SpotemGottem embraced the dance, and met Junebug in January 2021. The dance, as noted by HipHopDX 's Marisa Mendez, involves "a spastic movement of your entire body in every and any random location you can find" it includes flailing both arms, while leaning backwards and slightly limping. He posted his first #JunebugChallenge video to TikTok and Instagram on December 24, and continued posting a new video until it started going viral. It was aided by viral TikTok videos of its accompanying dance, the #JunebugChallenge, named after its creator, Junebug, a social media personality and digital creator. By January 2021, the remix had garnered over 2.8 million streams on Spotify. Prior to the release of the Pooh Shiesty remix, the original version of "Beat Box" had already accumulated over six million views on YouTube. "Beat Box" was released in April 2020 as a standalone single. The song contains violent rhymes, with a heavy bass production by Damn E. Lyrically, "Beat Box" is about how SpotemGottem's pistol is so loud it can "make a beat box". On May 3, 2021, another remix was released featuring Young M.A. On April 23, 2021, another remix entitled " Beat Box 5" featuring Polo G was released. A remix with BigKayBeezy was released on April 22, 2021. A fifth remix, titled " Beat Box 4", was released Ap featuring rapper NLE Choppa. A fourth remix followed on March 26, 2021, with Jamaican dancehall artist Shenseea, following her freestyle version. A third remix of the song with vocals from American rapper Mulatto, accordingly dubbed the "Big Latto Mix", was released on March 13, 2021. The first remix pushed the song to viral status on the video-sharing app TikTok, spawning the "#JunebugChallenge", and later became SpotemGottem's first chart entry.Īmerican rapper DaBaby released a freestyle version of the song, which was worked into a second remix, titled " Beat Box 3", released February 18, 2021. It was released on April 20, 2020, while the first remix, titled " Beat Box 2", featuring SpotemGottem linking up with American rapper Pooh Shiesty, was released on December 18, 2020, alongside a video, and as part of Spotem's debut mixtape, Final Destination. " Beat Box" is the debut single by American rapper SpotemGottem.