Also in March, he was featured on Birdman and Juvenile's song "Dreams". In March, he released a new single called "Capo", with the music video debuting on Worldstarhiphop. He turned these offers down, from Republic Records, Interscope Records, Caroline, however, to instead sign with the independent distribution company, UnitedMasters including Neo Lechweny, while keeping his master recordings and publishing. It was around this time that it was reported that Choppa had sparked a bidding war between a handful of top record labels, with bids reaching a reported $3 million. The video received 20 million views within two months, prompting Carl Lamarre from Billboard to say that his "recent dominance has silenced any detractors".
In February, he released the song's sequel, "Shotta Flow 2". The official remix, featuring Blueface and a Cole Bennett-directed music video, was released in June, shortly after the original song was certified platinum by the RIAA. The song entered the Billboard Hot 100 in May 2019, debuting at number 96. A few days after its release, Pitchfork highlighted the track as its Song of the Day, praising his energetic delivery and adding that "he hits a new dance move every time the camera cuts back to him". The video reached 10 million views in a month. Īfter the surge of popularity, he released his breakout single " Shotta Flow". His opening verse and his dance moves in the accompanying music video made him stand out from the group, earning him an online buzz. 3", a cypher-style song by his Shotta Fam collective. In December, he appeared on "No Chorus Pt. On July 22, he released his debut mixtape, No Love the Takeover. He released his first song, "No Love Anthem", in March 2018 under the name YNR Choppa. NLE Choppa's manager is his mother, Angela Potts, who has been managing him since he started expressing an interest in rap music career. Career 2018–2019: Beginnings, breakthrough, record deal, and Cottonwood He began freestyling with childhood friends at the age of 15 and started taking music seriously at 16. He was raised in Southeast Memphis, Tennessee, in the Parkway Village area, and also was enrolled in Cordova High School where he played basketball. Me (2022), preceded his second studio album, Cottonwood 2 (2023), which also contained his highest-charting single, " Slut Me Out".īryson Lashun Potts was born on November 1, 2002, to an African American father and Jamaican mother. His third and fourth mixtapes, From Dark to Light (2020) and Me vs.
It peaked in the top ten of the US Billboard 200 and included the singles " Camelot" and " Walk Em Down" (featuring Roddy Ricch), both of which peaked in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. NLE Choppa released his debut studio album, Top Shotta, in August 2020.
The song was included on his debut EP titled Cottonwood, released the same year. He rose to fame with his 2019 single " Shotta Flow", which was certified platinum by the RIAA and peaked in the top-40 of the Billboard Hot 100. Bryson Lashun Potts (born November 1, 2002), known professionally as NLE Choppa (previously YNR Choppa), is an American rapper from Memphis, Tennessee.
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