Tyler, The Creator has dropped a timely Christmas gift for fans as he hops on a remix of Kendrick Lamar‘s GNX standout, “Hey Now”.
The rapper shared the track on Christmas Day, responding to a fan who said: “I want @tylerthecreator to freestyle on Hey Now so bad.”
Tyler responded by saying “Merry christmas. had fun with it,” and posted a YouTube link to the remix which he has titled “That Guy”.
The Odd Future founder used the song to reference his surprise appearance at Lamar’s immediately iconic Pop Out concert earlier this year.
merry christmas. had fun with it https://t.co/xPpyouu3Bahttps://t.co/DzzuwfK9Kz
— T (@tylerthecreator) December 25, 2024
He rapped: “Lil bunny hop out, you seen me at the pop out / Pandemonium screaming like they brought pac out / Stop it with the chit chat we airing out the kickback / Big stud energy the way I get my lick back.”
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Tyler also rhymed about the success of his latest album, Chromakopia: “300k in four days Chromakopia / 12 days gold I ain’t even drop deluxe one / Sold a million tickets first day for that new stage.”
The video for Tyler’s take on the track also featured appearances from his old Odd Future cohorts Jasper Dolphin, Travis “Taco” Bennett, and Lionel “L-Boy” Boyce.
Tyler recently shared with Billboardhow he came to appear at the Pop Out concert in June.
“I wasn’t even supposed to go — I was in Atlanta working on this album,” he said. “But I landed that morning and couldn’t miss this shit. And I don’t even get FOMO at all, n-gga — I’ll go to sleep. But I’m cool with Kenny and Dave [Free] and Tim [Hinshaw] from Free Lunch. So I went home, showered and ran straight there.”
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While he didn’t do a full set, the Odd Future star ended up performing two songs at the sold-out show, including his 2019 hit “Earfquake.”
Chromakopia has been a huge commercial success for the 33-year-old, spending three weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 chart and selling over 500,000 copies in less than a month.
Chromakopia has also taken Tyler to new heights on the Billboard Hot 100, with “St. Chroma” and “Noid” becoming his first top 10 hits on the chart at number seven and number 10, respectively.
Tyler has since scored a third top 10 entry thanks to the GloRilla, Sexyy Red and Lil Wayne-assisted “Sticky,” which climbed to number 10 last month and has remained in high positions since.
