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n beat maker and record producer known for his song "

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", a collaboration with American R&B singer

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released the song on 20 November 2020 as a re-work of Nuka's 2018 composition "4 Brylean (WayzRmx2018)". Nuka produced the track and is an associate performer on it. The song has charted worldwide including on the

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and on charts in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland. Nuka first produced songs in 2017 and released "4 Brylean (WayzRmx2018)" on

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the following year. At the start of 2020, the instrumental rose in popularity due to a video on social networking platform

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with choreography by Tampa Curhat, though Nuka was not credited. According to Nuka, Curhat attempted to claim ownership of the song in August 2020 when contacted by

, but could not provide the song. The label then got in touch with Nuka through his

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page the month after. At the time, Nuka was studying to be a

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at the Saint Jean XXIII in

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. He then put his studies on hold to continue his music career after signing with Sony.

Discography

Singles

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nuka 2000s births Living people New Caledonian people People from Nouméa French record producers Sony Music artists Year of birth missing (living people)