How do singers, especially lyrically dense rappers, memorize dozens or even triple digit number of songs?

Question

I’m notoriously bad at memorizing lyrics so it’s mind boggling to me.

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Answer 1

Just like with instruments, it’s almost muscle memory once you rehearse enough.

Used to have a band (20+ years ago), we rehearsed days and days, and would listen to the songs in between rehearsal days.

At the moment I can’t remember any of the lattice, but with some songs if I read 4-5 lines the rest come back