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Tyla Stops Traffic To Start A Twerk Party In Her ‘Jump’ Video With Gunna And Skillibeng

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Tyla won her first Grammy before releasing an album, but once her self-titled debut studio album arrived in March, Tyla proved more than worthy of any award. Uproxx’s Wongo Okon reviewed the album and called it “a declaration of the singer’s pop stardom.” The newly released video for “Jump,” a standout Tyla track with Gunna and Skillibeng, reinforces that observation.

Directed by Nabil, the video finds Tyla putting her love for Johannesburg, South Africa on display while recognizing that she has grown into a worldwide figure. “They never had a pretty girl from Joburg,” Tyla sings while Gunna drives her down the street, followed by Tyla dancing on a pool table. “See me now, and that’s what they prefer / I don’t touch no wheel ’cause I got a chauffeur / First class how I get ’round the world.”

Tyla is the center of attention throughout the video, and she can’t be bothered by two men who come crashing through her window to brawl. Eventually, Gunna serenades Tyla in the club, and Skillibeng cooly delivers his verse while Tyla literally halts traffic in order to start a twerk party in the street.

The “Jump” video follows Tyla’s videos for “Truth Or Dare” and “Water (Remix)” with Travis Scott. Tyla debuted at No. 24 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Watch the “Jump” video above.

Tyla Drops Video for “Jump” Featuring Gunna and Skillibeng

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Tyla’s meteoric rise continues with the release of the music video for “Jump,” a fan-favorite collaboration featuring Gunna and Skillibeng from her debut album. Directed by NABIL, the visually striking video showcases the trio traversing the vibrant streets of Johannesburg, South Africa, Tyla’s proud hometown. Skillibeng, hailing from Kingston, Jamaica, contributes a never-before-heard verse, adding to the song’s dynamic appeal.

The release of the “Jump” video comes as the track experiences a significant spike in chart performance. Produced by Sammy Soso, the record has amassed 75 million streams worldwide. It currently holds the #1 spot on the UK Afro Beat chart and has peaked at #3 on the US Billboard Afrobeat Chart. Tyla’s hit “Water” continues to dominate the #1 position, while “Truth Or Dare” and “Art” secure the #5 and #6 spots, respectively. Her collaboration with Tems, “No. 1,” rounds out the Top 10 at #8.

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Skillibeng Takes Us To Jamaica With ‘Whap Whap’

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Nothing compares to opening up your preferred streaming service, listening to a rap song, and attempting to decipher lyrics and bars spit by your favorite rapper. From onomatopoeias to alliterations and cryptic messages, an artist’s chosen lyrical content can tell us more about them than an intrusive Reddit thread ever will. Today we’re digging into Skillibeng’s “Whap Whap.” The dancehall record blew up this year and since the onset of its widespread popularity, fans have been left wondering what the catchy chorus really means.

Sit back and watch the rapper decipher the meaning of his 2022 viral hit with help from Uproxx’s Cherise Johnson. Hailing from Lyssons, Jamaica, Skillibeng tells us “whap whap,” is his home country’s term for corporal punishment. That’s right, the phrase represents the sound you’d hear while unfortunately getting whipped. The rapper didn’t stop there though, he’s turned the phrase on its head using it to express a montage of gunshots instead. His intention was to forego gruesome lyrics and add Jamacaain humor to the record which proved to be a successful effort. Skillibeng’s spanking-inspired record earned him features from Fivio Foreign and French Montana. Outside the record’s success, the infamous Nicki Minaj remixed his 2021, “Crocodile Teeth.”

You can watch Skillibeng’s Bar Stories explanation for “Whap Whap” above.

Nicki Minaj And Dancehall Artist Skeng Are Rolls-Royce Stuntin’ In Their ‘Likkle Miss (Remix)’ Video

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Nicki Minaj is on the run competing with none one other 2010 Minaj, at the height of her Young Money reign. She’s fresh off the stage from headlining Rolling Loud New York, hosting the VMAs and receiving the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award that evening, a woman rapper empowerment moment on “Super Freaky Girl (Remix),” a feature verse on Bleu’s “Love In The Way,” and now she’s back again on Skeng’s “Likkle Miss (Remix).”

Skeng is dominating the dancehall scene following his breakthrough hits “Gvnman Shift” and “London.” Teaming up with Minaj this time around seems to be a match made in heaven, as Minaj is known to patois-bar tracks up on charting dancehall records like on Skillibeng’s “Crocodile Teeth (Remix).”

The Barbie shared a clip of her listening to Skeng’s hit last month while revealing she was in the process of writing her verse for the collaboration. “Likkle Miss (Remix)” originally appeared on Minaj’s Queen Radio: Volume 1 compilation album of songs we’ve heard before and a few added gems.

The vibrant visual includes a gang of bountifully endowed women in fishnet tights and shorts twerkin’ on Skeng, alternating between scenes of Minaj and women sitting pretty in a Rolls-Royce and Minaj and Skeng posted in the back seat.

Watch the video above but beware while watching, the Andre “DreVinci” Jones-directed video might make you want to get up and (attempt to) shake ya stuff, too.

The Best New Music This Week: EST Gee, Blood Orange, Symba, and More

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  • EST Gee f/ Jack Harlow, “Backstage Passes”


  • G Herbo f/ Future, “Blues”


  • Ab-Soul, “Moonshooter”


  • Symba f/ Rayven Tyler, “Soul Ties”


  • Bleu f/ Nicki Minaj, “Love in the Way”


  • B-Lovee f/ Ice Spice, Skillibeng, and J.I the Prince of N.Y, “One Time”


  • Blood Orange, “Something You Know”