WHAT IT IS: Boston-based rapper BIA has established herself as a hip-hop artist to watch with her confident rhymes and tough flows. After inking with Epic, she dropped hard-hitting 2020 single “WHOLE LOTTA MONEY,” which hit the Spotify Viral 50 and Global charts. It also went viral on TikTok and garnered support from Cardi B, Kylie and Kendall Jenner, Lizzo, Lil Nas X and Nicki Minaj, who was tapped for the official remix. The NHL tapped BIA’s reimagined version of her track “SKATE” in the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoff promos.
ALBUM: For Certain (EP)
RELEASE DATE: 12/11/20
SINGLE: “WHOLE LOTTA MONEY REMIX” f/Nicki Minaj
LIVE: Rolling Loud Miami, NY. & L.A.; Lollapalooza, Life Is Beautiful, Austin City Limits, Day N Vegas
INTERNET: 586m+ global combined streams, 3.8b+ video views, 286m+ global Spotify streams, 170.6m+ global Apple Music streams, 87.6m+ global Vevo views; 85% increase of
Instagram followers over the last year (615k); 167.3k+ TikTok followers, 278.5k UGC videos created on single; #WholeLotta MoneyRemix trended #1 on Twitter following the release
RADIO: “Whole Lotta Money” impacted 5/18; remix impacted 7/12; adds from Music Choice, SiriusXM’s The Heat, Hip Hop Nation, KRRL, WQHT, KPWR, more
PRESS: Rolling Stone, Spin, Paper, ESPN, Refinery29, UPROXX, Complex, more
BOOKING: Cara Lewis/Cara Lewis Group
PUBLISHING: Cutcraft Music Group
MANAGEMENT: Oliver Hunter & Chris Bruno/L.I.F.E Management