Belly Gang Kushington and YKNIECE Keep Atlanta Strip Club No. 1 as Fatt Smaxk, HoneyKomb Brazy and Trim Break In

April’s Atlanta strip club chart brought a noticeable reshuffle, but the top line stayed familiar: Belly Gang Kushington and YKNIECE’s “Friend Do (Remix)” held at No. 1 for a fifth non-consecutive month. The rest of the ranking, though, made room for a new wave of names, with Fatt Smaxk, HoneyKomb Brazy and Trim all making their first appearances on Billboard’s monthly tally of the most played songs in four prominent Atlanta strip clubs.

That chart, first launched last August, has become one of the more unusual ways of tracking rap’s real-time movement in Atlanta. Billboard works with DJ Monitor, which uses music-recognition technology in venues and festivals, and also receives data contributions from Coalition DJs. The result is a monthly snapshot of what is actually getting spun where the city’s nightlife meets rap’s fast-moving street economy. April’s edition felt especially fluid, even by the chart’s standards.

The timing lined up with a busy month in Atlanta outside the clubs, too. The Hawks reached the NBA Playoffs before falling to the New York Knicks, the Braves were sitting atop the NL East, and Cardi B wrapped her Little Miss Drama Tour with two sold-out nights at State Farm Arena. Inside the strip clubs, meanwhile, the competition was less about broader pop reach than about which records kept getting played enough to survive the rotation.

The songs moving Atlanta in April

Belly Gang Kushington and YKNIECE’s “Friend Do (Remix)” led the pack with 44 plays, down from No. 1 last month but still firmly in command. T.I. also remained in the upper tier with “Let ‘Em Know,” the Pharrell-produced single that previously hit No. 1 and now sits at No. 4 for April after 37 plays. It remains a notable holdover, especially given its run on the Billboard Hot 100, where it was still charting at No. 52 for the week of May 16, nearly four months after entering the list and marking T.I.’s first Hot 100 appearance in more than a decade.

Fatt Smaxk was the month’s clearest breakout story. The rapper formerly known as Hardnard landed two songs in the top 10, a strong introduction for someone who seems to have arrived with actual momentum rather than a neatly packaged rollout. “Butta B” debuted at No. 2 with 43 plays, while “Smaxk or Die” followed at No. 8 with 33. The latter arrived as Fatt Smaxk has reportedly notched a deal with Atlantic Records, and it adds to the impression that his Smaxk Season 2 era is moving beyond local chatter and into something larger.

Trim also entered the chart for the first time, debuting at No. 5 with “BOAT (Remix),” which features Pooh Shiesty and picked up 35 plays. That collaboration brings another layer of intrigue, especially given Pooh Shiesty’s April arrest in connection with allegations that he kidnapped and robbed Gucci Mane at gunpoint. Whether that affects how Atlanta strip club DJs keep the record in rotation will be worth watching, but for now the song has clearly found an audience.

HoneyKomb Brazy’s “Bird Doo Doo” joined the chart at No. 9 with 33 plays, another first-time entry in a month where new names pushed through the usual core of Atlanta favorites. Brazy was sentenced to 30 months behind bars in early 2025, then appeared to regain his freedom after securing an early release in October following nearly two years in jail. The single arrived in March and gathered enough momentum in April to crack the list.

Elsewhere, familiar names shifted rather than disappeared. Gunna and Burna Boy’s “wgft” slipped from No. 3 to No. 6 after 34 plays, still a reliable presence even after Chris Brown’s January remix helped revive the track commercially. DaBaby’s “Pop Dat Thang” fell to No. 10 with 32 plays, though the song has been gaining in the broader market, reaching a new peak of No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping the Hot Rap Songs chart for the week of May 16. DaBaby later brought in Yung Miami, YKNIECE and GloRilla for the official remix on May 8.

Bally Baby and Belly Gang Kushington’s “Hustlin Mf Pt. 2” held steady in the mix with 33 plays, extending the run for a remix that has helped keep Bally Baby’s original “Hustlin Mf” active in Atlanta this year. BossMan Dlow, meanwhile, continued to show up where it matters most for this chart. “Nothin Like Me,” from his Chicken Talkin Bastard project, jumped to No. 3 with 38 plays, and Dlow also finished No. 2 for total artist plays in April, just behind Future. For the overall artist ranking, Future led the month with 505 spins, followed by BossMan Dlow at 308, Lil Baby at 264, Jeezy at 224, Gucci Mane at 162, Metro Boomin at 125, Drake at 112, Moneybagg Yo at 103, Fatt Smaxk at 101 and Sexyy Red at 98.

There’s still room on the chart for artists who can keep pace with Atlanta’s clubs, and April showed how quickly that landscape can shift. Some of the names were familiar, some were new, and some were both at once. But the clearest story remained the same: in a city where nightlife can function like its own release calendar, the records that last are the ones that keep getting played.

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