Revolution…Ms Lucy	15,443	2:34	2024-09-25
Freefall	15,007	3:22	2023-02-17
November	14,952	2:29	2023-07-26
Rain	14,943	3:11	2018-06-05
PLATINUM FUBU	14,686	4:41	2024-09-13
IN MY BAG	14,481	3:38	2024-10-01
if it ain't	14,395	3:07	2022-12-02
Passin' Dimes	14,368	3:32	2024-09-26
Nature Sings	14,212	2:34	2023-07-26
Blaze	14,167	2:42	2019-05-17
baby pictures	13,672	2:19	2022-12-02
Dreadlocks	13,654	2:58	2020-03-20
Keisha	13,344	2:33	2023-07-26
afternoon showers (feat. Wakai)	12,799	2:07	2023-06-09
Flashbacks	12,729	2:42	2022-07-22
Lil Lady	12,391	3:37	2019-05-23
VHS	12,278	2:20	2023-04-26
jet magazine	12,119	2:23	2022-12-02
2 WAY STREET	12,006	2:48	2025-02-20
Loose Leaf	11,565	2:46	2024-06-07
Stuck.	11,382	3:19	2024-10-18
5,26	10,894	3:00	2019-11-29
Enjoy The Ride	10,081	3:23	2023-02-25
Hopelessly (In Love)	9,440	3:25	2022-12-10
outtaincognegrophase	9,294	4:48	2021-04-09
No Limit	8,880	2:40	2024-10-30
Metamorphosis	8,689	3:18	2022-06-18
sumn	8,594	1:57	2021-04-09
Rolling Down	8,441	2:37	2023-03-24
nuringz	8,421	3:34	2022-12-02
FALSE START	8,383	2:17	2024-02-27
Goofy	7,816	1:41	2025-04-02
Confuzed	7,731	2:13	2019-11-29
HALFWAY	7,553	4:08	2023-07-28
Find Out	7,349	3:39	2020-12-18
busy.lines	7,291	1:39	2021-04-09
outmywindow	7,165	2:56	2021-04-09
nthestreet	7,077	2:49	2022-12-02
Seattle Heat	6,546	2:29	2024-09-13
deep pockets	6,497	2:13	2021-04-09
Robbin'	6,387	2:12	2019-11-29
Good Trip Bad Trip	6,197	2:52	2019-03-01
2way	5,790	2:59	2022-12-02
b4 tha game	5,760	2:42	2021-03-26
YOU CAN'T UNFEEL WHAT YOU SEE	5,680	2:43	2024-03-15
Kautious	5,624	2:20	2024-06-21
Can't Keep	5,539	3:16	2022-07-22
WIT U	5,272	2:40	2023-01-20
Ignored	5,147	1:53	2023-10-27
Dusk	4,987	2:42	2021-11-19
Big Bank++	4,916	3:46	2021-10-29
Honey & Ginger	4,761	4:04	2024-05-05
pregame	4,230	0:55	2021-04-09
carrymeaway	4,169	2:09	2021-04-09
Invisibly Afraid	3,944	3:10	2025-03-21
quarter 3	3,579	0:52	2021-04-09
Venice	3,208	3:18	2024-10-02
Krash	2,964	1:47	2024-06-21
Aurora	2,905	3:12	2023-04-24
To Venus	2,659	2:13	2024-04-19
Yesterday	2,656	3:10	2022-06-18
STANDARDS	2,650	2:49	2025-03-07
THiNG OR 2	2,598	4:42	2025-05-16
HAND EYE	2,574	3:08	2024-03-15
Jackie Brown (2018)	2,437	3:16	2021-10-29
Recess	2,430	3:26	2019-06-21
Lavender	2,372	1:59	2024-02-23
no drama	2,316	1:34	2024-05-22
Gee Wiz	2,285	3:43	2021-02-26
Monteagain	2,280	2:08	2021-01-01
Lil Farakhan	2,137	2:14	2023-02-24
No Overthinking	2,124	3:06	2024-11-22
Aesthetic	2,115	3:01	2019-02-19
Allineed	2,086	3:10	2020-03-12
Handful	2,047	2:13	2024-11-22
Focused and true	1,963	2:41	2022-11-01
Paralysis	1,510	1:38	2020-09-01
stay easy	1,504	3:14	2023-01-06
Words We Say	1,398	2:09	2024-09-13
P2G	< 1000	2:58	2021-08-10
Smile Again	< 1000	4:26	2021-06-25
Ghetto Heroes 91'	< 1000	4:03	2020-12-17
Wakai's Interlude	< 1000	1:31	2023-02-10
swing!	< 1000	2:18	2023-05-30
Hypno	< 1000	2:49	2023-07-14
HEART LIKE U	< 1000	1:49	2023-08-02
DARLING	< 1000	2:52	2025-02-07
THiNG OR 2 - SPED UP	< 1000	4:08	2025-05-23
THiNG OR 2 - SLOWED DOWN	< 1000	4:54	2025-05-23