Latto Honors Aaliyah With New Single ‘Somebody’

Hit-making rapper Latto is back with her first new music since the release of her third studio album Sugar Honey Iced Tea last summer. Her latest single, “Somebody,” interpolates Aaliyah’s 1998 song “Are You That Somebody?” and reinvents the R&B classic into a tried-and-true Atlanta hip-hop track.

“I really need somebody / Tell me you that somebody / I don’t care about your bodies / Love the way you touch my body / From the back, get bodied,” she raps on the Pooh Beatz-produced track. “I ain’t never tell nobody / All I want is you, boy, all I want is you / All I need is you, boy, all I need is you / It’s just me and you, boy, it’s just me and you / I really need somebody / Tell me you’re that somebody.”

With three albums and several Hot 100 hits to her name, Latto has claimed her spot in today’s hip-hop landscape, which has become increasingly crowded with both men and women rapping alongside her. That’s forced her into constantly trying to outdo herself.

“I’m naturally competitive already. I always want to be better and better. I’m competitive not just with other people, but with myself too,” she told Billboard last year.

At times, she’s admittedly let herself get worked up over streaming and sales numbers or chart positions, but the “Queen of da Souf” MC is working on keeping her mind solely on her craft.

“I try not to let it consume me because I don’t ever want that to interfere with the art of it. I came into this because I genuinely wanted to rap,” she said. “At the end of the day, I make music for me. As long as I like it, I don’t give a f**k how much it streams.”