“Tweaker,” with its NOLA bounce-inspired percussion and kitschy hook, sounds like a 2004 approach to modern rap.

The Ball family's middle brother made waves in the rap game with his breakout hit "Tweaker." Here's a look at the timeline of his breakout music career.

Rap Blog: LiAngelo Ball’s “Tweaker” is the rap nostalgia we’re missing The professional basketball player’s viral new song is NBA Live, pristine Air Force 1s, and AND1 Mixtapes.

How will rap hits get made in 2025? Judging by the year’s first unexpected hip-hop breakthrough, the answer is by accident, more or less. Two and a half weeks ago, LiAngelo Ball — the middle ...

After the Detroit Lions clinched the NFC North and No. 1 seed in the conference, they celebrated in the locker room to the hottest new rap song, "Tweaker" by … LiAngelo Ball? Yes, the former G ...

The rap track became a streaming hit following its release on Jan. 3 under Ball's performance name, GELO. By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall The breakout rap hit “Tweaker” from the middle Ball ...

It’s a new year, but some things remain as they ever were; basketball players still want to rap, and nostalgia still dominates discussion of both art forms. That’s why “Tweaker,” the new ...

LiAngelo Ball's "Tweaker" is the breakout rap hit of 2025. Here's what makes the track—heavily inspired by old-school New Orleans rap—so addictive.

As LiAngelo Ball attempts to kick off a rap career, the former NBA player has seen his new song 'Tweaker' go viral around the sports world.

And while those aforementioned artists' breakout songs represented an eye to the future, "Tweaker" may just be a pastiche one-off - though LiAngelo's teased a second single coming soon.

LiAngelo Ball is the first breakout rapper of 2025, though up until now, he was better known as a basketball player. Def Jam, who reportedly signed Ball to a record deal (including his own label ...