Sexyy Red has quickly become one of the hottest stars in the Hip Hop game thanks to the super-smash success of “Pound Town” — but, as she recently told HipHopDX, her team wasn’t always sure that this would be the case.
“I was in the studio, and I showed it to my team, and they were like, ‘this ain’t it,'” she told HipHopDX exclusively during the BET Awards. “I said this is the one! This the one! I’m telling you!”
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She continued: “I knew. I said, ‘we doin’ this, because we like the song.’ And it’s my stuff. My fans love me for being me. Imma drop it.”
As for the population of “Pound Town,” Sexyy Red let HipHopDX know that it was much larger than, perhaps, one might imagine. “I mean, you here, everybody here. Whatever the Earth got.”
Sexyy Red’s raunchy Tay Keith-produced single “Pound Town” has become a viral sensation since its release in January, racking up over 15 million on-demand streams thanks to the #PoundTownChallenge. The song even caught the attention of Nicki Minaj, who hopped on the official remix in late May – much to Red’s delight.
“@nickiminaj I preciate you so much for blessin my track this is major I’m so humble and grateful,” the newcomer wrote on Instagram when she shared the collab.
While her fans may appreciate her for her talent, Sexyy Red has also gotten candid in several interviews in the past.
Last month, the St. Louis native was a guest on Angela Yee’s Lip Service podcast and was asked about her craziest lyric. After responding that it was, “Damn this n-gga burnt me/Pussy like a cig,” Red explained the real-life inspiration behind it.
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“They act like this shit not going on in the world. I had chlamydia before twice. This is what happened. Me and my n-gga was together, and we broke up ‘cause he was cheating on me. Then I went and did me, and he did him. And then we missed each other, came back together. [And something wasn’t right.]”
She continued: “We both was like, ‘what the fuck is that smell?’ And we want to the doctor together and yup… We still don’t know who did it.”
