LiAngelo Ball's debut Rolling Loud performance featured an unreleased song that the internet is already declaring a hit.
During his set, in addition to performing his viral song “Tweaker,” Gelo hit the audience with a song that no one had heard before. It’s every bit as big and anthemic as his debut song, but instead of talking about swerving and bending corners, it opens with the line, “Play with me, and it’s gonna go down.”
Check out a video of Gelo performing the track below.
Whenever Gelo officially releases the song he performed, he can only hope that it’ll be as successful for him as “Tweaker.” Earlier this month, Billboard revealed that the song has generated nearly $640,000 since its release.
Partly driven by the release of the remix with Lil Wayne, the song had generated more than 90 million total on-demand streams at the time of publication. These streams were responsible for the $476,500 made from master recording rights and $161,500 from publishing.
In January, Gelo inked a deal with Def Jam and Universal Music Group for a reported $13 million, with $8 million of that guaranteed. He also has full ownership of his masters.
Gelo broke down his label situation in a chat with Complex’s Speedy Morman, revealing that he spoke to multiple labels to determine the best fit.
“They all reached out for real, but I don't know,” he said. “Me and my team got together and we had long talks with the labels for real. We took some meetings.
“I'm just going with what's sounding the best to me at the end of the day,” Gelo continued. “We talking to them like, man to man, like, ‘We need this, this, this,’ and that's what they got done for us. And they showed love too, bro.”
Gelo also confirmed that his net worth is now well over $800,000.
