How is NBA Youngboy so popular

[B. Pumpaveli]

On tiktok every other 'who is the best rapper alive' answer is nba youngboy. His spotify and youtube numbers are in the hundreds of millions.

However you get the sense he is trash and he is not popular with rap heads like Gucci was back in the day

 

[FreedMind]

Young boy is for the children

 

[Chip Skylark]

He’s hard

Either you get it or you don’t.

 

[dfresh]

 

[Fanservice]

I know radio doesn’t matter much these these. But for example, I don’t listen to Lil Baby, but I know Drip Too Hard because that song was everywhere and unavoidable. My mom and most of the oldheads in my family have heard it because of the radio and they recognize it when it comes on.

What is youngboy’s signature hit song that everyone (outside of his target demographic) should know?

His following reminds me of a Boosie type of rapper’s following. But even Boosie had Wipe Me Down for the people unfamiliar with him or his music.

 

[Mac Ten]

On tiktok every other 'who is the best rapper alive' answer is nba youngboy. His spotify and youtube numbers are in the hundreds of millions.

However you get the sense he is trash and he is not popular with rap heads like Gucci was back in the day

Gucci used to be trash to those same rap heads. It wasn’t until Gucci’s stuff was unavoidable to hear that people caught on….


NBA YB is the same way. Him and Boosie been making that music that gets to folks. That Pain music.


. He may not be with these groupie rap nikkas in their little clicks but the streets been bumping his stuff nonstop despite industry nikkas riding the hell outta Von and Durk.

 

[Reptile]

I respect his solitary. Thats as far as it goes for me. Dude is buns.

 

[Born2BKing]

 

[Mac Ten]

A lot of young women bump his stuff next to Future. His production reminds me of Trill Ent. A lot of Ghetto women love him like they did with Boosie, Plies, and Webbie.

YB is in his own bubble.

 

[Big Simpin Losing Cheese]

A 2020s version of Plies & Boosie, music that comes from heart despite not being lyrical.

 

[Mac Ten]

I respect his solitary. Thats as far as it goes for me. Dude is buns.

U better not be bumping Webbie lol

 

[Reptile]

U better not be bumping Webbie lol

Eww

 

[A Tribe Called Quest ™]

Eww

You didn’t like Webbie?

 

[Reptile]

You didn’t like Webbie?

No. I liked on song from that nikka, that "Swerve" song from Hustle and Flow. Thats it.

 

[Don Homer]

I dont listen to him outside of one single song