"Mama" (stylized in all caps) is a song by American rapper 6ix9ine from his debut studio album, ''

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'' (2018). It features

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and

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. Shooting began for a

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, but was not finished.

Music video

The three artists were supposed to film a

for the track in

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, but it was never finished due to a shooting on set, though none of them were injured. Surveillance footage showed gunmen firing on the set. November 16th 2018 6ix9ine claimed while visiting The Breakfast Club that the video had "already been shot", but two days later he was set to show up to shoot additional footage for the video but was arrested instead on racketeering charges. Since no word have come out of the video since the arrest it has been indicated that it has been scrapped.

Commercial performance

"Mama" debuted at number 68 on the

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upon the release of ''Dummy Boy''. Within the same week, it reached number 43 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 51 on the Canadian Hot 100 and rose to its peak of number 16 in

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the next week. "Mama" performed best in

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, charting at number 11 on the Singles Digitál Top 100.

Charts

Certifications

References

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