![]() When did you first notice that it was blowing up on Vine? 50 (on the charts)?!” I wasn’t even trying to do that! I was just trying to get a few quick YouTube views. So many people started to call me and say, “You know you’re No. People from labels see the inside information that normal people can’t see. Until I saw how (the single) was selling, I didn’t know. At first, I saw "Nasty Freestyle" doing numbers on YouTube, but those numbers weren’t crazy. 17 last week, and you’re in the top 10 this week. ![]() 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 right now, out of nowhere. My first song blew up in Houston four years ago, and I wanted to take advantage of that. I’ve been living in Houston for a long time. I moved to Dallas at 15, then I moved to Houston at 19. Justin Charity is a staff writer for Complex. We met up with T-Wayne and asked about the thrill of overnight success, the perils of becoming a meme, and the difference between chasing trends and crafting a distinct musical signature. He's not to be confused with the rumored Lil Wayne and T-Pain collaboration of the same name.) ![]() ("T-Wayne," he explains, is a combination of his actual given name, Ty-Shaun, and his middle name Dwayne. T-Wayne, who also goes by Ricky Wayne, was in New York last week, promoting his latest mixtape and introducing himself to the music business. While "Nasty Freestyle," which dropped in late February, is now something of a sneak success, Lyor Cohen's 300 Entertainment took early notice of T-Wayne's imminent Top 10 hit and signed the kid immediately. Users of Instagram and Vine have meme-ified the song's opening bars: "First let me hop out the motherfucking Porsche/I don't want her if that ass don't sit like a horse." ![]() Of all the songs floating in and out of the Billboard Hot 100 in the past couple weeks, two are songs by young upstart rappers: Fetty Wap's "Trap Queen," which we've covered extensively, and T-Wayne's "Nasty Freestyle," which erupted from nowhere.Ī beat-jack of Bandit Gang Marco's "Nasty," T-Wayne's "Nasty Freestyle" is a choppy, extended brag about sold-out shows, one-night stands, and owning wild tigers as pets. ![]()
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