As Tory Lanez continues his decade-long prison sentence, fans of the musician are still supporting him. They’ve chosen one track from his back catalog, and week by week, they’re turning it into a proper hit.
“Traphouse” gains on this week’s Hot R&B Songs chart, Billboard’s ranking of the most-consumed tracks in America that can be classified as R&B in style. The tune jumps from No. 23 to No. 15 on the list, and in the process, it becomes the controversial star’s biggest hit in some time.
Lanez sees one of his tunes hit a high he hasn’t reached with a newly-rising track in more than a year. The last time that one of the singer’s songs reached a new peak higher than the No. 15 spot that “Traphouse” currently sits in was back in December of 2022. That month, “The Color Violet” rose to No. 11.
Last frame, “Traphouse” reached the Hot R&B Songs chart for the very first time. That was notable, as the tune isn’t actually new. It was first released back in 2015 on a project he titled The New Toronto.
At the rate that “Traphouse” is climbing, the tune could easily reach a new peak next week–and there’s no telling how much higher it may climb. Fans of the incarcerated singer-songwriter seem set on consuming it in sizable numbers, and the momentum is clear. It could conceivably lift into the top 10 in the next frame or two if it experiences another jump that’s anywhere comparable to what it managed between last period and this chart week.
Throughout his career, Lanez has collected half a dozen top 10 hits on the Hot R&B Songs chart. That’s a fair proportion of the 27 tracks he’s landed on the tally. None of those titles have reached the No. 1 spot, and while it doesn’t look at this moment like “Traphouse” will become his first, nothing is out of the question based on the cut’s performance.
