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"Shotta Flow" is the debut single by American rapper NLE Choppa, released as on January 17, 2019. A remix, featuring fellow American rapper Blueface was later released, for which a Cole Bennett-directed music video was made. The remix was released on June 20, 2019. Produced by Midas800, The song reached number 36 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Three additional sequels to the song were released throughout 2019, with the fifth, "Shotta Flow 5", released in June 2020. The original and the remix were later included on NLE Choppa's debut EP Cottonwood. "Shotta Flow 4", featuring Chief Keef, was released on NLE Choppa's debut album Top Shotta, on August 7, 2020. Pitchfork named it their New Rap Song of the Day, complimenting it as a "true-to-Memphis shoot-dancing bounce" and NLE Choppa's "animated vocals" and "energetic delivery". Complex called it a "bouncy, menacing track". Billboard called "Shotta Flow" a "boisterous hip-hop track" with the rapper having a "melodic, heavy-hitting delivery". HotNewHipHop noted that the song "bec essentially inescapable on hip-hop playlists" and that the remix adds Blueface's "off-kilter flow" to the "piano-based production". An accompanying video at a length of three minutes was first released on YouTube in early January 2019, showcasing NLE Choppa and his friends "dancing, joking around and toting prop guns". The video quickly gained attention from hip hop vl