Bia‘s profession is simply getting began. Regardless of having two albums below her belt — 2020’s For Sure and this 12 months’s Actually Her — she’s already had some main veterans in rap taking discover, one thing that she says is “surreal” to expertise.
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The rapper labored with Timbaland on current single “I’m That Bitch” and Busta Rhymes on final month’s “Seaside Ball,” and spoke about each collaboration on the lastest installment of Billboard Information.
“Timbaland is so legendary, like he dropped so many gems and to simply be in the identical room with somebody like that who has that kind of catalog, you may simply study from them,” she stated. “Aaliyah is definitely considered one of my favourite artists of all time, so to even be within the room with him, simply to see what he thinks of my music. I bought to play him my album and he liked it. It’s actually so surreal, all the individuals I look as much as essentially the most at all times embrace me, present me a lot love and helped me change into the artist I’m at the moment. I really feel blessed to be right here.”
As for the collaboration with Busta, Bia revealed that she was approached with the chance as a result of he particularly had her in thoughts for the visitor spot. “Me and Busta did this track months in the past, he known as me up, he’s like ‘Pay attention Bia, I’ve bought this track. You gotta do that half. It’s solely your voice that’s gotta this half,’ so I went to studio instantly, I did it. And to carry out with Busta throughout Hip-Hop 50…that is loopy. It’s unreal.”
Following the discharge of “I’m That Bitch,” the monitor hit the highest 40 on Billboard‘s Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, peaking at No. 27. The track spent a complete of 90 weeks on the chart.
Watch Bia’s full interview with Billboard Information within the video above.
