Ya Hit
by Future (featuring Drake & Travis Scott)

Album: Infinity (2026)
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Songfacts®:

  • "Ya Hit" is a posse cut by Future featuring Drake, Travis Scott and Loe Shimmy, released as a surprise single on November 6, 2026. The lead release from Future's 11th album, Infinity, it arrived less than four months after his previous set, The Real Me, topped the US albums chart in July.
  • The four rappers trade boasts about money, mistrust, and getting rid of people who have outlived their usefulness. Future opens by declaring himself a money fiend before addressing a woman he is finished with. He even wants back the Mercedes G-Class SUV he gave her, advising her to "go and find you a new daddy." Romance, it seems, has its limits when there's a luxury vehicle involved.

    Drake takes aim at an unnamed rival who's spending too much time on their album. The target isn't identified, but speculation has centered on his longtime adversary Kendrick Lamar, who hadn't dropped any albums since 2024's GNX. Travis Scott closes the rap verses by comparing his life to a video game: "In the trap with the vibes, they wouldn't survive, this s--t GTA VI."
  • Loe Shimmy provides the intro and chorus in his distinctive, wobbly nasal croak. He broke through with "For Me" and its Brent Faiyaz remix, won a spot in the 2025 XXL Freshman Class, and previously teamed up with Drake on Habibti's "I'm Spent."

    Shimmy repeatedly chants "ya hit" at the end of his lines, while Future picks up the phrase with "get hit" in his verse: "Try to play with the zombie, you know you get hit, ya hit." The effect feels like a direct warning about what happens to anyone who crosses the crew.
  • "Ya Hit" was produced by ATL Jacob and London Cyr, who provide a murky, distorted beat with an industrial edge.

    ATL Jacob is a longtime in-house producer for Future's Freebandz label. He made a breakthrough with seven tracks on Future's 2019 album The Wizrd and went on to produce much of I Never Liked You (2022), including the chart-topping "Wait For U," featuring Drake and Tems. His other credits include Kodak Black's "Super Gremlin" and Lil Baby's "Real As It Gets."
  • The credited songwriters are Future, Drake, Travis Scott, Loe Shimmy, Sexyy Red, Dougie F, ATL Jacob, and London Cyr. Sexyy Red contributes ad-libs to Drake's verse and Dougie F is a friend of Scott's and a former tourmate.
  • The song began as a three-way collaboration between Future, Travis Scott, and Loe Shimmy. It was first played privately at Drake's 40th birthday party in New York, where Drake was reportedly so taken with it, he decided to add a verse himself.
  • Future offered the first public preview on his Instagram Story on November 4, 2026, but kept Drake and Scott's involvement under wraps. He revealed the full lineup when he posted the cover art shortly after 2 a.m. ET on November 6. The track appeared on YouTube about half an hour later before rolling out across streaming services through the morning.
  • Despite their extensive pairwise histories, this is the first time Future, Drake, and Travis Scott have all appeared on the same track. The song is loaded with symbolism about rap's 2024 fault lines: Drake and Travis Scott hadn't collaborated since 2023's "Meltdown," and their reunion, alongside Future, signaled that the rumored friction stemming from the Drake-Kendrick Lamar feud had thawed. Days before the drop, Drake and Scott were spotted together courtside at a Houston Rockets game on Halloween and at Kanye West's Reliant Stadium show that night.
  • Future, Drake, Travis Scott, Loe Shimmy and Sexyy Red all appear in the "Ya Hit" video. Directed by Cotto and IWantJuan, it was filmed at Houston's Area 29. The clip follows the rappers through a night of strip-club visits and cruising the streets, with money being thrown around inside the club. It's a suitably lavish setting for a posse cut about having a good time and spending freely.

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