Armani White surprised fans by making a cameo at Billie Eilish’s show in Montreal over the weekend, where he came out to perform his hit named after her.
“You know that song that’s like, ‘Glock tucked, big t-shirt, Billie Eilish’?” she asked the crowd during her headlining spot at Oshega Festival on Saturday (August 5). The White track then came on and the crowd erupted when he took the stage.
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The aforementioned hit is what put the Philly rapper on the map after going viral on TikTok. The line Eilish quoted while introducing him became a popular soundbite on the social media platform, elevating his popularity immensely.
Check out the clip of White joining Eilish the night before taking the stage for a solo set.
@sk_aube02 billie at osheaga 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻 #billieeilish#armaniwhite#blacktopbigtshirtbillieeilish#wthisgoingon#osheaga#montreal#billieeilishconcert#billieeilishvideos
In May, White dropped Road to CASABLANCO, his first collection of songs since his meteoric rise and subsequent Def Jam signing.
While a major label debut, the EP doesn’t attempt to create any deep sense of timeline or biographical context for new listeners, which makes sense as he isn’t a new artist. Instead, the project is a celebratory victory lap following a year that’s seen him go from criminally underrated to almost unfathomably popular.
Sitting at nine songs, six of which are credited to “Billy Eilish” producer July Da Producer, it revels in his now-exaggerated profile, attempting to shake off any thought that his massive hit was in any way a fluke. In fact, for those who just tuned in, it’s the tip of the iceberg.
For instance, “SILVER TOOTH” featuring A$AP Ferg borrows yet another Neptunes hit, Bow Wow’s “Take Ya Home,” proving the formula he and July concocted is effective, even if it doesn’t ultimately yield the exact same response.
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Elsewhere, “GOATED” featuring Denzel Curry, finds Armani spitting about the fruits of his labour, with bars like, “I bought a crib in a crib with a office chair … beach half a mile, but I can’t see me walkin’ there.”
However, any braggadocio is balanced by a sense of humble gratitude as he reflects on how far he’s come and reasserts that his come-up was anything but overnight–and fraught with obstacles.
