'Tweaker' Lyrics: LiAngelo Ball's (G3 GELO) Viral TikTok Song Leads to Major Recording Contract!

justjared.com:

“Tweaker” is one of the big new TikTok songs, and it’s reportedly led to a big recording contract for LiAngelo Ball, otherwise known as Gelo, who also raps under the alias G3!

The track has run up big numbers on the social media platform, specifically the catchy part where he declares: “I might swerve, bend the corner, whoah-oh-oh / B-tch, hold on tight ’cause I tweak in this b-tch, start lettin’ sh-t go. ” The 26-year-old former basketball star, and the older brother of Charlotte Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball and the younger brother of Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball has a certified viral hit on his hands, and just signed a deal with Def Jam and Universal Music Group, via ESPN’s Shams Charania. Keep reading to find out more… “LiAngelo Ball has signed a deal with Def Jam and Universal Music Group, a representative from his label Born2Ball Music Group says.

Sources said the deal is worth as much as $13 million, with $8 million guaranteed, and gives Ball full ownership of music and his own record label,” the journalist reports.

The track shot to No. 1 on YouTube Music and has since become a locker room anthem, with many people noting how the song conjures nostalgic memories of mid ’00s hip-hop. “That liangelo ball snippet impresses me every time how do you make a song that sounds so authentically 2006,” one viral tweet reads.