Talha Anjum’s done it again. After dethroning Atif Aslam as Pakistan’s most-streamed artist on Spotify in 2024, the rapper has kept his place for the second year running, with the streaming service confirming his 370 million streams as part of their annual Spotify Wrapped event.

In a celebratory Instagram post, Anjum said retaining the top spot did not surprise him. He said, he owes the win “to my hard work, to my fans and my team that has stuck by me all these years”.

The rapper then turned his guns on the haters and fired off. Calling out “the media and the industry”, he said he was surprised how they tried to “pull [him] down” and make people hate him for “being [himself]”. He said he faced “boycotts, bans, petty disses, legal notices, sham news articles and false narratives” from people who wanted to “see [him] fall”.

Anjum said, despite all of “their little schemes”, Urdu rap remains on top, “exactly where it was a year back”. He ended the note telling all those wanting to see his downfall to “pray hard and work harder” and that he’ll see them back here next year.