TOB’s Lil Chris Says Chief Keef Didn’t Cause “Shake That” Streaming Removal
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TOB’s Lil Chris said Chief Keef and his team were not behind the streaming removal of “Shake That (I Just Wanna Dance).”
Speaking with Aladdin Da Prince on 93.9 WKYS, Chris alleged that a false complaint caused the takedown. He also said Keef publicly supported the record.
The disruption followed a breakthrough for the go-go band. A Nucci’s Front Porch performance helped the song take off before Queen Peachifi’s dance carried it across TikTok.
Chris described TOB’s recent run as a “second half comeback” and said its audience extended to Poland, Tokyo and the United Kingdom. He said it was connecting young listeners with longtime go-go fans.
Getting go-go heard beyond Washington has long involved more than making a record people love. In a 2020 exclusive AllHipHop interview, DJ Kool pointed to the promotional support behind hits as one reason the genre had not enjoyed Hip-Hop’s wider commercial reach.
“We never got the proper marketing that Hip-Hop has got,” he said.
He used E.U.’s “Da Butt” as an example, crediting the machinery around the song and its connection to Spike Lee. The discussion accompanied TV One’s documentary “The Beat Don’t Stop,” which featured TOB alongside acts including Trouble Funk and Junk Yard Band.
DJ Kool also stressed recording during that earlier interview, saying “but it’s up to the group’s to get into the studio and make original material.”
A recent release offered another example of how go-go performances can move onto bigger distribution platforms.
Tone P’s “Tha Carry Out” recorded and executive produced Nino Paid’s live version of “Shine” with Hvmane Studios. Signal/Columbia Records acquired and released it, making it the platform’s first major-label release across streaming services.
The series turns familiar songs into go-go performances and has featured TOB among its guests.
That separate release put the live format into a label-backed rollout, while TOB’s current situation centers on getting its own viral record back to listeners.
At WKYS, Chris premiered an exclusive, newly recorded studio version of “Shake That (I Just Wanna Dance).” He announced plans to restore the song to streaming and said TOB had more original music planned for 2027.
