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Central Cee and 21 Savage’s long-awaited first collaboration, fittingly titled “GBP,” the abbreviation for the British pound sterling, landed on streaming providers at midnight Friday (Jan. 17). To commemorate the second, the 2 London natives graced followers with a Cole Bennett-directed visible effort beforehand.
“If I lived in Harlem, I’d’ve been Mitch, them man would’ve been like Ace and snitched/ If it was Oakland, I’d’ve been a pimp,” the “Doja” hitmaker rapped in a nod to 2002’s Paid in Full, adopted by a reference to the late drug kingpin Frank Lucas: “If it was 1930, North Carolina, I’d’ve been Frank with the mink.”
All through the video, which leaned closely on the crimson tones seen throughout the U.Okay. flag, viewers see him waving a BRIT Awards trophy on a CCTV display and using within the backseat of a Pontiac doing donuts in a parking zone.
“We ain’t obtained generational wealth, obtained a few mill’ for my unborn youngster/ If I pay man 100 thousand kilos, I might get man bun proper in entrance of a crowd,” Central Cee spat later within the observe’s refrain earlier than handing the remaining to 21 Savage. He dished out traces like, “That’s GBP, the value go up if it is USD/ Higher watch your phrases, I am going to get you X’d ’bout the s**t you tweet.”
“GBP” is anticipated to look on Central Cee’s forthcoming debut album, CAN’T RUSH GREATNESS, out on Jan. 24. Within the meantime, peep the video beneath.
Over the previous few years, Central Cee has confirmed to be fairly the famous person each abroad and stateside. In 2024 alone, he teamed up with J. Cole and Bas for “H.Y.B.” — or “Cover Your B**ch” — adopted by TikTok-viral “BAND4BAND” with Lil Child in Could. Towards the of the yr, the Wild West artist joined forces with Ice Spice for “Did It First” from her debut album, Y2K!
Although solely a few weeks into 2025, “GBP” marked 21 Savage’s second characteristic of the yr. He lent his abilities to Lil Child’s WHAM standout reduce “Outfit” earlier within the month.