"Haters" is the second single from

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's second studio album. The song features fellow

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and

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. The song was released as a

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on March 23, 2011.

Background

The song was originally released onto 50 Cent's website, Thisis50.com, as well as being premiered by

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on Hot 97. The song features southern rapper,

who is rumoured to be the newest member of

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. The song also sample's Shawty Lo's song,

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. The G-Unit boss

referred to the song as, "A hit" on Twitter. The single was released to radio on June 30, 2011. After being released to radio the single started to gain a lot of spins and recognition, the single then charted on the U.S. ''Billboard''

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and this saw Tony Yayo's first song on the chart since 2005.

Music video

Tony Yayo confirmed via his Twitter account that he would be shooting the video for the single in Atlanta on July 29, 2011. The video was shot at Mansion Elan, a club in Atlanta. Rapper Kidd Kidd replaces Roscoe Dash in the video.

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makes a cameo appearance. The music video has been viewed over 2.9 million times on YouTube while the audio version has over 470,000 views.

Charts

Release history

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