Rap music is not always about some personal angst or social injustice. Sometimes it could be about an oft-forgotten but universal theme - friendship.

It's refreshing to see songs dealing with best friends and exploring the meaning of friendship on different levels. What these rap songs about friends seem to say is friendship is a double-edged sword. It could bring you either joy or frustration.

If you're looking for rap songs celebrating and pooh-poohing friendship while getting entertained, here are the best rap songs about friends for your listening pleasure.

1. Best Friend By 50 Cent

This best friend rap song is from the album Get Rich or Die released in 2005.

In that year, the song recorded the following achievements:

●    35th position in the US Billboard Hot 100

●    22nd position in the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)

●    52nd position in the US Pop 100 (Billboard)

●    10th position in the US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)

 

2. Just A Friend By Biz Markie

This 1989 number written, produced and performed by Biz Markie is the lead single from the album The Biz Never Sleeps.

Released in September 1989 it won fame for Markie in 1990 after touching the 9th position on the Billboard Hot 100.  It is one of the best rap songs about friends.

It remains Markie's most successful single ever.

It was nominated for MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video.

3. Real Friends By Kanye West

The lyrics of one the favourite rap songs about friends are based on Kanye's experience of friendships pinpointing  his hectic celebrity lifestyle which had taken a toll on his ties with friends and family.

It's from the album The Life of Pablo which also features Ty Dolla $ign.

 

Online magazine, Pitchfork, ranked Real Friends at 14th place in its list of the 100 best songs of 2016.

4. Summer Friends By Chance The Rapper

Released in 2016 exclusively on Apple Music, it also features Francis and the Lights and Jeremih. It's from the album Coloring Book and is essentially a fusion of hip hop and gospel music.

Coloring Bookwas  the first album available only through Internet streaming to appear on the US Billboard 200, touching the 8th position.

 It bagged the Best Rap Album at the 2017 Grammy Awards, the first album available only via Internet streaming to walk away with a Grammy.

5.   A Friend By KRS-One

This song is from the album I Got Next released in 1997.

 

Billboard.com points out that A Friend peaked on August 16, 1997 and touched the 70th position after 8 weeks on the chart.

 

6. No New Friends By DJ Khaled

This song released in 2013 from the album Suffering From Success, also features Drake, Lil Wayne and Rick Ross.

It was made available as a digital download in April 2013. It touched 37th position on the US Billboard Hot 100.

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It's DJ Khaled's sixth number to enjoy the top 40 status on that chart.

7.  Best Friend By Young Thug

Released in 2015, it's a number from the album Slime Season.

The song kicked off it's musical journey in the 98th position on  Billboard Hot 100 in December 2015, eventually making it to the 45th position.

 

It deserves mention that it's Young Thug's most successful single ever.

Receiving a Platinum certification from by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), it was also nominated for BET Hip Hop Award for People's Champ.

8. What About Your Friends By TLC

This song was recorded in 1991 and released in 1992. It's from the album Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip.

It peaked at 14th position on the US Billboard 200.

The Entertainment Weekly praised the album calling TLC "a perfect pop group for the times".

9. I Ain't Cha Friend By Three 6 Mafia

This number is from the album Chapter 2: World Domination released in 1997.

It’s Three 6 Mafia’s most widely distributed album.

 

The music was composed by Paul Beauregard & Jordan Houston.

10.  Friends By Whodini

The lyrics question how many of us really have friends we can depend on. The song written by Jalil Hutchins and Lawrence Smith is from the album Escape released in 1984.

The song peaked at number 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

On the Hot 100 chart it didn't fare that well, spending only three weeks and managing only 87th position.

It drew attention, however, when Will Smith sampled it for his Potnas track for Willenium, his 1999 album.

There you have it, among the best rap songs about friends. You may now proceed to download them if you wish.

Download Rap Songs About Friends

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