After more than five years of grinding, Troop 41 is finding success outside the walls of North Carolina with its latest single, “Do the John Wall.”
The song, which shines a spotlight on the Washington Wizards Point Guard, has opened doors for the group with close to 7,000,000 hits for the “Do the John Wall” video on YouTube and a recently signed record deal with Universal Republic Records. In addition, “Do the John Wall” has occupied a place on Billboard’s Heatseekers Songs and Hot 100 charts.
With newfound success and a major label in its corner, Troop 41 is looking to capitalize with an agenda that includes members Lil Inferno, T-Breezy and Lil Lee staying true to themselves in their quest to make music for the masses.
“Our music is for all ages. It’s feel good music. Everybody can just enjoy our music. It’s all clean. We don’t cuss,” T-Breezy told HipHopDX. “We feel like it’s no need to do that.”
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“It’s just been like that from the beginning,” added Lil Lee. “We never felt the urge to put foul language in our lyrics because we like to keep our fanbase a wide variety of people, like old and young, and let parents know that they can let their kids listen to our music too. It’s just a really smart move to make, especially in the game right now.”
As it gets prepped to work on its upcoming Universal debut, Troop 41 is focusing on “Do the John Wall.” The group will release a new video for the tune directed by Rage (“Soulja Boy’s ‘Crank Dat,” Jim Jones’ “We Fly High”) in early March. In addition, a new mixtape from Troop 41 will be released in the coming weeks.
As for Wall’s reaction to the song named after him, T-Breezy revealed the NBA star liked the track after hearing it. Soon after getting Wall’s approval, Troop 41 released “Do the John Wall,” which was inspired by the public’s reaction to seeing the sports star perform “the actual flex of the muscle dance” during his days playing for the University of Kentucky.
The success of “Do the John Wall,” Troop 41 is adjusting to the love received from those who enjoy their “catchy” creation.
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“It’s kind of a crazy feeling, but it’s a good feeling because it’s what we’ve been waiting for,” Lil Inferno shared. “It’s what we’ve been wanting, for mad people to just hear our music. We want the world to hear it. We’re thinking like ‘man, it’s our time.’
“It’s like a victory song. We’re paying homage, we’re paying respect to what he’s doing,” the rapper continued as he mentioned Wall and the use of the song as motivation for fellow entertainers from their neck of the woods. “It’s just really a big metaphor that people can make it from right here in Raleigh, North Carolina. So that’s the reason why we chose to get behind it. We just put it on for our city.”
