ISIS (song) explained

ISIS
Type:single
Artist:Joyner Lucas featuring Logic
Album:ADHD
Label:Twenty Nine
Chronology:Joyner Lucas
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Prev Year:2019
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"ISIS" is a song by American rapper Joyner Lucas featuring fellow American rapper Logic, released as the third single from Lucas' debut studio album ADHD (2020) on May 24, 2019. The music video was released the day before.[1]

Background

Before the release of "ISIS", Joyner Lucas and Logic were involved in an ongoing rivalry. As such, the song marks the end of the issues between the two rappers. In 2017, Lucas told Billboard magazine that his relationship with Logic started to sour during their 2016 Tech N9ne collaboration, "Sriracha".[2] The two had since gone on to take multiple shots at each other, including an incident where Lucas claimed that Logic "can rap" but he "tries to prove that he's black too much for me".[2] [3] Billboard noted how, in "ISIS", Logic interpolates Notorious B.I.G.'s "What's Beef" into the chorus and "flips it into talking about the common ground he discovered with Joyner".[2]

Music video

The music video was released alongside the song on May 24, 2019, with Lucas and Logic rapping in uniforms at an army base.[4]

Commercial performance

"ISIS" debuted at number 59 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Joyner Lucas's highest-charting song as a lead artist on the chart.

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Greece International Digital Singles (IFPI)[5] 17
Lithuania (AGATA)[6] 61

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Joyner Lucas and Logic Squash Feud and Link for New "ISIS" Video. Complex. Cowen. Trace William. May 23, 2019. June 1, 2019.
  2. Web site: Joyner Lucas & Logic Are War-Ready in Militant 'ISIS' Video: Watch. www.billboard.com. 2019-06-05.
  3. Web site: Joyner Lucas and Logic Squash Feud and Link for New "ISIS" Video. Complex. 2019-06-05.
  4. Web site: Joyner Lucas & Logic Are War-Ready in Militant 'ISIS' Video: Watch. Billboard. Saponara. Michael. May 23, 2019. June 1, 2019.
  5. Web site: Official IFPI Charts – Digital Singles Chart (International) – Week: 22/2019. IFPI Greece. June 10, 2019. June 10, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190610072837/http://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html.
  6. Web site: Savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100). Lithuanian. AGATA. May 31, 2019. December 3, 2019.