Luh Tyler stopped by Genius to discuss his hit “First Show,” which has been streamed over eight million times on Spotify to date. The single is produced by Just Call Me Chris and allows the 17-year-old rapper to showcase his signature flow. On today’s episode of Verified, find out why the hot track wasn’t the Tallahassee natives' favorite at first.
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00:00 I ain't even really like the song like that.
00:02 I just did a snippet to it on Triller and I had put it on my page.
00:06 But then somebody on TikTok, I guess was just using the sound and that bit went viral.
00:10 Then everybody was telling me to drop it and I just dropped it and it went crazy.
00:13 But nah, I ain't gonna lie, I like it, nah.
00:15 First show came about, I was on YouTube just looking for a beat.
00:25 I just found a beat, went on BandLoud, made a song.
00:30 When I make music, I don't write nothing down.
00:32 I just freestyle everything.
00:33 I ain't think my flow was different 'cause I didn't even realize I was dragging my words
00:49 for it.
00:50 I was just rapping.
00:51 Everybody was like, "He dragging his words.
00:52 He's different."
00:53 And they like, kids walk around the school, I don't know, just saying anything and dragging
00:58 their words.
00:59 Videos and shit, like "Open the door" and all that.
01:02 I wasn't even thinking I was sounding like that.
01:04 I started talking about Pinocchio on the line 'cause I was just saying the girl be lying
01:17 and shit and then Pinocchio be lying.
01:19 At my first show, I'm like, "Hey bitch, front row.
01:23 White bitch look like Elsa had to let her go.
01:25 I really snapping in the rap, just had to let you know."
01:28 Elsa a white character.
01:29 I was just saying, white girl.
01:31 Let her go 'cause that's the song she sing.
01:34 That's where I got that from, talking about Elsa.
01:36 I don't even really be feeling low like that.
01:45 It be like weird shit.
01:47 Coming down here, bro, we almost missed the flight and got down to the tour.
01:50 I ain't gonna lie, feeling low then.
01:51 I'm like, "Damn, we finna fuck the whole tour up."
01:53 Nigga had fly spirit.
01:54 That boy can't even drive.
02:02 I can't even drive.
02:03 I ain't gonna lie.
02:04 That boy not in no track.
02:05 I can't even drive.
02:06 That bitch be sly now.
02:07 I be seeing, but nah.
02:08 See, I might fuck around.
02:09 Crab that bitch.
02:11 I be kissing Mary Jane, you can smell the odor.
02:13 You know, instead of getting wise ass, I'm getting older.
02:15 I need to go out and grab a coat, my heart been getting colder.
02:17 I say I'm getting wise ass, I'm getting older 'cause I just be doing a lot of shit, learning shit.
02:22 I know when I snap.
02:32 If I say a line, then I wait a little minute.
02:34 I say another line, then I wait a little minute, say another line.
02:37 I'm knocking that bitch out.
02:38 I know.
02:39 I'm knocking that bitch out.
02:40 I know.
02:41 Hell yeah, I just met that boy in school.
02:49 That boy annoying.
02:50 Then that boy was telling me to keep going with that rap shit.
02:52 Then I fuck her.
02:53 I kept going.
02:54 Shit took off.
02:55 First time I came home with that stack.
03:02 One of my friends showed me something.
03:04 I got paid some of this shit though.
03:05 But then I kept doing them and shit.
03:07 And looking at it, I was like, "Oh yeah, we grown."
03:10 I'm trying to put everybody on so we all eat.
03:12 Be good.
03:13 Frosted Flakes ain't my favorite cereal.
03:29 I like Lucky Charm.
03:30 I just said, "Feeling great," 'cause you know Tomato would be like, "Great."
03:34 And shit.
03:35 Feel like that guy at the shows when the fans turning up and shit.
03:44 Just how everybody done came out just to see me.
03:47 I don't know.
03:48 When I seen all the other rappers and shit, niggas who I'm listening to, niggas who I like.
03:59 I'm like, "Yeah, them boys can't see me."
04:01 'Cause if them boys fuck with me, then I know I'm hard.
04:03 'Cause them boys hard.
04:04 The designer, that shit be hard though.
04:08 'Cause that shit be overpriced.
04:09 'Cause that shit don't even be that hard for that much.
04:12 Ain't lie.
04:13 Find some little regular shit, step out.
04:15 Still take it home.