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  • 7/1/2024
Ty Dolla $ign shares with THR at the 2024 BET Awards how he knows when he's got a hit song. Plus, he shares his reaction to Kendrick Lamar's song "Not Like Us" and reveals who the most exciting new artist is to him.

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00:00Alrighty, so I know that you are obviously an artist, but you also have done some behind-the-scenes production.
00:06So when it comes to you keeping your finger on the pulse of what's hot, like, how do you know?
00:12How do you know when you've gotten a hit?
00:14I know I got a hit basically when the people respond, you know?
00:18And it goes from being viral to actually being on the Hot 100, you know what I'm saying, number one.
00:24Me and Ye had, this year, Vulture's top album, number one, number one single, Carnival.
00:32So it's really when the people speak, that's the only way to tell.
00:35A lot of people be like, oh, this is a hit, this is a hit, but it's not a hit until it's a number one.
00:39You know what I'm saying? Let's just keep it real.
00:41Okay, and who are you most looking forward to seeing perform tonight?
00:45Tyler. That's like the most exciting new artist to me.
00:49Like, singing, dancing ability, everything, like, apart from her music.
00:54With you being from the West Coast, I have to ask, Kendrick, Drake, what does They Not Like Us mean to you?
01:01You know, it's an amazing song. My brother must've produced that. You know, that's home team, for sure.
01:07I love that. And when it comes to the slogan, They Not Like Us, what does that mean to you?
01:11Which one?
01:12What does They Not Like Us mean to you?
01:14Oh, they're definitely not like us. We're the number one, you know what I'm saying? It's the West.
01:18Thank you, Ty. Have a good one.
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