LiAngelo Ball—the center little one of the Ball brothers, who’ve been California hoop phenoms since their early teenagers—is placing out music that feels like he desires to persuade us he grew up crooning on the porches of Baton Rouge with Boosie and Webbie. Final week, the only real Ball not within the NBA premiered his single “Tweaker,” launched below the identify G3, on a stream (a phrase I’m going to must say rather a lot this yr). To the shock of just about everybody, the mix of his singsong movement and the bouncy Mouse on tha Monitor-style beat able to be torn down by an HBCU band is fairly listenable—a lot so it’s develop into a meme.
In actuality, “Tweaker” might be funnier than it’s good. His “woahs” and “ahhs” are catchy and it’s hilarious to think about the Ball brothers sitting round their mansion learning Huge Tymers tapes and seventieth Avenue Carlos loosies. The inspiration for the retro sound might be extra typical, although: The Ball bros similar to YoungBoy and perhaps slightly Kevin Gates, each of whom pull closely from Louisiana’s previous. Probably the most fascinating elements of “Tweaker” had been possible absorbed by means of osmosis, so I’m unwilling to name it something aside from the primary hilarious viral rap tune of 2025. However with that mentioned, I’d be trippin’ if I didn’t point out the following snippet feels like a step up.