![]() His first album True 2 Myself is certified platinum and he has over 10 songs certified gold or platinum. We have been developing him from the time I met him at 17 years old until now. What helped make it so huge on streaming right out of the gate? 1 on Streaming Songs, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs, his first No. (Shoutout to Tim Glover at Interscope and LVRN for getting 6LACK on the song.) Tjay put an amazing verse on the song and when the 6LACK verse came in, my jaw dropped and we all knew we had a masterpiece. So my job was to trust them and get the rest of the staff to believe in this song as much as we did. As we were releasing new music for Tjay at the end of last year, Maria and Lu kept telling me they had a feeling about this song. and got in the studio with Tjay, G.Ry, Bordeaux and Non Native and sent me the hook of the song the next day. Tjay’s A&Rs Maria Arangio and Luis Mota flew to L.A. He sent me the song from the session and it was amazing, and the big thing that came out of it for me was he said, “It took me 15 minutes to do.” So when it came down to setting up more sessions for Tjay, we were like, Let’s get him back in with G.Ry since he was able to make that song so easily. It started when Tjay had a session with one of our other artists on the roster and he met the producer G.Ry (who produced Drake’s “Laugh Now Cry Later” and “Calling My Phone”). Trust the A&R process and trust the A&R’s around you. ![]() What key decisions did you make to help him achieve that? 3 on the Hot 100 this week, the first top 10 of his career and an impressive debut for any single. Lil Tjay’s “Calling My Phone” with 6LACK debuted at No. Here, Majid talks the success of “Calling My Phone,” the crop of rising hip-hop/R&B artists on Columbia and why “this company has become a place where artists like that, and many others, want to be, and that is something A&R and all departments are very proud of.” But “Calling My Phone” is a singular moment for the Bronx-born MC and one that Majid says reflects on Columbia as a destination for great music. 5 on the Billboard 200 in 2019, while Polo-Tjay collaboration “Pop Out” climbed all the way to No. And Tjay, despite being just 19, is far from a brand new sensation, as his debut album, State of Emergency, reached No. While buzz for “Calling My Phone” first began to simmer when the song was teased on TikTok, helping it vault into the top five of the Hot 100, Majid says the song’s success comes more from Columbia’s track record of artist development and trusting the A&R process.
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