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Mario stunned the world recently after mopping up Omarion and his watermelon-eating brother at VERZUZ, giving his career an unprecedented boost. However, folks on Twitter are a bit let down after learning that Mario added Negro Napoleon Tory Lanez to his new track “Main One” and the reactions are relentless.
Mario, 35, was riding the VERZUZ win wave pretty high but put a halt to his momentum via his #MARIOMONDAYS post by announcing the aforementioned “Main One” and he was apparently pretty excited about featuring the Canadian Varmint.
“#MARIOMONDAY special announcement! This Friday dropping new music! This one called “MAIN ONE”! S/O to my bro @torylanez! We went crazy tap in!” read the Baltimore native’s tweet.
Perhaps Mario hasn’t been on the Internet in a while or he doesn’t have anyone in his corner to let him know that Tory Lanez is really persona non grata in the industry. Even still, considering the flippant attitude from Lanez after his alleged shooting of Megan Thee Stallion in a fit of assumed short man rage, it doesn’t make sense for anyone to work alongside the once-buzzing rapper and crooner.
As one can imagine, Twitter is reminding Mario that he was just invited back to the good graces of the masses but really fumbled several bags with this move. Imagine how many venues Mario could’ve sold out in the coming weeks due to how he obliterated Omarion? He could’ve called his number in any city in America and a promoter wouldn’t be able to say no.
On Twitter, the roasting is exquisite and we’ve got the reactions below.https://twitter.com/OHYESMARIO/status/1546580845720264706?s=20&t=1xgnTotfy4oxa4ZxiV02hg
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Gonna keep it a hunnit with you Chief you could’ve left the leprechaun off the record. We love you too much for you to think this is ok https://t.co/6uRr1YjXwF
— Mr. Consistency (@DjChubbESwagg) July 11, 2022
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Mario doing a song with Tory Lanez doesn’t make a lick of sense.
Did he not read the room? pic.twitter.com/cDhtxFBmQh
— k a r y. (@itsKARY_) July 11, 2022
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“There’s no way Mario could squander all the free PR and goodwill he got from the Verzuz!”
Mario: https://t.co/BZAbNQx3C1 pic.twitter.com/Ae1deE06Bg
— polleNETO
(@chukwuuu) July 11, 2022
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Mario I just—
The utter LAMENESS of it all, aside…
You spent almost 2 hrs on the verzus stage talking down on non singing ass niggas in R&B just to turn around and hit us with a TORY LANEZ feature!?! pic.twitter.com/RHgp50ixsT
— Ash Money Records
(@LightsPlease___) July 11, 2022
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Mario went from “Black men, we gotta control our ego” to teaming up with “my bro Tory Lanez?” pic.twitter.com/xjX5oTCQCM
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 11, 2022
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Mario had women swooning 2 weeks ago during and after that Verzuz. And now he’s about to completely undo all of that by putting out a record with Tory Lanez. Are artists’ teams really this stupid?
— Reid (@RVAReid) July 11, 2022
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The minute you talk highly about a man, they turn around and start malfunctioning. Every. Single. Time. Look at Mario
— Ki (@Kitranada) July 11, 2022
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Mario said how can I set some newly earned goodwill on fire? I know just the thing
— Trill Withers (@TylerIAm) July 11, 2022
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New Tory Lanez and Mario in 2022? pic.twitter.com/S7RYH16jx2
— Nicki and Rihanna on B7 (@wiz_thcreator) July 11, 2022
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Mario: “New song dropping. Shoutout to my bro Tory Lanez”
Me: pic.twitter.com/QPHu9FLM2o
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(@dirtywhiteups) July 11, 2022
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Tory feature not gon make or break Mario that Nigga career was in the dumpster already until 2 weeks ago, it’s still mad chicks that think that ugly nigga innocent too
— The Homie (UNC, VIKINGS) (@Shakez_SC) July 11, 2022
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Damn Mario you making music with Tory Lamez and I found out you beat up your mom??? That’s crazy. Issa super no for me
— Dr Zero Grams
(@MixedBeauty___) July 11, 2022
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Y’all getting mad that Mario got a song with Tory as if y’all were actually listening to him to begin with and that’s funny to me
— 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬’𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞
(@ItsCiara____) July 11, 2022
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Lmao at Mario because let’s say he doesn’t know or care what Tory Lamez did… his fanbase is primarily women, and women hate Tory Lamez rn… so what sense did that make??
— Pholanthropist (@pholanthropist) July 11, 2022
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Mario and Tory lamez on a song is d list on d list crime
— Pdizzle (@dms_out) July 11, 2022
Source: Hip-Hop Wired