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| Meeting overwhelming demand for more music, buzzing gold-certified rapper GELO (LiAngelo Ball) unleashes his anxiously awaited new single for “Can You Please” featuring multiplatinum superstar GloRilla out now via Def Jam Recordings. Listen HERE. Anticipation for the track started when GELO teased it at the end of the “Tweaker” music video, his brother, Chicago Bulls star Lonzo Ball, went on to hype the track on social media, generating further buzz. Not to mention, GELO pulled up to Plaqueboymax’s stream where he previewed the song for fans. GELO recently lit up the NBA All-Star Game at the Chase Center in San Francisco, CA with a showstopping performance of “Tweaker,” affirming his starpower. Moreover, the song just earned a GOLD certification from the RIAA making “Tweaker” one of the fastest growing song in 2025 outside of Bad Bunny’s release. He reignited “Tweaker” with the official remix featuring Lil Wayne and the track shows no signs of slowing down. Beyond stacking up over 13 million YouTube views on the video, it has remained in the Top 5 Trending videos since its release. Praise for the song continues with Billboard chronicling how “Gelo‘s breakout hit is holding strong” and The Source hailed, “The success of ‘Tweaker’ has been nothing short of remarkable.” “Tweaker” continues to surge with unmatched impact. It has garnered millions of streams in addition to catapulting to #1 on Spotify Viral US and Worldwide, #1 on the Apple Music Hip-Hop Chart, #1 on the iTunes Top Hip-Hop/Rap Songs Chart, and #1 on the US Shazam Chart. Not to mention, he captured #3 on the Billboard Emerging Artists Chart and #4 on the Spotify Overall US Chart. This success led to a Top 30 breakthrough on the Billboard Hot 100, while “Tweaker” remains #1 “Most Added” at Overall Radio on track for Top 15 at Urban and Rhythm. It exploded as the #2 most viral song on TikTok and emerged as the #3 trending song on Instagram Reels. |
ABOUT GELO:
When GELO gets on the microphone, his hunger is practically audible. The Southern California native born LiAngelo Ball raps with an unmatched level of drive and ambition fueled by his lifelong passion for music. Over the years, he has quietly filled dozens of notebooks with rhymes, spent countless hours freestyling, and recorded hundreds of songs. This under-the-radar grind has prepared him for his moment. As a kid, he developed a deep appreciation for music. Upon hearing 50 Cent’s Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, he decided to grab a pen and write raps of his own. At 18-years-old, he recorded in a studio for the first time. Simultaneously, he excelled on the court, playing basketball internationally, earning a contract with the Detroit Pistons, and shining on the Greensboro Swarm. At the top of 2025, he entered the world-famous Paramount Recording Studios in Hollywood and left with “albums’ worth of material.” The breakout “Tweaker” would just be the first one to pop. Beyond debuting in the Top 30 of the Billboard Hot 100 and amassing millions of streams, it catapulted to #1 on the TikTok Top 50 Viral Chart, #1 on the Apple Music Hip-Hop Chart, #1 on the iTunes Hip-Hop/Rap Songs Chart, #1 on Genius, and #1 on US Shazam. It’s no wonder GQ hailed it as “the year’s first genuine heater,” and Complex predicted, “‘Tweaker’ is probably not going anywhere anytime soon.” Now, he introduces himself with a deluge of new material and his forthcoming debut project with Def Jam Recordings.
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