"Then Leave" | ||||
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Single by BeatKing featuring Queendome Come | ||||
from the album Gangsta Stripper Music 4 | ||||
Released | March 25, 2020 | |||
Length | 2:32 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
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Producer(s) | BeatKing | |||
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Music video | ||||
"Then Leave" on YouTube |
"Then Leave" is a song by American rapper and producer BeatKing featuring fellow rapper Queendome Come, released as a single on March 25, 2020, from BeatKing's album Gangsta Stripper Music 4 (2020).[1] In June 2020, the song went viral on video-sharing app TikTok.
"Then Leave" garnered popularity after various choreographed dances were posted on TikTok, based on the user Boujee.Tay's moves.[2] As of July 2020, the song's audio was used in over 151,000 videos.[3] In the midst of the song's growing popularity, Columbia Records removed the song's parent album from streaming services. BeatKing announced, however, a new version of the album would be released "soon".[4]
Born 1984, Justin Riley, known professtionally as BeatKing or Club Godzilla, was a Houston-based rapper, producer and DJ who gained prominence in the 2010s. His manager confirmed his death from a pulmonary embolism on August 15, 2024. He was 39.[5][6][7]
On the US Rolling Stone Top 100, for the week ending July 2, 2020, the song debuted at number 88, with over four million streams.[8] The song also debuted at number 3 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.[9]
The song's official video was released on March 27, 2020, directed by OG Visions. The video's description simply reads "Ratchet Ass Shit".[10]
Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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US Bubbling Under Hot 100 (Billboard)[9] | 3 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[11] | 48 |
US Rolling Stone Top 100[12] | 88 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[13] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |