"Lockjaw" is a song by Moroccan-American rapper

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featuring fellow American rapper

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. It was released on May 27, 2016, as a single in promotion of the former's mixtape '' MC4''. It was also originally on his twentieth mixtape ''

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''. The track was written alongside

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and producers

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and Yo Asel. The song is featured in the video game ''

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''. The song was certified

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by the

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(RIAA) in March 2017, for selling over 1,000,000 digital copies in the United States.

Music video

The song's accompanying music video premiered on June 9, 2016 on French Montana's

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account on

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. It was directed by SpiffTV. Since its release, the video has received over 100 million views on

. Scenes were shot between

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, Haiti and

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Remix

The official remix features a newly additional verse by

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. The second remix entitled "Clue Radio Remix" was released with

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featuring

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and the original Kodak Black.

Commercial performance

On the week of July 23, 2016, "Lockjaw" debuted at number 98 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at number 73 for two non-consecutive weeks, before leaving the chart after its appearance at number 99 the week of September 24. It reappeared at number 100 the week of October 8 but left the next week. The song made its second re-entry at number 97 on the week of November 5, 2016, moved to number 96 the week after before leaving completely, spending thirteen weeks on the chart.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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