Kooda

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"Kooda"
Kooda Single Art.png
Single by 6ix9ine
from the album Day69
ReleasedDecember 3, 2017
Recorded2017
Genre
Length2:22
Label
Songwriter(s) Daniel Hernandez
Producer(s) Koncept P
6ix9ine singles chronology
"Gummo"
(2017)
"Kooda"
(2017)
"Keke"
(2018)
Music video
"Kooda" on YouTube

"Kooda" (stylized in all caps) is a song by American rapper 6ix9ine for his debut mixtape Day69 (2018). It was released commercially on December 3, 2017, for streaming and digital download, through ScumGang Records. [1] [2] The song was written by 6ix9ine himself and produced by Koncept P. It peaked at number 50 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Contents

Background and release

"Kooda" is the second single by 6ix9ine from his debut mixtape Day69 (2018). The song references ScumGang Records, Xanax, Ruger, and Fendi, among others. It debuted at number 61 on the US Billboard Hot 100 the week of December 23, 2017, [3] and peaked at number 50. [4]

Music video

An accompanying music video for the song premiered on WorldStarHipHop via its official YouTube channel. It features Tekashi 6ix9ine in the streets of the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in Brooklyn with members of the Bloods and Crips street gangs, in a similar vein to the music video for "Gummo". [5] "I got the best videos in America with no budget," Tekashi 6ix9ine proclaimed to Mass Appeal in an interview. "These industry videos got 50K to 100K and I work with zero dollars." [6]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2017–18)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [7] 58
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100) [8] 95
US Billboard Hot 100 [9] 50
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [10] 20
US Hot Rap Songs ( Billboard ) [11] 17

Year-End charts

Chart (2018)Position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) [12] 82

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [13] Gold40,000
United States (RIAA) [14] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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