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Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn (born November 20, ), better known as Future, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. In , Future, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock and James Blake won the Best Rap Performance category at the 61st Grammy Awards for the song "King's Dead".

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single by Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar

"Like That" is a song by American rapper Future and record producer Metro Boomin with fellow American rapper Kendrick Lamar. It was sent to US rhythmic radio through Freebandz (under the business name Wilburn Holding Co), Boominati Worldwide, Epic Records, and Republic as the third and final single from Future and Metro's collaborative studio album, We Don't Trust You, on March 26,

Solely produced by Metro himself, the three artists wrote the song alongside Kobe Hood; Rodney-O & Joe Cooley are also credited as songwriters as the bass line in the song contains samples of their song, "Everlasting Bass", which in turn samples Barry White's hit "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby". "Like That" also has additional elements that contain samples of Eazy-E's single, "Eazy-Duz-It", and contains a vocal sample of Michel'le. A remix of the song featuring the American supergroup ¥$, composed of Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign, was released on April 20,

A trap and hardcore hip-hop song that is predominantly composed of lively percussions, "Like That" received acclaim from music critics, who primarily praised Lamar's performance and Metro's production. His verse, which attracted significant media coverage, is a diss aimed at fellow rappers Drake and J. Cole in response to their collaboration, "First Person Shooter." "Like That" was quickly met with commercial success, debuting atop the Billboard Hot , where it would spend three weeks, as well as topping the Global and the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts simultaneously. It was both Future and Lamar's third number-one single on the former chart, and Metro's first as a credited artist. The song also topped the Canadian Hot and peaked within the top ten of several countries in Europe and Oceania.

Background

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American rapper (born )

Nayvadius DeMun Cash (néWilburn; born November 20, ), known professionally as Future, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer. Known for his mumble-styled vocals and prolific output, Future is considered a pioneer of the use of Auto-Tuned melodies in trap music. Due to the sustained popularity of this musical style, he is commonly regarded as one of the most influential rappers of his generation.

Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Future signed a recording contract with Rocko's A1 Recordings in , which entered a joint venture with Epic Records shortly after. His first two studio albums, Pluto () and Honest (), were both met with critical and commercial success, spawning the platinum-certified singles "Turn On the Lights", "Honest", "Move That Dope" (featuring Pharrell Williams and Pusha T), and "I Won" (featuring Kanye West). His subsequent albums have each debuted atop the US Billboard ; his third and fourth, DS2 () and Evol (), were supported by the singles "Where Ya At" (featuring Drake) and "Low Life" (featuring the Weeknd), respectively. Future's eponymous fifth album and its follow-up, Hndrxx (both ) made him the first musical act to release two chart-topping projects on the Billboard in consecutive weeks—the former spawned his first Billboard Hot top ten single, "Mask Off."

After departing A1, Future released the albums The Wizrd () and High Off Life ()—the latter spawned the diamond-certified single "Life Is Good" (featuring Drake). Future guest appeared alongside Young Thug on Drake's single "Way 2 Sexy," which became his first number-one song on the Billboard Hot after a record-breaking entries. His ninth album, I Never Liked You () spawned the single "Wait for U" (featuring Drake and Tems), which became his second to peak the chart and first to do so as a lead artist. At

American record label

Record label

Freebandz (or Freebandz Entertainment, business name of Wilburn Holding Co.) is an American record label founded by Atlanta-based rapper Future in The label's releases are distributed through Epic Records. Freebandz has signed artists including Real Boston Richey, Lil Double O, Doe Boy, Young Scooter and DJ Esco.

History

– We Global

Freebandz was founded by Future. Future signed a major label deal with Epic Records in September , days before the release of his mixtape, Streetz Calling. The mixtape was described by XXL magazine as ranging from "simple and soundly executed boasts" to "futuristic drinking and drugging jams" to "tales of the grind." A Pitchfork review remarked that on the mixtape Future comes "as close as anyone to perfecting this thread of ringtone pop, where singing and rapping are practically the same thing, and conversing % through Auto-Tune doesn't mean you still can't talk about how you used to sell drugs. It would almost feel antiquated if Future weren't amassing hits, or if he weren't bringing some subtle new dimensions to the micro-genre."

Though Future had told MTV that Streetz Calling would be his final mixtape prior to the release of his debut studio album, another mixtape, Astronaut Status, was released in January In December , Future was featured on the cover of Issue #77 of The FADER. Before his album being released in April XXL's Troy Mathews wrote, "While Astronaut Status is up and down and never really hits the highs like 'Racks', 'Tony Montana', and 'Magic' that fans have come to expect from Future, it’s apparent that he’s poised to continue the buzz of humming right along into " Future was selected to the annual XXLFreshmen list in early

His debut album Pluto, originally planned for January, was eventually released on April ^[1