

Though promised to release on November 23 2018, DUMMY BOY finally came out on November 27th, 2018, four days delayed due to Tekashi’s arrest for racketeering and firearms offenses on the 23rd.

The song featured vocals (recorded via jail phone) of the incarcerated New York rapper Bobby Shmurda, and peaked at #25 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has gained over half-a-billion views on YouTube and is to date Tekashi’s most played song on Spotify, with over 400 million plays.įinally, 6ix9ine released “STOOPID,” the final single for his first studio album which he had now revealed the title of: DUMMY BOY. It peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the month of August 2018. One month after being kidnapped and robbed by an ex-member of his management, Tekashi unleashed the single “FEFE” on July 22, 2018, featuring verses from Nicki Minaj and production from Murda Beatz. The rumor, which turned out to be true, proved to be 6ix9ine’s main hindrance in finding his position as a respected mainstream artist.Ħix9ine caught his first break in October of 2017 with the release of his breakout hit single “GUMMO.” It was his biggest hit yet the single reached the 1st position on the SoundCloud music charts for a week, it peaked at the 12th position on the Billboard Hot 100, and gained over 300 million streams combined from YouTube and beyond. This friendship abruptly ended after Trippie discovered the rumor 6ix9ine had pled guilty to one charge of “use of a child in a sexual performance” in 2015, a claim first expressed by ZillaKami during his fall out with 6ix9ine. In 2017, Tekashi befriended Ohio rapper Trippie Redd, and introduced himself to the hip-hop world on a large scale for the first time in his collaboration with Trippie, “Poles1469.” The song was a massive viral hit, racking up over 100 million views on YouTube and becoming certified gold by February 2, 2018. 6ix9ine found his first industry friend in Dalyb, and he collaborated with Dalyb and Haha Crew on songs such as “Rollin Stones” and “Zeta Zero 0.5,” which helped Tekashi gain an early audience in Eastern European countries. The first song Tekashi ever published onto the internet was “Pimpin,” which gained the attention of Slovak artist Dalyb and his group Haha Crew after being posted on their Facebook page. He went by names like Wallah Dan, Danny Loaf, and Tekashi69 before finally settling on 6ix9ine in 2017. You may not know them now but you’re about to get familiar with Australasia’s Gated Community and their new song “Lay Low and Snitch” Consisting of Melbourne, Australia’s Billy ReevesĮdit bioDaniel Hernandez (born May 8, 1996), better known as 6ix9ine, is a New York-born half Mexican, half Puerto Rican rapper known for his aggressive musical style, viral antics, and outlandish look sporting rainbow dyed hair, rainbow grills and chains, and over two hundred tattoos reading “69,” “Sixty Nine,” “Six Nine,” and other variations of his stage name.Īccording to his NY Tent Sale interview, 6ix9ine began writing songs as a teenager to entertain his friends. Shake it, fat punani-nani, fat punani-nani That tsunami-nami, that tsunami-namiĦix9ine - How 6ix9ine’s legal situation inspired the hook on Gated Community’s “Lay Low and Snitch” I tell a nigga don't dick ride, don't blick ride Leave it to the double thick thighs, twin sisters Drop it down and wobble, wobble up, mami booted up She get down and gobble,Ħix9ine You think i'm a snitch, well duh i snitched i snitched to get out you would’ve snitched too I wanted to get out to see my kids And make music for my fans Hit the woah Tell me how I ratted, came home to a big bag

Niggas tweetin' bout me, got me trendin', bitch, you big sad See it in your face, cry baby, bitch, you big sad Haha, bitch, I'm laughin' 'cause you big mad Nigga, who did that? Nigga, who did what? They sick, been hot way before Coronavirus Yeah, you got some money, but you still fuckin' ugly Play me like a dummy, like bitch, are you dumb? Tell 'em get up out my face now 'fore I grrt Niggas always wanna chase clout, bitch, I am clout When you see me, what you talkin' 'bout, fuck you talkin' 'bout? He thought we was gon' knuckle up, bitch, I don't boxĪnd these niggas always talkin' shit, yadda-yadda-ya Pop that nigga with a hundred shots, ra-ta-ta-ta-taĭayDay made that nigga Diddy Bop, cha-cha-cha-cha-cha Now we catch him at the chicken spot, up a couple chops You nothin' but a hater, hater, clout chaser Your bestie is a dick sucker, I big dub her Slide, slide in the Bentley truck-a, the Wraith truck-a She get down and gobble, gobble up 'cause my money up Leave it to the double thick thighs, twin sistersĭrop it down and wobble, wobble up, mami booted up I tell a nigga don't dick ride, don't blick ride
