Island Boys thought \u2018I\u2019m An Island Boy\u2019 was \u201ctrash\u201d before it went viral on TikTok YouTube: Steve-O’s Wild Ride! – PodcastRap duo the Island Boys went viral last year due to their divisive track of the same name \u2014 but despite how famous they\u2019ve become because of it, they didn\u2019t initially think the song was up to snuff. The Island Boys took over headlines left and right in late 2021. Their song \u2018I\u2019m An Island Boy\u2019 went viral on TikTok, and subsequently on YouTube, with folks all over the net belting out the tune\u2019s catchy lyrics. Of course, the rappers incurred quite a bit of criticism as a result \u2014 most notably from rap legend Snoop Dogg and comedian Kevin Hart, who dubbed the pair as \u201ctwo goofballs in a pool.\u201d They\u2019ve incurred a few beefs with top-tier influencers along the way, as well, including Logan Paul and TikTok star Bryce Hall (who\u2019s still trying to negotiate a 2 vs 1 fight with the duo). Now, the Island Boys are a household name\u2026 but they didn\u2019t expect to blow up because of a song that left many on the internet scratching their heads. The pair opened up on their sudden musical success during an episode of Steve-O\u2019s Wild Ride! Podcast on April 7, where they admitted they felt the song was actually \u201ctrash\u201d in the beginning. Island Boys admit they thought viral song was \u201ctrash\u201d \u201cOkay, we didn\u2019t think it was gonna blow up like that,\u201d one of the rappers said. \u201cWe dropped five freestyles on TikTok. We thought the Spanish song was gonna blow up, but the Island Boy did. I thought it was trash at first.\u201d \u201cI laughed at it!\u201d the other revealed. \u201cHe told me, \u2018Bro, just listen to me. Just go with the Island Boy thing, right?’\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd I\u2019m like, I\u2019m gonna laugh at him. I\u2019m gonna respect him, he\u2019s my twin brother and we work together, right?\u201d \u201cSwear to god, he said it was gonna go viral. And it did go viral.\u201d (Topic begins at 6:00) Despite their initial reservations about the song, it certainly put the two on the map in a big way. For now, it looks like the rappers will continue to focus on their musical careers as fight negotiations continue to falter for their possible first-ever boxing match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Island Boys thought \u2018I\u2019m An Island Boy\u2019 was \u201ctrash\u201d before it went viral on TikTok YouTube: Steve-O’s Wild Ride! – PodcastRap duo the Island Boys went viral last year due to their divisive track of the same name \u2014 but despite how famous they\u2019ve become because of it, they didn\u2019t initially think the song was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50917\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}