As the calendar flipped to May, Atlanta residents put their Hawks gear away in favor of Braves caps, Don Toliver’s Octane Tour rumbled through State Farm Arena and the city started preparing for a surgical summer on the horizon.
Billboard launched the inaugural strip club chart last August and will continue to track the top tracks played monthly at four prominent Atlanta strip clubs.
There have been some changes to the tracking on the strip club chart for May. From this point forward, from the first through the 21st of each month will be tracked for plays, which could mean some numbers will be lower than in the past system.
Billboard joined forces with DJ Monitor, a service that installs music-recognition technology for venues and festivals, along with a contribution from Coalition DJs, to collect data from different Atlanta strip clubs.
Fatt Smaxk (formerly Hardnard) is scorching in Atlanta, and it’s reflective on May’s strip club chart, as the emerging ATLien has taken over the top two slots and cracked the top 10 for artist’s total plays this month.
“This s–t bigger than a n—a head with dreads,” Smaxk tells Billboard. “We putting this s–t together like punches from Mayweather. Yessir, Smaxk or die. And I got more hot s–t in the vault.”
As far as the rappers who had the most real estate on Atlanta strip club playlists for May, the top 10 goes as follows:
No. 10, Metro Boomin (125)
No. 9, Sexyy Red (127)
No. 8, Fatt Smaxk (129)
No. 7, Gucci Mane (159)
No. 6, T.I. (169)
No. 5, Drake (175)
No. 4, Jeezy (220)
No. 3, Lil Baby (308)
No. 2, BossMan Dlow (327)
No. 1, Future (629)
U.S. club owners interested in contributing data can send an email to [email protected]. Check out the top 10 songs going off in Atlanta strip clubs below.
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T.I., “MR HIM” (30 Plays)
Last Month: N/A
Peak: No. 10
With “LET ‘EM KNOW” having a stranglehold in the top five of the strip club chart, T.I. sneaks another entry with “MR HIM,” which arrived in early May and served as the Pharrell-produced follow-up to the aforementioned “LET ‘EM KNOW.”
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Future, “F–k Up Some Commas” (31 Plays)
Last Month: N/A
Peak: No. 10
Future always tops the artist list when it comes to who’s receiving the most spins at Atlanta strip clubs, and he lands a song in the top 10 with “F**k Up Some Commas.” “Commas” originally landed on Pluto’s Monster mixtape in 2014 and then parlayed its momentum into becoming the lead single for DS2 the following year. Surely, Future’s spent plenty of time f–king up some commas at strip clubs across the globe over the years.
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Juvenile & Megan Thee Stallion, “B.B.B.” (34 Plays)
Last Month: N/A
Peak: No. 7
It’s feeling like the late ’90s again. Juvenile caught a major buzz with “B.B.B.,” which drew the watchful eye of Megan Thee Stallion, who hopped on the remix and vaulted the track to No. 67 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Bally Baby & Belly Gang Kushington, “Hustlin Mf Pt. 2” (34 Plays)
Last Month: No. 7
Peak: No. 4
Bally Baby and Belly Gang Kushington’s “Hustlin Mf Pt. 2” has been a staple in Atlanta strip club DJs’ playlists for much of 2026. Motivational street music has played well in the clubs for decades and that’s not changing anytime soon. It could be time for a “Pt. 3” later this year.
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DaBaby, “Pop Dat Thang” (40 Plays)
Last Month: No. 10
Peak: No. 4
A top 40 rap hit is rarer than a shooting star these days. DaBaby put a dent in that narrative with his bouncy “Pop Dat Thang,” which cemented his mainstream comeback as the track sits at No. 34 on the Hot 100 nearly five months after entering the chart. Plenty of dollars have been flying around while “Pop Dat Thang” rings off in ATL strip clubs this year.
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Jeezy feat. Bankroll Fresh, “All There” (47 Plays)
Last Month: N/A
Peak: No. 5
Jeezy and the late Bankroll Fresh’s “All There” is a cultural hit and always remains in rotation at strip clubs. It’s bounced on and off this chart and is back once again at No. 5. While “All There” never collected the mainstream accolades, the 2016 D. Rich-produced track remains one of those “if you know, you know” type of tracks in Jeezy’s catalog.
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T.I., “Let ‘Em Know” (47 Plays)
Last Month: No. 4
Peak: No. 1
Like we stated for DaBaby’s “Pop Dat Thang,” rap hasn’t had much staying power in the mainstream outside of Don Toliver and Drake. T.I. bucked that trend to kick off 2026 and earned his first top 40 hit with “Let ‘Em Know,” which is still on the charts five months later. It served as his first top 40 entry in over a decade and became the first song released this year to go gold, according to the RIAA. The strip clubs have long supported T.I. for 20-plus years and he’s still out here providing the playlist for dancers.
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Belly Gang Kushington feat. YKNIECE, “Friend Do (Remix)” (48 Plays)
Last Month: No. 1
Peak: No. 1
Belly Gang Kushington and YKNIECE’s “Friend Do (Remix)” has enjoyed a dominant run atop the strip club chart, but they’ve been dethroned by Fatt Smaxk, who now holds the top two slots for May, bumping BGK and YK down to No. 3 for the month. We’ll see if Smaxk season is here to stay and continues his run into the summer.
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Fatt Smaxk, “Smaxk or Die” (50 Plays)
Last Month: No. 8
Peak: No. 8
Formerly known as Hardnard, Fatt Smaxk is the hottest rapper in Atlanta heading into the summer — and the city’s strip club DJs agree. His Smaxk Season 2 project arrived in October, and standouts like “Smaxk or Die” continued to gain momentum throughout 2026. Smaxk picked up a co-sign from one of ATL’s superstar trendsetters in Playboi Carti, as King Vamp blessed the remix and did so on his own accord, which has given the track a second life.
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Fatt Smaxk, “Butta B” (54 Plays)
Last Month: No. 2
Peak: No. 2
Fatt Smaxk’s “Butta B” took the strip club chart by storm in April, when it debuted at No. 2 without any warning of a takeover. The catchy tune’s buzz only continued as more and more fans are latching onto Smaxk’s melodic flow, as “Butta B” earned the top slot for May. If you let Smaxk tell it, he’s got plenty more heat on the way to make 2026 his breakout year and give Atlanta its next rap star.
