February 04, 2022
42 Dugg is giving Rae Sremmurd their flowers for the ability to inspire viral trends before TikTok took off.
Just as TikTok was launching in 2016, Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi were going viral across other platforms for the Mannequin Challenge that used their song “Black Beatles” — resulting in a No. 1 Hot 100 single and even The Beatles’ Paul McCartney hopping on the trend. Nowadays, it’s the norm for songs to blow up on TikTok and even be part of artists’ marketing strategies.
Taking to Twitter on Wednesday (February 2), 42 Dugg revealed he thinks Rae Sremmurd would be dominating TikTok if the platform was around years ago.
“If Rae sremmurd came out in todays world they Ah own tik tok,” he wrote.
Swae Lee then responded to the tweet on Thursday (February 3), claiming Rae Sremmurd started viral challenges while requesting a 42 Dugg feature on their upcoming SremmLife 4 album.
“Need you on that Sremm 4,” he said. “We started viral challenges to be honest it’s crazy how people react to the music …New albums on the horizon. Take 1 step back to take 10 steps forward.”
Need you on that Sremm 4 ???????????????? https://t.co/Dd0z918jVJ
— Swae Lee Lee Swae (@SwaeLee) February 3, 2022
We started viral challenges to be honest it’s crazy how people react to the music …New albums on the horizon
— Swae Lee Lee Swae (@SwaeLee) February 3, 2022
Take 1 step back to take 10 steps forward
— Swae Lee Lee Swae (@SwaeLee) February 3, 2022