Unlike his brothers Lonzo and LaMelo, LiAngelo Ball never made it to the NBA. But unlike LiAngelo, Lonzo and LaMelo Ball never made an out-of-nowhere viral rap hit. At the top of 2025, LiAngelo Ball, rapping under the name Gelo, released “Tweaker,” a weirdly perfect pastiche of early-’00s Louisiana rap. It’s one of the catchiest songs that the year has given us yet, and I’m nowhere near sick of it yet. “Tweaker” crossed over to the Hot 100, went gold, got a pretty-great Lil Wayne remix, and earned Gelo a big Def Jam deal. Now, his second single is out.
