In a hilarious twist, Lil Yachty's song "Poland," in which he sings "I took the Wock' to Poland," refers to Wockhardt Pharmaceutical and their promethazine-codeine syrup.
The song took off on TikTok, where it easily became a meme, as people started using the audio and tagged it under the hashtag "I took the Wock' To Poland," reports say.
As of this writing, the music video, directed by Cole Bennett, has garnered over two million views on YouTube with over 300 thousand likes and 22 thousand comments.
Invitation to Celebrate
The song's massive success was undeniable, and it even reached Poland's head of state, Mateusz Morawiecki.
On Oct. 12, Quality Control's CEO, Pierre Thomas, claimed that the Prime Minister of Poland is inviting the 25-year-old rapper to "celebrate."
"Thank you for the call. Let's make arrangements to get Mr. Yachty to [your] country to celebrate," he wrote.
"Will check the schedule and get back [to] you. Thank you for your time," replied Prime Minister Morawiecki.
The conversation between the two was screen captured by Thomas, which was sent to Yachty. His conversation with Yachty was also screen captured by Thomas and uploaded on social media, HipHop DX reports.
Fans React
Fans found the entire exchange hilarious, with some finding is ridiculous that Poland's Prime Minister would invite someone singing about bringing drugs into their country.
"Invited to meet the PM of the country about bringing drugs there," a fan tweeted, with a laughing emoji.
"[...] Probably the only artist in history to meet with a prime minister after making a song about promethazine-codeine," another wrote.
The entire situation seemed too good to be true as a fan tweeted: "the prime minister of Poland reaching out to Lil Yachty because of a song about taking the Wock' to Poland is the funniest s**t ever."
Meanwhile, other fans were not so enthusiastic, but more skeptical. "Ain't no way ima try to go back to a country when I made a song about sneaking a narcotic in," a Twitter user wrote.
"Wock' is blocked in Poland and our Prime Minister is inviting Lil Yachty that wrote a song about Poland with the main topic of Wock'," another tweeted.
The YouTube video's comments are no different as some fans pointed out that the drug is illegal in the country. "That fact that Wock' is banned in Poland and Sir Boat would go to prison for bringing it there, yet he pushed through and somehow managed to smuggle it in. Truly breathtaking and an incredible show of courage. Utmost respect to you Sir Boat."
Lil Yachty, born Miles Parks McCollum, got his start in music by releasing his songs on the Internet. He signed a joint venture record deal with Quality Control Records, Capitol Records, and Motown in 2016. He has also been nominated for Grammy Awards for "Broccoli" under Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in 2017 and as a featured artist in "Donda" for Album of the Year in 2022.
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