Archie Basilio dela Cruz (born August 15, 1996),
known professionally as Flow G,
is a
Filipino
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* Something from or related to the Philippines
** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines.
** Filipinos, people who are citizens of th ...
rapper, singer-songwriter, and member of the Filipino
hip-hop collective Ex Battalion
Ex Battalion (colloquially abbreviated as Ex B) is a Filipino hip hop collective from Muntinlupa City, Philippines, primarily known for the hit singles "Hayaan Mo Sila" in 2017 and "No Games" in 2016. The group was originally formed as a rap b ...
.
Career
On January 17, 2020,
Gloc-9 released a collaborative track entitled "Halik" featuring Flow G. In March 2020, they performed the song on
Wish 107.5, and the performance dominated and reached the No. 1 spot on YouTube's trending chart in the Philippines a few hours after the upload. On April 15, 2020, the video became a trend for a third week in a row, alongside Gloc-9's 24 bars challenge video.
On February 3, 2020, Flow G released his single "Araw-Araw Love" (lit. Every Day Love) and the track's music video, with a special appearance in the video to feature his
YouTuber
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Influence
Influe ...
girlfriend Angelica Jane Yap, also known as Pastillas Girl on the show ''
It's Showtime''. It dominated the list and took
YouTube
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Philippine's #3 spot a day after the upload.
In December 2020, Flow G's single "Araw-Araw Love" became one of the 'most viewed' music videos on YouTube PH, which has almost 73 million views to date, topping the
South Korean group
BLACKPINK
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who came in second. As of now, it is still one of the most streamed tracks so far.
On February 4, 2021, Flow G joined
Gloc-9's talent management Asintada.
On April 19, 2021, Flow G along with JRoa released their single "Hangga't Maaari" in which the track portrays the changes in a relationship. The track then dominated YouTube PH's trending chart sitting in the No. 3 spot gaining over two million views in a day.
On April 26, 2021, Flow G released a collaborative track entitled "Ibong Adarna" featuring
Gloc-9. The video then garnered millions of views in a day. This is his first single under Gloc-9's talent management Asintada, along with his first track featuring Gloc-9. He published the song on digital platforms (including Apple Music) days later under
Viva Records Corporation, making it his return to the label.
Controversies
On April 18, 2020, Flow G had beef with
FlipTop
FlipTop Rap Battle League (Fliptop for short) is the first and largest running professional rap battle conference in the Philippines founded by Alaric Riam Yuson (known as Anygma) in 2010. The league promotes Pinoy hip hop. FlipTop is heavily in ...
Isabuhay Champion Sixth Threat. He released his
diss track
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entitled "Unli", a response to "Pilipinong Wack" by 3 Digitz, a Sixth Threat group. A few weeks later, he released his second diss track entitled "Pasaload", a response to "Expired" by Sixth Threat, pointing out Flow G in the song.
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Netizens were suspicious of Gloc-9 for 'alluding' Sixth Threat on his social media accounts. Sixth Threat also called out Gloc-9 for being Flow G's 'ghost writer' in the making of "Pasaload".
In September 2020, Flow G released a promotional track "Deym" to endorse their clothing line "Brand for 199x", involving Skusta Clee as an ambassador of the brand. They were allegedly accused of plagiarizing the song "Ddaeng" by BTS
BTS (), also known as the Bangtan Boys, is a South Korean boy band formed in 2010 and debuting in 2013 under Big Hit Entertainment. The septet—consisting of members Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook—co-writes and co-pr ...
, which was released on SoundCloud in 2018. Surprisingly, the group's management debunked allegations and made a clarification that the two songs are 'inherently different'. The manager also claimed that the artists used a generic flow and added that “parallel thinking among artists do happen and it cannot be avoided".
On August 15, 2021, Flow G released his single entitled 'G Wolf' with an accompanying music video directed by Titus Cee. The music video has amassed over 5 million views in the first two weeks on YouTube and has over 22 million views to date. The controversial piece is a response to last year's feud with Sixth Threat and a direct slam to his detractors. Months later, OneMusicPH described it as it's "almost like Larry Bird telling his defender where he'll shoot the ball on the deciding play and still makes the shot."
Discography
Singles
As a lead artist
As a featured artist
Awards and nominations
See also
* Filipino hip hop
Filipino hip-hop or Pinoy hip hop (also known as Pinoy rap) is hip hop music performed by musicians of Filipino descent, both in the Philippines and overseas, especially by Filipino-Americans.
The Philippines is known to have had the first hi ...
References
External links
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1996 births
Living people
Filipino rappers
Tagalog people
Universal Records (Philippines) artists
21st-century Filipino male singers
Ex Battalion members
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