"Then Leave" is a song by American rapper and producer

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featuring fellow rapper Queendome Come, released as a single on March 25, 2020, from BeatKing's album ''Gangsta Stripper Music 4'' (2020). In June 2020, the song went viral on video-sharing app

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Background

"Then Leave" garnered popularity after various choreographed dances were posted on

, based on the user Boujee.Tay's moves. As of July 2020, the song's audio was used in over 151,000 videos. In the midst of the song's growing popularity, Columbia Records removed the song's parent album from streaming services. BeatKing announced, however, a new version of the album would be released "soon".

BeatKing

Born 1984, Justin Riley, known professtionally as BeatKing or Club Godzilla, was a

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-based rapper, producer and DJ who gained prominence in the 2010s. His manager confirmed his death from a

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on August 15, 2024. He was 39.

Chart performance

On the US ''Rolling Stone'' Top 100, for the week ending July 2, 2020, the song debuted at number 88, with over four million streams. The song also debuted at number 3 on the

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Music video

The song's official video was released on March 27, 2020, directed by OG Visions. The video's description simply reads "Ratchet Ass Shit".,

Charts

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References

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