Gucci Gang's Lil Pump Signs With Warner Bros. Records To Release New Album

Lil Pump, and Warner Bros. Records are pleased to announce that they are continuing their successful partnership. This clears the path for the release of Pump's eagerly awaited second album, details to be revealed soon.

"Everyone here at Warner Bros. is thrilled to continue our successful partnership with Lil Pump," said Tom Corson, Co-Chairman & COO, Warner Bros. Records. "This new chapter promises to be even more extraordinary than the last, and we can't wait to unleash Pump's powerful new music to the masses."

"We are pleased that we can bring the next album release from Lil Pump to Warner Bros. Records," said Dooney Battle, CEO of Tha Lights Global, Lil Pump's management. "From the second I met Lil Pump, it was clear that he had star power and could lead the wave of rappers breaking on SoundCloud and YouTube. I knew that we could combine his authentic music and unique persona with TLG's ability to create engaging visual content, and utilize our influencer network to build worldwide exposure for him. We look forward to working together again to take Lil Pump's career to even greater heights."

Lil Pump, whose RIAA platinum "Gucci Gang" topped the charts across North America and Europe, has surged to over 1.5 Billion audio and video streams, and over 650,000 equivalent album sales for LIL PUMP, his self-titled debut (released October 2017). LIL PUMP entered the Billboard 200 album chart at #3, emerging as the #1 streaming album first-week.

The impact of the LIL PUMP album skyrocketed 17-year-old Pump straight to #1 on Billboard's Emerging Artists Chart. He wrapped up 2017 with a sold-out 27-city U.S. tour, and a profile in prestigious Forbes magazine, "Once A SoundCloud Sensation, Lil Pump Proves A Hot 100 Contender." An avalanche of press coverage ranges from XXL, Complex, Rolling Stone, Fader, and more, to an extensive profile in The New York Times that posited Pump as the voice of the "SoundCloud rap" genre.

The career-defining "Gucci Gang" ascended to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #2 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The track held the #2 position on the US Spotify Chart and #12 on the Global Chart. The larger-than-life "Gucci Gang" official music video, in which Pump lords over "Gucci Gang High" with a tiger at his side, boasts over 673 million combined YouTube views to date.

In fact, among the 15 bright, bold, and buoyant bangers heard on the LIL PUMP album, an unprecedented five tracks have surpassed the 40 million plateau on Spotify: "Gucci Gang" (340 million), "Flex Like Ouu" (84 million), "Boss" (81 million), "D Rose" (70 million), and "Molly" (47 million).

ABOUT LIL PUMP:

Signature pink and blonde dreads flailing, ominous ink on display, and superhero-sized charisma in plentiful supply, Lil Pump (born August 17, 2000) tore through hip-hop like a tornado, amassing over 1.5 Billion audio and video streams and counting. First joining forces as a 16-year-old with the next generation music and entertainment company Tha Lights Global, the South Florida sonic fire-plug ratcheted up over 200 million Soundcloud plays with his initial tracks, "Flex Like Ouu,""Boss," "D Rose," and "Molly." But it was the RIAA platinum "Gucci Gang" that topped singles charts across North America and Europe, streaming to #2 on the US Spotify Chart and #12 on the Global Chart, and earning over 673 million combined YouTube views for its climactic, larger-than-life video.

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