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- ↑ Rose, Anna (2022-01-06). "YoungBoy Never Broke Again shares new single 'Fish Scale', announces new mixtape". NME .
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- ↑ "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
- ↑ "YoungBoy Never Broke Again Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 4, 2022.