The Knicks’ NBA Championship win sent NYC hip-hop anthems SURGING on Spotify in New York 📈🏆
▫️ “Blue and Orange Everything” — Skyzoo +35,210%
▫️ “New York” — Fat Joe, Ja Rule & Jadakiss +3,695%
▫️ “Welcome to New York (Dipset)” — Cam’ron, JAY-Z & Juelz Santana +3,485%
▫️ “Heart of the City” — JAY-Z +715%
▫️ “All the Way Up” — Fat Joe +630%
▫️ “Empire State of Mind” — JAY-Z & Alicia Keys +615%
▫️ “Ruff Ryders Anthem” — DMX +380%
▫️ “NY State of Mind” — Nas +350%
▫️ “Lean Back” — Terror Squad, Fat Joe & Remy Ma +291%
▫️ “We Fly High (Ballin’)” — Jim Jones +119%
(Data reflects June 14 streams compared to average daily streams prior to the start of the NBA Finals)
The 2026 New York Knicks:
— Historically dominated the East
— 3 of the top 5 greatest comebacks in Finals history
— One of the greatest Finals closeout games from Brunson
— Only lost 3 games
— 13 game winning streak
— won 15 of the last 16 games
— Highest Net Rtg ever
— Highest point differential ever
— Most road playoff wins ever
After the 2017 Warriors, the 2026 Knicks are the best playoff team in the last 20 years
Jalen Brunson’s NBA Finals:
more PPG than Curry (‘22), Jokić (‘23), SGA (‘25), Kobe (‘09), LeBron (‘12), Kawhi (‘19), Dirk (‘11)
more Steals per Game than Kawhi (‘19)
better 3P% than Kawhi (‘19), SGA (‘25), Curry (‘15 & ‘17)
1A. 🧡💙💍🗽
We just witnessed Jalen Brunson drop 45 points in a closeout game and single handily beat a 65-win Spurs team that beat the reigning champs
This is an all-time great