The rapper speaks with BET about his upcoming mixtape, ‘Blank Checc.’
Published January 19th
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Yella Beezy has made one thing clear during his three years in the industry, it’s that he’s always one release away from a hit song. The rapper out of Dallas, TX, made pleading for someone to believe him into a viral hit in 2017 with his breakout single That s On Me. He then followed up with Bacc At It Again in 2019. That single played a part in him opening up for Beyoncé and Jay-Z at the Dallas and Houston stops of their On The Run II Tour. He has four mixtapes into his career and a collaborative project that shows he doesn’t just luck up on big moments he organically creates them out of his commitment to making something that sticks one way or another.
These Are the Top 100 Songs of 2020
By Abby Monteil, Stacker News
On 1/7/21 at 8:00 PM EST
Music has been a consistent comfort and creative outlet through the tumultuous year that was 2020. Although sold-out concerts, packed nightclubs, and cozy indie venues have largely been closed for months, putting on a great song is an ideal temporary escape from the world. Since it s been such an isolated year, everyone likely has a different catalog of songs that resonated most with them over the past 12 months, whether they needed something to cry to, express their anger with, or take comfort in until things become more normal.
Even in a year without releasing an album, Travis Scott still put numbers on the boards with over four billion Spotify streams, which is comparable to Eminem’s entire discography and Slim Shady added two projects to his discography in 2020.
Houston’s rager spent most of the year injecting his brand with partnership steroids to make it the strongest in all of Hip Hop and companies are rushing to his doorstep launching million-dollar pitches at him as rampant as James Harden’s three-pointers.
With the coronavirus pandemic forcing artists to improvise and find revenue streams other than the usual live appearances and touring, Scott’s pivot to the branding and product side has proved to be a lucrative one. Covering