Oompa doesn’t sparkle alongside Connie Diiamond — she shimmies. And according to the pair’s new tune “HO3 SH!T,” that’s absolutely the natural order of things.
The two emcees link up to throw down some dance moves on their new collab, which arrived today (February 17) like a sultry extension of Galentine’s Day. The Rilla Force-produced song is a battle cry for the club, tailored to the bravado of its narrators: Roxbury rapper Oompa, and Diiamond, a rising Bronx artist.
“HO3 SH!T” vibrates in time with the duo’s bold bars, although the song’s origins are much more subdued. In an email newsletter, Oompa shared that she reached out to Diiamond while experiencing a quiet moment of grief, gratitude, and reflection surrounding the anniversary of her birth mother’s passing.
“My manager had already tried a few times with no luck, but something in me said, ‘Just try one more time,'” she wrote. “I don’t know why I did it, but I do know my birth mother and mother have been the most fire ancestors from the other side, lining things up for me in ways I can’t even explain. So before I went to bed, I sent that message.”
Oompa added: “I woke up to a response. She was down. Just like that, we got to work.”
The rest, as they say, is ass-shaking history. Tap in below.