20 on Billboard ’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. He’s in town for a few days to promote the project, a star-packed blend of lush, remarkable R&B jams and frosty club anthems, songs like “Saved” featuring E-40 and “Blasé” featuring Future and Rae Sremmurd, the latter of which topped at No.

“Movie!” he exclaims, referring to his freshly released major-label debut, Free TC. Ty remains unconcerned he sets two joints on the table beside him and flicks through his phone. An executive comes in and hops on the hoverboard, zooming around the cozy quarters in hopes he doesn’t get caught. Cam’Ron is still blasting from the speaker as he swerves into the corner conference room, taking a seat on the arm of a purple suede couch. It’s a moment of comical vulnerability, particularly for a singer whose inescapable smash, “Or Nah,” is pocked by over-confident lyrics like “Can you really take this dick or nah?” Moments later, he’s rolling down the hallway of Atlantic, heads peering from cubicles as he hums along. “All my old pictures look fat,” he says, his serrated baritone echoing through the studio. He takes out another one, lights it, and asks to see what the photographer snapped. “He’s the best rapper,” says Ty, flicking his still-lit joint alarmingly close to a curtain next to him. He plays Cam’Ron’s “Get More” on a Bluetooth speaker. In fact, he spins around on the board in a tight circle, smoke billowing from his lips as a carousel of thick braids whip around his face. Staffers passing by take notice: It’s been weeks since Julie Greenwald, Chairman/COO of Atlantic Records Group, put the kibosh on motorized scooters in the midtown office after an employee fell off and injured themselves on one.

He whirrs into the imprint’s photo studio, procures a joint, and sparks up. The R&B singer, whose flight was delayed from California, just hopped off of a red eye, and he’s arrived after sifting through traffic, the wear of an all-night trip creeping out from under his jade-green eyes. It’s the day before New York City puts a permanent ban on hoverboards, and Ty Dolla $ign is zooming around on one at his label, Atlantic Records.

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