"Rack City" is a song by American rapper

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. First released on December 2, 2011, the song served as the third single from his second

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, '' Careless World: Rise of the Last King'' (2012). It was produced by

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and

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. It reached a peak of number seven on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 53 on the

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Background

The song originally appeared on Tyga's

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, ''Well Done 2'' (2011). On November 19, 2011, ''

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'' announced that "Rack City" would be released to the

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in the United States as the second single from ''Careless World: Rise of the Last King''.

Music video

The music video for "Rack City," directed by Chris Robinson, has been on

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since September 8, 2011. Tyga's former girlfriend,

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, played the main female role. Tyga released another video for "Rack City" on January 9, 2012 with over 69 million views. The music video to the official remix of "Rack City" that features rappers Wale,

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and T.I. officially aired on

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as of February 24, 2012 and was directed by Alex Nazari. This video has over 30 million views on YouTube. It contains his then girlfriend, Blac Chyna, who is stripping on him.

Remixes

The official remix consists of freestyles taken from rappers who made their own remixes, Wale's verse comes from his Rack City remix which features Black Cobain.

's verse comes from his Black City remix,

's verse comes from his Rack City remix and

's T.I.'s verses were arranged especially for the remix. Gucci Mane released a freestyle of the track.

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released a remix of the song as well with her female side of the rack city song.

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released a LA Lakers remix of the song. B.o.B released a video for his remix to exclusively promote his Mixtape E.P.I.C. (Every.Play.Is.Crucial) and

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also released a freestyle to the track.

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also freestyled to the song.

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released a freestyle to the song. Former

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protégée

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also freestyled off this record for her 2011 mixtape '' Face Off''. YouTube personality

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wrote a parody called "Jack City" about his videos;

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created a parody called "Mac City";

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also created a parody called "Cat City". Wrestler

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was caught insulting Roman Reigns with “Suplex City, bitch!” on a ringside microphone at

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after hitting him with a number of German suplexes during their bout. Cleveland-based hip hop artist PFV remixed this quote into a wrestling version of Rack City. Rapper

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created a remix called "Crush City", dedicated to the

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2015 postseason run.

Appearances in other media

*The music video for " 50 Ways To Say Goodbye" by

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contains scenes of an obsessed audience fan holding up various signs of grief support throughout the video, the final sign humorously saying "Rack City, Bitch!" *A local United States newspaper reported on an incident in which a woman fled from police officers after she was caught applying

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to buildings that contained the words "Rack City Bitch." The newspaper reported that, while the woman fled, she shouted "ten ten ten twenties on ya titties bitch" to the pursuing officers. After receiving widespread media attention the woman in question later clarified that the report was a hoax, published as a joke in a satirical university publication (similar to

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). * Tyga has a cameo in the 2016 film ''

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'', during which he performed "Rack City". *

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used elements of the synths for the song for her song " What's My Name?", on her 777 Tour.

Chart performance

For the chart dated December 10, 2011, "Rack City" debuted at number 94 on the US ''

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. On its eighth charting week, dated January 28, 2012, the single rose 15 places to number eight - marking Tyga's first solo top 10 single. The single spent two non-consecutive weeks in the top 10 before reaching a peak of number seven on the week ending February 18, 2012. "Rack City" has also reached the top 10 on the US

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chart and US

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chart - having debuted at number 91 on the former for the chart dated November 26, 2011. On August 4, 2014, the single was certified quadruple platinum by the

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(RIAA) for sales of over four million units in the United States. On the week ending February 4, 2012, "Rack City" made its debut on the

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, landing in at position 158. On its third charting week, the single rose 24 places to number 98. The track also charted on the

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, reaching a peak of number 27 for the week ending February 18, 2012. It eventually peaked at number 39 in the UK and number 14 on the UK R&B chart.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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