Wale debuts at No 1 on the Billboard + Twitter Top Tracks chart

Nigerian-American musician Wale has a lot to celebrate this season.

His song “Folarin Like” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard + Twitter Top Tracks chart after the rapper posted the song on Soundcloud.

The song is Wale’s first on the charts after five attempts, dating back to the chart’s launch in May 2014.

“Folarin Like” is a freestyle over the beat of Nas’ 1999 tune “Nas Is Like” and the music video has recorded more than 117,000 global views to date.

Billboard + Twitter Top Tracks is a weekly ranking of the most shared and/or mentioned songs on Twitter in the United States ranked by the volume of shares over a seven-day period.