Kid Ink

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Kid Ink has had commendable success on the charts with more pop-oriented cuts like "Show Me" and "Main Chick." He still spits straight bars from time-to-time, and he does so in his latest video for "More Than A King," a cut of My Own Lane. ...

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If you're getting tired of your favorite radio station playing his song every hour, you might have to suck it up because it doesn't look like "Show Me" will be departing from the playlists anytime soon. Kid Ink's debut single broke a Billboard record by spending 18 consecutive weeks at the No...

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Kid Ink drops off the visual for "Main Chick (Remix)." With the addition of Tyga, the video features Kid Ink and the YMCMB MC sans Chris Brown. The original version of the song appears on Kid Ink's In My Own Lane album, out now.

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