The handle Def Jam and Universal Music Group offers him ownership according to an associate from his label, Born2Ball Music Group.
LiAngelo Ball participates in GBK Pre-ESPY Luxury Lounge provided by MEND on July 10, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tiffany Rose/Getty Images for GBK Brand Bar
Among the most significant Hip-Hop minutes to start 2025 does not connect to rap beef or a chart-topping album. Rather, the web is caught swerving and flexing corners with LiAngelo Ball's viral “Tweaker” record, which is ushering the 26-year-old into a complete fledged musical profession.
As reported by ESPN Senior NBA Insider Shams Charania on Monday early morning (Jan. 13), the previous expert athlete now has a record offer, sealing the tune's status as an establishing hit.
“LiAngelo Ball has actually signed a handle Def Jam and Universal Music Group, an agent from his label Born2Ball Music Group states,” detaIled Charania on X. “Sources stated the offer deserves as much as $13 million, with $8 million ensured, and provides Ball complete ownership of music and his own record label.”
The offer might offer Ball the momentum to parlay “Tweakers” from a viral meme to Hip-Hop authenticity as he risks of stopping working to produce another earworm or being classified as a one-hit-wonder. Per ESPN, the tune got in the top-10 streaming chart for the U.S. on Spotify on Jan. 8. at No. 4, passing Tyler, the Creator's “Sticky” including GloRilla, Sexyy Red and Lil Wayne, and Kendrick Lamar's “television off” including Lefty Gunplay, with 1,398,725 streams.
“Tweaker” has likewise landed the previous UCLA Bruin a desired area at Rolling Loud California, set for the Hollywood Park Grounds in March with headliners A$ AP Rocky, Playboi Carti, and Peso Pluma.
Noted under his phase name G3 Gelo on Spotify, “Tweaker” appears on Apple Music under The Ball Brothers since Monday. Lonzo Ball is called as an author on the track, nevertheless, he clarified on X, “Only credit I should have is the cover art lol G truly that! #YearOfG”
In the past, LiAngelo has actually teamed up with JpThaRuler in “MOB TIES” launched in 2021 under his G3 Gelo name. He and Lonzo likewise launched the collective Ball-Star Pack mixtape with the phase names ZO and G Honcho in February 2022 under the Born To Ball Music Group.
Considering that its release, “Tweaker” has actually been preferred in both NBA and NFL locker spaces, with love from Shaquille O'Neal, Boosie Badazz, the Brooklyn Nets, Moneybagg Yo, and the Detroit Lions.
“I've been hearing it a lot, it offers me that 2003-2004 ambiance,” revealed Damian Lillard, who likewise raps, per Bleacher Report.
“But I rock with it, like I stated, it's a slapper. As an artist, you got ta regard other individuals's artistry, and when something is going, it's going. Like I stated, I rock with it, I appreciate it,
