No Social Media

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"No Social Media"
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Promotional single by Wiz Khalifa featuring Snoop Dogg
ReleasedSeptember 8, 2015 (2015-09-08)
Format Digital download
Recorded2015
Genre Hip hop
Length3:58
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"No Social Media" is a song written and performed by American hip hop recording artists Wiz Khalifa and Snoop Dogg. It was released on September 8, 2015. [1] It was produced by I.D. Labs and Shod Beatz, and samples "Main Theme" by Kenji Kawai from the Higurashi When They Cry soundtrack. [2]

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Commercial performance

"No Social Media" debuted at number 9 on the Billboard Twitter Top Tracks chart dated September 26, 2015. [3]

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References

  1. "Wiz Khalifa and Snoop Dogg go somewhere with "No Social Media" on their new record". hotnewhiphop.
  2. "New music: Wiz Khalifa and Snoop Dogg No Social Media". rap-up.
  3. "Billboard Twitter Top Tracks chart 2015-09-26". Billboard .