Benny the Butcher’s commercial breakthrough has a clear leader: “Johnny P’s Caddy,” his 2022 collaboration with J. Cole. As of September 2026, the track has accumulated roughly 130 million Spotify streams, making it Benny’s most-streamed song as a lead artist by a wide margin.
The song’s performance is significant because Benny’s second-biggest lead track, “5 to 50,” has about 35 million Spotify streams—meaning “Johnny P’s Caddy” has generated roughly 3.7 times the Spotify audience of his next-largest solo/lead release. That gap illustrates just how valuable the J. Cole collaboration became to Benny’s catalog.
On the chart side, the record reached No. 72 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Benny his first appearance on the chart. It also reached a Spotify U.S. peak of No. 26, with approximately 477,000 U.S. streams in a single day during its early run.
The video created another monetization layer. The official “Johnny P’s Caddy” video has accumulated approximately 41 million YouTube views, giving the song a combined digital footprint that extends well beyond Spotify. In 2022, the video had already passed 4.6 million views shortly after release.
The revenue calculation, however, is more complicated than multiplying streams by a royalty rate. At approximately 130 million Spotify streams, a simplistic industry estimate of $0.003–$0.005 per stream would imply roughly $390,000–$650,000 in gross recording royalties generated by Spotify alone. That is an estimate—not Benny’s personal income—because royalties are divided among rights holders, labels, distributors, producers and artists.
The ownership structure matters. “Johnny P’s Caddy” was released through Griselda Records/EMPIRE, meaning the approximately $390,000–$650,000 Spotify gross estimate cannot be treated as Benny’s take-home compensation. Publishing, master ownership, contractual splits and J. Cole’s participation can all materially change the final economics.
There is also a catalog effect. Benny currently has roughly 981 million Spotify streams across his artist catalog, with “Johnny P’s Caddy” representing about 13% of that total. That makes one three-minute-forty-five-second record an unusually important asset inside a catalog containing hundreds of tracks.
From a MusicLedger-style perspective, the bigger story isn’t simply that Benny made a hit. “Johnny P’s Caddy” turned a 2022 collaboration into a recurring digital asset generating tens of thousands of streams every day—with the track still recording roughly 89,000 Spotify streams per day in September 2026.
Bottom line: the publicly observable numbers put “Johnny P’s Caddy” at approximately 130 million Spotify streams, 41 million YouTube views, a No. 72 Billboard Hot 100 peak and an estimated $390,000–$650,000 in Spotify gross royalty value. The exact amount Benny personally earned remains private, but the numbers show why the record is arguably the most valuable commercial song in his catalog.
Figures are estimates where contracts and royalty statements are not publicly available; streaming counts change continuously.
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