Hit-Boy has obtained tons of reward from a number of the largest names in Hip Hop and past, however a shoutout from one in all his heroes appears to have stood out to him greater than the remainder.
On Monday (January 1), the All-Star producer posted a video of his father, Large Hit, figuring out whereas his newest music video with The Recreation performed on a tv display in entrance on him. DJ Premier, Meek Mill and Paul Wall, amongst others, hopped within the feedback part to point out the daddy–son duo some love.
What meant probably the most to the 36-year-old beatmaker, nevertheless, was a praise from Timbaland, who wrote: “This boy producing his asss offf puttting out his dad the toughest shit ever!!!!!!!!”
Screenshotting the remark and his reply to it, Hit-Boy reshared it on Twitter the next day with the caption: “Nah i used to observe making beats as an adolescent by biting timbaland and all my different heroes so this hit completely different. i’m whaaaa.”
nah i used to observe making beats as an adolescent by biting timbaland and all my different heroes so this hit completely different. i’m whaaaa pic.twitter.com/ifs9xXbUQc
— Hit-Boy (@Hit_Boy) January 2, 2024
In the identical spirit, The Recreation took a second to credit score Hit-Boy and his father for serving to him kickstart the yr with an enormous accomplishment.
Earlier this week, the Los Angeles rapper’s joint challenge with Hit-Boy and Large Hit went to No. 1 on Apple Music’s Hip Hop/Rap chart. The nine-track collaboration got here collectively shortly, and the “Hate It Or Love It” hitmaker made it some extent to acknowledge the true heroes behind its success.
“Woke as much as #PaisleyDreams being #1 on Apple Music’s hip hop/rap chart,” he wrote in an Instagram publish subsequent to a number of screenshots of his music video with the OG rapper he joined forces with. “That’s wonderful to me given the actual fact I actually referred to as @hitboy with an thought for one tune so me & @bighit had our difficulty out right here within the streets for the actual west coast rap followers.
“That cellphone name, led to me pulling up & doing a 9 tune tape in 5-6 hours with a full video shot by @thirdeyeraz on the identical day. 12 hours whole for an entire challenge with a visible !!!!!”
He continued: “@hitboy I let you know on a regular basis how pleased with you I’m & how a lot of a brilliant producer you might be however you’re far too humble to actually see the magnitude of the story you’re creating for your self.
“You at all times give me my flowers & each single time, I throw em proper again. At any time when me & you get in the identical room… we create dope shit at a velocity nobody on this trade can sustain with. Thanks for being you homie…. And I might say you makin ya pops proud however in a G’s up coincidence… you each are making one another proud.”