"Hot Girl Summer" is a song by American rapper Megan Thee Stallion featuring Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj and American singer Ty Dolla Sign, released on August 9, 2019, by 300 Entertainment.[2] It was written by all three artists alongside Syed Hossain, Derrick Milano, and producers Crazy Mike, Juicy J, & Bone Collector, with additional writing credits going to Earl On The Beat, JT (from City Girls), and Lil Yachty for the sampling of City Girls' 2019 song "Act Up";[3] the song was produced by Bone Collector, Juicy J, and Crazy Mike and engineered by Irving Gadoury.[4][1] Commercially, the song debuted and peaked at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100.[5] On Billboard'sRhythmic Songs airplay chart, it became Megan Thee Stallion's first number one, Nicki Minaj's eighth, and Ty Dolla Sign's third.[6]
In July 2019, the term "hot girl summer" went viral on social media and subsequently became a meme prior to the release of the song.[7] The title originally stems from a line on "Cash Shit" where the rapper calls herself "thee hot girl".[8] The phrase also appeared on the artwork for her 2019 mixtape Fever.[9] Megan first teased the song in a tweet on July 18, stating "I feel like it's only right I drop a hot girl summer song before the summer is over."[10] On July 28, 2019, Megan posted a snippet of the song to her Instagram.[11] She also revealed the release date to be August 2 but it was later postponed to August 9.[2] On August 5, 2019, it was announced that the song would feature Nicki Minaj which turned out to be the cause for the delay.[12][13] Minaj revealed that the collaboration almost did not happen due to her almost losing her voice.[14]
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