Hot 100 First-Timers: Shoreline Mafia's OhGeesy & Fenix ​​Flexin' Debut With Comeback Single 'Heat Stick'

Shoreline Mafia, the Los Angeles-based hip-hop group featuring OhGeesy and Fenix ​​Flexin, make their career debut Advertising sign hit the chart with “Heat Stick”.

Billed as From Shoreline Mafia Presents OhGeesy & Fenix ​​Flexin, the song debuts at No. 98 on the June 1 Billboard Hot 100 almost entirely from its stream total: 6.5 million official streams in the US 17 -May 23 (31% increase), according to Fotina. The track, released May 10 on Atlantic Records, also debuts at No. 25 on Hot Rap Songs and jumps 42-29 in its second week on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

Shoreline Mafia originally formed as a quartet in 2016, consisting of OhGeesy, Fenix ​​​​Flexin, Master Kato and Rob Vicious. The group broke up after the release of their debut studio album, Mafia Bidness, in 2020 as all four artists pursued solo careers. Earlier this month, OhGeesy and Fenix ​​​​Flexin reunited with “Heat Stick” under the name Shoreline Mafia – marking the first release for the now duo act in four years.

The Coastline Mafia has arrived Advertising signof the chart twice before “Heat Stick”. His EP Party Pack, Vol. 2 hit No. 32 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and No. 61 on the Billboard 200 in September 2019 and Mafia Bidness peaked at No. 19 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and No. 27 on the Billboard 200 in August 2020.

Following the group's hiatus, OhGeesy's debut solo LP Geezyworld (released in 2021 via Atlantic) topped the Heatseekers Albums chart and peaked at No. 102 on the Billboard 200. The follow-up to Geezyworld 2 reached No. 2 on Heatseekers Albums in 2023. The set's breakout single “Geekaleek,” featuring Cash Kidd/BIA (which samples Petey Pablo's 2004 Hot 100 Top 10 “Freek-a-Leek”) hit in Rap No. 25 and No. 44 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay in December 2023.

OhGeesy released another solo project: Modalitieswith Berner, in December.

As for Fenix ​​Flexin, the rapper released four solo projects while Shoreline Mafia was inactive: Fenix ​​​​Flexin Vol. 1 (2021), Fenix ​​​​Flexin Vol. 2 (2022), Fenix ​​​​Flexin Vol. 3 (2023) and Flexin back (May 24). The opening track of the new album is another collaboration with OhGeesy, “Pick N Roll”.

Shoreline Mafia signed to Atlantic in 2018. OhGeesy said Advertising sign at the time, “Besides growing up and always wanting to be outside of a major label, when the time finally came, I knew Atlantic was the best move because of the facts behind it. It is simple. Check out their roster. Everyone is winning and they know how to market music in a way that I think is better than any other label.”