"Haters" is the second single from
Tony Yayo
Marvin Bernard (born March 31, 1978), better known by his stage name Tony Yayo, is an American rapper. He is best known as a member of G-Unit, a hip hop group he formed with his childhood friends 50 Cent and Lloyd Banks. Yayo released his deb ...
's second studio album. The song features fellow
rapper
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50 Cent,
Shawty Lo
Carlos Rico Walker (March 22, 1976 – September 21, 2016), better known as Shawty Lo, was an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia.
He initially came to prominence as a founding member of the Southern hip hop group D4L, and in 2000 founded D4 ...
and
Roscoe Dash
Jeffery Lee Johnson Jr. (born April 2, 1990), better known by his stage name Roscoe Dash, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for his debut single " All the Way Turnt Up" (featuring Soulja Boy), which peaked at number ...
. The song was released as a
digital download on March 23, 2011.
Background
The song was originally released onto
50 Cent's website, Thisis50.com, as well as being premiered by
Funkmaster Flex
Aston George Taylor Jr. (born August 5, 1968), professionally known as Funkmaster Flex, is an American DJ, rapper, record producer, and host on New York City's Hot 97 radio station. In 1992, he became host of the first hip hop radio show on Hot 9 ...
on Hot 97. The song features southern rapper,
Shawty Lo
Carlos Rico Walker (March 22, 1976 – September 21, 2016), better known as Shawty Lo, was an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia.
He initially came to prominence as a founding member of the Southern hip hop group D4L, and in 2000 founded D4 ...
who is rumoured to be the newest member of
G-Unit Records
G-Unit Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group. Founded in 2002 by rapper 50 Cent, for the first eleven years of operation, G-Unit ran in conjunction with, and was distributed by, Interscope Records. In February 2014, ...
. The song also sample's
Shawty Lo's song,
Dey Know.
The G-Unit boss
50 Cent referred to the song as, "A hit" on Twitter.
The single was released to radio on June 30, 2011. After being released to radio the single started to gain a lot of spins and recognition, the single then charted on the U.S. ''Billboard''
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
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and this saw
Tony Yayo's first song on the chart since 2005.
Music video
Tony Yayo confirmed via his Twitter account that he would be shooting the video for the single in Atlanta on July 29, 2011. The video was shot at Mansion Elan, a club in Atlanta. Rapper Kidd Kidd replaces Roscoe Dash in the video.
DJ Drama
Tyree Cinque Simmons (born April 22, 1978), professionally known as DJ Drama, is an American DJ, record executive and music promoter. He is the co-founder (with Don Cannon) of Generation Now, an Atlantic Records imprint with artists including ...
makes a cameo appearance.
The music video has been viewed over 2.9 million times on YouTube while the audio version has over 470,000 views.
Charts
Release history
References
External links
Lyrics
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2011 singles
Tony Yayo songs
50 Cent songs
Shawty Lo songs
Roscoe Dash songs
Songs written by 50 Cent
Song recordings produced by Scoop DeVille
2011 songs
Songs written by Drumma Boy
G-Unit Records singles
Songs written by Roscoe Dash
Songs written by Tony Yayo