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On June 19, 2020, City Girls' second studio album, titled City on Lock, leaked in its entirety online. In September 2019, Yung Miami confirmed to Ebro Darden on Apple Music's Beats 1 that the duo planned on recording a new album, expecting to release it early in 2020. JT was transferred to a halfway house on October 8, 2019, 5 months before her scheduled release.Ģ020–present: City on Lock and other releases 26 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. The two singles from the album, " Twerk", featuring fellow rapper Cardi B, and " Act Up", peaked at no. 63 on the Billboard 200 chart issued December 1, 2018. In November 2018, City Girls released their debut studio album, Girl Code, which features vocals from Cardi B, Lil Baby and Jacquees. In August 2018, they released the documentary, Point Blank Period. In July 2018, the duo were launched into mainstream recognition after an uncredited feature on Drake's " In My Feelings", with Yung Miami appearing in the music video. Period also ranked 26th on Rolling Stone's 30 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2018. In May 2018, the City Girls released their debut mixtape, Period, which reached No. It started taking off." Īfter signing to Quality Control Music, the duo were ranked as the most popular developing artists of the week, according to the measuring activity across Billboard charts Hot 100, the Social 50, and Billboard 200. While JT was incarcerated, Yung Miami continued to promote the group's music, by saying: "When she was in jail, I was going to strip clubs and I would pay a DJ 20 dollars to play the song. JT began her prison term in July 2018 and was set to be released on March 1, 2020. The judge eventually agreed to push back her surrender date. Shortly after the release of "Fuck Dat Nigga", JT was arrested and charged with aggravated identity theft, and was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison. 2018–2019: Period, Girl Code, and breakthrough Later that year, the track was included in Quality Control's compilation album, Control the Streets, Volume 1.

The official music video for the song came out in January 2018 and featured an appearance from rapper Trina. Soon the track, which features a prominent sample of fellow Florida rapper Khia's " My Neck, My Back (Lick It)", racked up hundreds of thousands of plays. Yung Miami promoted it through social media and by paying DJs to play it in clubs. The duo recorded their debut studio track, "Fuck Dat Nigga", which was a diss track towards their ex-boyfriends for not giving them money when they asked. The group's name derives from the pair being from Opa-locka, Florida and Liberty City (Miami), described by Complex magazine as "two of the roughest neighborhoods in Miami, Florida". 1.3 2020–present: City on Lock and other releases.1.2 2018–2019: Period, Girl Code, and breakthrough.
