Baseball has all the time felt lightyears behind basketball and soccer in relation to the game’s connection and crossover capacity with hip-hop.
Bossman Dlow’s “Get in With Me” checked off one other field in its ascension final month (Might 5) when Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Brandon Marsh quoted lyrics to the braggadocious breakout hit from the Florida native throughout an ESPN Sunday Night time Baseball broadcast in opposition to the San Francisco Giants.
“Bae these Off-White, these ain’t no Huarache,” Marsh rapped whereas mic’d up for an interview mid-game after being tee’d up with a query from teammate Alec Bohm. “He didn’t simply ask me that, Bossman Dlow!”
The reference went over the announcers’ heads, so Marsh schooled the broadcasters (and thousands and thousands watching at house), who didn’t perceive Dlow’s flexing concerning the gold-certified tune he’s listened to “religiously.”
“Get In With Me” arrived in January and hit the Sizzling 100 for his first entry a month later the place it debuted at No. 68 and at the moment occupies the No. 88 slot in its nineteenth week on the chart. The motivational anthem spent every week atop the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart in Might.
It’s not simply “Get In With Me” making waves on the charts, both as Dlow’s boss-talk components led to the boastful “Discuss My S–t” (No. 34) and “Mr. Pot Scraper” (No. 38) touchdown on the Sizzling R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart with the previous additionally invading the TikTok Billboard Prime 50 chart and even spending one week on the Sizzling 100.
Bossman Dlow seems so as to add to his successful streak in 2024 — which has been harking back to DaBaby’s scorching 2019 run, the place all the things the Charlotte native touched seemingly turned to gold — together with his “Sportscenter” single, named after the flagship ESPN highlights present. His tune catalog has earned 581.2 million U.S. official on-demand streams, in keeping with Luminate.
With all of the momentum he’s garnered, the Port Salerno rapper doesn’t have plans of stopping both. Dlow’s promising one other undertaking earlier than the yr expires, and has collaborations on the way in which with Lil Child, Veeze and Wiz Khalifa.
Try of our interview under with Billboard‘s R&B/Hip-Hop Rookie of the Month, which finds Bossman Dlow explaining about conserving songs below two minutes, linking with the aforementioned Marsh and rather more.
You’re our Rookie of the Month for June — congrats on that. What’s your ideas on receiving that and the way it matches so far as a snapshot into your profession proper now?
We gotta preserve it going. It means rather a lot. I’m seeing quite a lot of success for actual. I really feel nice about it. I admire it too.
“Get in With Me” remains to be popping and holding sturdy on the Sizzling 100, is it loopy so that you can see how far it’s gone in these previous few months? I even noticed a video of Cardi B dancing to it within the membership.
I ain’t see that. Was that on her web page? I gotta go test that out. That’s cool.
We gotta get her on a remix or one thing.
For certain, we gotta get her on one thing.
Have you ever had these sort of moments the place an artist you admire is displaying you like or bumping your music?
It’s been quite a lot of artists. Plies. I seen Ciara submit it to her TikTok. That was loopy.
How was linking up with Brandon Marsh on the Philadelphia Phillies? I liked seeing him quoting “Get in With Me” throughout a sport when he was being interviewed. I’m certain the reference went over the broadcasters’ heads.
You understand my bars after I rap I seek advice from sports activities and stuff like that. It’s cool to see gamers [quote them], so I admire that for certain. I had went earlier than the sport. I couldn’t keep as a result of I needed to catch a flight. I obtained to speak to him thought and that was cool. He gave me a bat too. That was onerous.
“SportsCenter” is your latest tune. What are you able to inform us about it?
Yeah, that’s one we’re gonna make it the sports activities anthem. You possibly can rattling close to play that earlier than your video games. We’re gonna attempt to make it a broad tune.
Was ESPN’s SportsCenter an enormous a part of your life rising up?
Yeah, for certain. That may get quite a lot of consideration from folks like that — they love sports activities. We gonna have it enjoying on each industrial. We ain’t obtained time to play.
Within the “Discuss My S–t” video, I noticed you linked up with Deion and Shadeur Sanders. What had been your conversations like?
Yeah, we was in Colorado. We noticed all of them. It’s dumb love over there, they usually on my music onerous. Particularly Deion — he’s obtained encouraging phrases for you. It was cool to satisfy them. He’ll take you to the unhealthy days and all that. I’m rattling certain gonna attempt to get on the market [to a game this season].
I noticed one in all your new chains they’re saying it was value $100,000. Is that true and what does it imply to you?
Yeah, it’s a motherf–king shark with a go well with on, with a briefcase standing on that enterprise. I’m simply getting what I like. I really feel like I’m a shark in that water and I stand on enterprise. Go well with and tie… that’s simply how I’m going. I simply felt like dropping that chain, and that for rattling certain was $100,000.
What do you bought deliberate for tour developing? How have you ever improved in your dwell efficiency? We’ve seen youthful rappers are likely to battle with it once they get within the sport.
Nah, we not doing no rattling struggling. We gon preserve this s–t going. We obtained loads of fuel and this tour developing. We obtained artistic with the reveals. We gon’ entertain and enhance and preserve it going. We rattling certain gonna be making a gift of cash the entire God rattling tour. It’s gonna be little cash video games and little basketball pictures. S–t like that. It’s gonna be dancers there. We gon’ be smoking in every single place — Massive Za. That’s simply the way it’s going. We gonna be entertaining.
I all the time see rappers like Busta Rhymes and Wiz Khalifa in your feedback part on Instagram. Have you ever related with any of them, and do you’ve any mentors like that in your profession that you just’ve gotten recommendation from?
Yeah, for certain. Positively talked to Wiz. We alleged to do a tune. Busta Rhymes positively be speaking to me. We obtained one another’s cellphone quantity and we keep involved. It’s simply good to hyperlink to those kinda folks. They actually know what’s occurring. They been right here for years.
There’s a singer, PinkPantheress, that went viral together with her saying that songs don’t have to be longer than 2.5 minutes and I used to be listening to your music and I’m seeing a few of the time stamps with you conserving your songs two minutes and a few simply have one verse. Is that one thing that’s executed purposefully and do you agree together with her?
I agree with that 100%. Most positively. I purposely do one verse — and it’s simply because these days, folks simply need a lot music from you. They need extra songs, and fewer time on the songs, mainly. They don’t have the eye span to take heed to the identical beat for 5 minutes. It’s simply the way it goes. You’d reasonably simply give them 5 two-minute songs than two five-minute songs.
What collabs do you’ve developing that you could inform us about? I noticed one thing with Babyface Ray and Veeze.
Me and Veeze positively obtained some s–t coming. Me and Babyface obtained two [coming]. I obtained some s–t with Lil Child on the way in which.
If there was a pop star or somebody exterior of the rap world that you possibly can work with, who would it not be?
All of them, to be actual, as a result of I kinda wanna change lanes on them folks. Positively Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, all that totally different kinda s–t.
TikTok has been a fairly large device for you serving to a few of your information blowing up. Are you able to communicate to working information and connecting to a special a part of your fan base on there?
That’s that out. That s–t will take you additional than rattling YouTube. Folks simply community and catch on. There’s a dance to a tune they usually catch on quick.
Do you take a look at that otherwise in comparison with your fanbase at reveals?
There rattling close to is, as a result of a few of the youngsters on TikTok ain’t going out to no golf equipment.
Do you suppose any rappers of your technology might have a battle to the magnitude of Drake and Kendrick?
It’s getting slightly too private. I don’t actually do the beefing s–t. All that making songs and beefing, I don’t actually try this, however to every his personal. I don’t really feel no sort of manner towards the meat.
So no Dlow diss information coming sooner or later?
Nah, we don’t try this.
What are your plans for the remainder of the yr?
We gonna keep busy. Keep within the studio and preserve this hits going, preserve lively with movies and singles. Drip, residing life, and all the things. We popping s–t.
Do you intend to return again with one other undertaking earlier than 2024 ends?
Yeah, for certain. We positively gon’ have one other undertaking earlier than the yr [ends]. We ain’t shaped a reputation and all of that but, and we don’t obtained a date but. However so far as the music, they’re getting made, so we’re positively gonna put it collectively.
Are there some other artists you’d wish to see pop on there with you?
I positively gotta get Future on there. I’d get one with Wiz Khalifa on there. Attempt to put some totally different s–t on there. Fridayy, some s–t like that.
Do you wish to present extra versatility together with your subsequent undertaking?
Yeah, we gon’ attempt to do issues otherwise. You understand, get some vibe songs. I’d speak to the women slightly bit. We gonna attempt to sauce it up.
Is it robust creatively to wish to follow what’s working and what the followers love, but in addition wish to take the followers to this place and take a look at one thing new for myself?
Yeah, that’s positively onerous whenever you already know what they liking and also you gotta attempt to transition into one thing else hoping they like that too. You ain’t gonna damage to strive so that you gotta strive one thing. You don’t veer too far off. You retain it slightly totally different, however preserve it to the place you realize it’s nonetheless on their sort of vibe.
I obtained you, possibly switching lanes however staying on the identical freeway.
Yeah, we on the identical highway, however we simply switched the lane up.
After we talked a few months in the past, you had some fairly huge enterprise plans when it got here to actual property, trucking companies, carwashes, eating places. Have any of these began to return to fruition?
Nah, proper now we gon’ cope with these homes, and property and we gon’ finally begin to promote and hire automobiles. We gonna have arms in all pots actually.
[Management: He just signed for a house — he’s being modest. He got his people a house.]
I simply do what I do. I don’t even actually like talking on s–t like that, ya really feel me? However yeah. That’s my momma and them, although. I’m supposed to try this. I’m not talking on that. I’m telling you. Anyone that will get some cheese, you alleged to know, you alleged to get your folks a home.