Fred Again, Skepta, Plaqueboymax Debuted a New Song on Twitch
From a room in New York City, Fred played the catchy lyrics: 'Shorty get freelance, now she a free thot.' Doechii is heard rapping the chorus on the track, before Skepta comes onscreen to rap his verse with a microphone.
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'The first thing he said to me was there's no reloads,' joked Skepta, before adding, 'New York City. I could see the Statue of Liberty just over there.' Fred then mixed in another song as Skepta started rapping the lyrics to a different song, before mixing in 'Victory Lap' once again. 'This one is disgusting. Absolutely dirty!' declared Skepta.
Along with the song, the trio announced a pop-up rave at the Brooklyn Paramount later tonight, which will also be livestreamed on Fred's Twitch channel. The pair then joked about hosting a mini meditation as relaxing music started to play.
'We absolutely love you, New York,' Fred said. 'Best place in the world.'
This is just the latest Twitch-related spectacle for Plaqueboymax, the New Jersey streamer who has become a key cultural tastemaker for Gen Z. When Rolling Stone caught up with him in April, he had been in London for a weeklong stream that included an In The Booth session with Skepta. 'When Skepta came on, he's like, 'Oh, what's this? Why is it moving so fast?'' Max said.
Tonight's rave comes nearly a year after Fred's first stadium show, which he talked to Rolling Stone about. He and his team were intent on bringing an intimate feel to a large space, which made the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum the right choice for him. 'I think the challenge to me at the Coliseum was I really wanted to find ways that I could connect as much as possible to people in this vast space,' Fred told music writer Jeff Ihaza last year. 'Which is why we did that thing — Lucy and I call it the moat — we built this thing all the way around that I could walk along. That meant I could walk to the different stages.'
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