"Rack City" | ||||||||||
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Single by Tyga | ||||||||||
from the album Careless World: Rise of the Last King | ||||||||||
Released | December 2, 2011 | |||||||||
Format | Digital download | |||||||||
Recorded | 2011 | |||||||||
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Length | 3:28 | |||||||||
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Producer(s) | DJ Mustard | |||||||||
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"Rack City" is a hip hop song performed by Tyga. First released on December 2, 2011, the song serves as the third single from his second studio album, Careless World: Rise of the Last King (2012). DJ Mustard produced and co-wrote the song. It reached a peak of number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 7 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart, number 6 on the Rap chart and number 53 on the Canadian Hot 100. The lyrical content revolves around Tyga being in various Las Vegas locations whilst bragging about his rich lifestyle.
"Rack City" was written by Tyga and DJ Mustard, with the latter also handling the song's production. The song originally appeared on Tyga's mixtape, Well Done 2 (2011). On November 19, 2011, Rap-Up announced that "Rack City" would be released to the iTunes Store in the United States as the second single from Careless World: Rise of the Last King.
For the chart dated December 10, 2011, "Rack City" debuted at number ninety-four on the Billboard Hot 100. On its eighth charting week, dated January 28, 2012, the single rose fifteen places to number eight - marking Tyga's first solo top ten single. The single spent two non-consecutive weeks in the top 10 before reaching a current peak of number seven on the week ending February 18, 2011. "Rack City" has also reached the top ten on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and Rap Songs chart - having debuted at number ninety-one on the former for the chart dated November 26, 2011. On the week ending February 4, 2012, "Rack City" made its debut on the UK Singles Chart, landing in at position number one hundred and fifty-eight. On its third charting week, the single rose twenty-four places to number ninety-eight. The track also charted on the R&B chart, reaching a peak of number twenty-seven for the week ending February 18, 2012.