The $300 Beat That Gave Sonny Digital And Future Their First Billboard Hit | How I Blew Up

➕ Sonny Digital tells us about the $300 beat that gave him and Future their first Billboard Hot 100 hit on UPROXX's How I Blew Up
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:24-2:49 How Sonny Digital got into beat-making
3:00-3:34 Sonny Digital's influences
3:38-4:07 How Sonny Digital got his name
4:34-4:45 Why Sonny didn't think "Racks" was a big record
5:07-5:21 The day Sonny Digital made the "Racks" beat
6:45-7:14 How Future got on "Racks"
8:11-9:02 The moment Sonny Digital knew "Racks" blew up
9:50-10:22 What life was like after "Racks" blew up
10:28-10:38 How much Sonny Digital's first check was
10:54-11:13 Keeping up with the success of "Racks"
11:20-11:38 What happened after "Racks" fell off the charts
12:05-12:21 "Birthday Song" beat origins
12:23-12:56 The day Kanye West recorded his "Birthday Song" verse
13:13-13:47 How Kanye West changed Sonny Digital's "Birthday Song" beat
13:58-14:24 Who Sonny Digital is working with right now
Written, narrated, and interviewed by Cherise Johnson ( / yourcheriseamor )
Design by Daisy James ( / djamesdesign )
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What's your favorite song Sonny Digital produced? 👀👀🔥🔥

[@ajjubhai94__111]

He was an innovator in future trap

[@moptopyopp9570]

This is an important upload

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💯

[@officialdjhustleman]

A true legend

[@suijthborkar8736]

I look up to this man so much

[@shahmanarzon7261]

He took it to a whole new level in the 2010s

[@hustling8592]

Exactly 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@antoniogamerenglish9720]

Sonny song is spider-tastic ✨🕷

[@AXFEP69]

He’s came a long way from club on Tuesday

[@pranathkumarnath9702]

I wanna be like sonny digital

[@neikotolbert5690]

Kanye did the same exact thing to jay-z in the studio lol

[@neikotolbert5690]

Kanye said shit "I wasn't going to tell Jay his rhyme was wack...I was taking the train at that time

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@@neikotolbert5690 lmaooo i need to find this!!! 🤣

[@130world1]

Swag

[@Gobrzymafia]

There's too many 4 me to have a very favorite

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i feel u 😆

[@anzoanz1842]

Ok.

[@BeatsUniversalOfficial]

This is dope. We're a team of beatmakers and producers - feel free to check our instrumentals when you get a chance as well. Salute