"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

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50 Cent,

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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

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on Hot 97. The song features southern rapper,

who is rumoured to be the newest member of

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. 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''

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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.

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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

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