Bobby Shmurda, Hot N*gga | 1 Hit WONDERful

In the 46^th edition of 1 Hit WONDERful (2024), we highlight “Hot N*gga” performed by rapper Bobby Shmurda. 

It only takes ONE hit to solidify a musical legacy 💯! On 1 Hit WONDERful, we highlight songs that were the SOLE hit by a given musician.  It is possible that the artists appearing on this list earned a minor hit or two, BUT for the most part, that ONE hit earned them recognition. So, in the 46^th edition of 1 Hit WONDERful (2024), we dive into “Hot N*gga”,  the one-hit wonder by rapper, Bobby Shmurda.

“It’s fucking Shmurda she wrote.” Indeed, Bobby Shmurda, indeed.  The rapper ‘struck gold’ with his infectious single, “Hot N*gga”. Brash, confident, and unapologetic, frankly, Bobby does not fuck around. His cadence and flow are electric.  He brings ‘that attitude’ to this sickening banger that peaked at no. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. While Shmurda would reach the top 40 of the pop charts again, he was a featured guest on the 6ix9ine song “STOOPID”.  His only other entry on the Hot 100 credited solely to him is “Bobby Bitch” which peaked modestly (no. 92). In addition to its success on the charts, “Hot Nigga” has been certified multiplatinum by the RIAA.

Jahlil Beats is responsible for the banging and malicious backdrop set in a minor key. The drum programming and synths ‘kick ass and take names.’ You know who else ‘kicks ass and takes names?’ Bobby Shmurda, bi-otch, who else! Bobby says a lot throughout the song’s sole verse.  From the jump he’s turned up: “And Chewy, I’m some hot nigga / Like I talk to Shyste when I shot niggas.” Ooh-wee! The bars are drippy (“You talkin’ cash, dog, I goes all out (All out) / Shorty love the way that I floss out”), druggy (“I been sellin’ crack since like the fifth grade”), sexual (“And shorty give me neck ’til I pass out (Pass out)”), and violent (“We gon’ pull up in that hooptie like we cops on ‘em / With M16s, we gon’ put some shots on ‘em”).  As the title of the song suggests, Bobby Shmurda believes he’s that guy.  He’s not lying when he says, “Niggas got me on my bully, yo, bully yo.” “Hot N*gga” will forever be a big-time banger from the 2010s.

Bobby Shmurda // Shmurda She Wrote (EP) // GS9 / Epic // 2014

Bobby Shmurda, Hot N*gga: 1 Hit WONDERful No. 46 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; GS9 / Epic; Antoni Shkraba, KoolShooters, Pavel Danilyuk, Photo By: Kaboompics.com, RDNE Stock project from Pexels; OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]