Kranium is out here collecting certifications on both sides of the Atlantic, and his latest one is a reminder that “We Can” had way more staying power than people might have clocked at the time. The RIAA officially certified the Tory Lanez-assisted track gold on June 29, meaning it has crossed 500,000 units in sales and streaming in the United States.
What makes this one feel a little different is that it’s Kranium’s second RIAA gold certification, with “Nobody Has to Know” having hit the same milestone back in September 2019. Not every dancehall artist gets one of these, let alone two, so the back-to-back is worth paying attention to.
The track was co-produced by Grammy-winning producer Shama “Sak Pase” Joseph, who now holds an executive role at Empire, and DJ/producer Marley Waters. Kranium made sure to shout both of them out when he posted about the news, writing, “I walk the way I walk because the numbers reflect that! Another certified gold in America #history big up the supporters and all DJs and my brother @sakpase365 and @officialmarleywaters producers.”
That quote says a lot about how Kranium is framing this moment. He’s not treating it like a surprise, he’s treating it like confirmation of something he already knew about himself.
The UK picture is just as interesting, and honestly a bit more layered. Kranium has four BPI certifications over there, with “We Can” picking up a silver from the British Phonographic Industry in 2023, the same year “Gal Policy” did the same. His collaboration with Wiley, Tory Lanez, and Dappy on “My One” went silver back in 2020, and “Nobody Has to Know” grabbed gold from the BPI earlier this year.
So while the RIAA gold is the headline, the fuller story is an artist quietly building a certified catalog across two major markets. The UK run in particular shows that Kranium’s appeal isn’t a one-market thing, and the fact that Tory Lanez appears on multiple certified records in his discography suggests that pairing worked well for both artists commercially, whatever else has surrounded Lanez’s name in recent years.
Tory Lanez’s legal situation has been a constant backdrop to any conversation about his music since 2022, and that context doesn’t disappear just because a song hits a streaming milestone. Some fans will celebrate the certification purely on musical terms, others will find it complicated given where Lanez currently stands legally. Both reactions are out there, and neither is going away.
For Kranium, though, the focus right now is clearly on the numbers and the legacy they’re building. Two RIAA golds and a stack of BPI certifications is a real body of work, and the dancehall space doesn’t always get that kind of mainstream commercial recognition. The conversation around what comes next from him feels like it’s just getting started.
