2.5.2025
Meet Supa King, Whose 2016 Local Hit “Tell On Me” is the Most Viral Song in America
The Kevin Gates-Featuring Anthem Spent Two Weeks Atop Billboard’s TikTok Top 50 Chart After Inspiring Several Viral Trends
The Huntsville, AL Veteran, Also Known as Supa King Big Pope, Plans to Make The Most of His Good Fortune, Using the Chart-Topping Revival to Springboard the Rap Career He Was Destined to Have
Critical Praise:
“Supa King & Bad Bunny Lead TikTok Billboard Top 50 Chart…Supa King’s ‘Tell On Me’ unseats Bad Bunny’s “DtMF” from the top spot.” – Billboard
The Rundown:
Last month, Supa King Big Pope was a veteran rapper and local hero in his hometown of Huntsville, Alabama, dedicating his efforts to taking care of his son and giving back to his community. Now, after a series of viral trends, his 2016 song “Tell On Me” ft. Kevin Gates is on top of the world, gaining viral traction behind several social media trends, generating over 700k streams per week, and topping the Billboard TikTok Top 50 Chart in consecutive weeks (making it the first consecutive chart-topper since October). As the song continues to rise and the trends multiply, Supa King is ready to make the most of his moment, and pick up in the rap game where he left off.
A deeply-Southern banger with an outrageous chorus, “Tell On Me” first started to percolate in early January, with a airplane-themed CapCut trend that allowed users to flex their creativity. The trend truly took off later in the month with a viral dance trend, in which creators on TikTok suggestively dance in bathrooms, or on doors, as Supa King poses a sincere question about the ethics of kissing and telling. The trend has since spread significantly, with celebrities like Finesse2Tymes, Coi Leray and Dess Dior, and even pets attempting the trend. Red hot Chicago rapper Babychiefdoit recorded his own remix of the song, racking up over 500k views on YouTube. Even Kevin Gates himself has tapped in. Since mid-January, the song has racked up over one million creations on TikTok and hundreds of millions of video views.
Supa King has been a fixture in Huntsville, Alabama–a city with a rich rap tradition–for more than two decades. He started his career in his teens as a member of Slowmotion Soundz, a collective best known for “Lacs & Pieces,” a collaboration with a pre-fame T.I., before making a name for himself with mixtapes and local performances. As he was getting his rap career off the ground, Supa King was still in the streets, making ends meet the best way he could.
After spending some time away on drug-related charges, he emerged into house arrest in 2023, where he spent his time recording as much as he could. With help from his brothers, who were major promoters in the Northern Alabama region, Supa King earned collaborations from some of the South’s biggest stars, including Kevin Gates, who contributed to “Tell On Me” after a tour stop in 2016. Just as his career began to regain momentum, he was sent back to prison on a parole violation, where he served three more years.
Supa King has been out of jail for several years now, and has dedicated his life to the well-being of his family and community. Behind the scenes, though, he continued to make music, honing his skills and performing in shows around the city. When he learned from his nieces that his song was trending on TikTok, Supa King took the news as an unexpected blessing, and a long-delayed onramp for him back into the rap game.
Now as “Tell On Me” continues to rise, Supa King is ready to seize his moment. He knows he was put on this earth to rap, and after a carer full of setbacks, he is finally free to share his gift with the rest of the world.
Stay tuned for much more from Supa King Big Pope in the near future.
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Links:
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“Tell On Me” ft. Kevin Gates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7tLna7FKew