Professional basketball player LiAngelo Ball (aka G3/G3 Gelo) has capitalized on his “Tweaker” hit by reportedly inking a $13 million deal with Universal Music’s Def Jam. That’s according to an ESPN report as well as a direct confirmation to DMN from BeatStars,

The professional basketball player has scored a record deal with Def Jam after dropping his breakthrough song "Tweaker"

LiAngelo Ball, aka Gelo, just dropped his song “Tweaker” after a clip of it went viral on social media. It all started during a stream with influencer Neon, when Gelo asked if he wanted to hear “some hot sh*t” and played the track in the car. Once people heard it, they went crazy, saying it sounded like it could’ve been a hit in the early 2000s.

From the same family who made basketball a form of reality TV and who tried to create a shoe empire comes a new breakthrough: Music. The latest Ball venture features LiAngelo Ball as its figurehead—and it seems as powerful as the cultural moments his father,

Hot 107.9’s DJ Holiday, Devin Steel, & The Morning Hustle’s Kyle Santillian broke down why people on the internet went from trolling the song to actually enjoying it:

If you would've told me in 2017 LiAngelo Ball would be one of the hottest names in music, the entire world would have looked at you crazy, but here we are.

Basketball player-turned-rapper LiAngelo Ball has signed an $8 million label deal with Def Jam Recordings following the viral success of his song “Tweaker,” according to reports. Ball, 26, released “Tweaker” on Jan. 3 under the stage name Gelo. The song became a breakout hit, heard in NFL and NBA locker rooms as it rocketed up the streaming charts.