Lil Baby enlists up-and-coming Louisville rapper EST Gee for his latest “Real As It Gets” music video.

The two count up their respective stacks while rolling with a large entourage before debating where to keep rolling in the Caleb Jermale-directed video. Before wrapping his lyric about being impatient, someone discusses shooting one more scene, to which Lil Baby nonchalantly replies, “We finna shoot it right here.”

The 26-year-old rapper is showing no signs of slowing down, as his new single joins the other two loosies, “On Me” and “Errbody,” he dropped following his ultra-successful run with My Turn. His sophomore album My Turn was declared the most popular album and most-streamed album of 2020 in the U.S., according to MRC Data. It also earned the rapper his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, where it logged five nonconsecutive weeks at the peak.

EST Gee recently linked up with fellow Louisiana MC Jack Harlow on the music video for their hometown anthem “Route 66″ from the latter’s debut album Thats What They Say, where Lil Baby is also listed as a featured artist for “Face of My City.” Lil Baby and Harlow will face off against each other in the first’s Atlanta hometown for a star-studded two-on-two game of hoops set for this Saturday during All-Star Weekend, with Quavo teaming up with Harlow and 2 Chainz backing up Lil Baby.

Watch the “Real as It Gets” music video below.

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Swedish House Mafia and Columbia Records have amicably parted ways, Billboard has learned.

The EDM trio’s tenure with the label lasted only two years, with the group signing to Columbia in February 2019. Despite a label deal sources say was worth more than $3 million, the partnership resulted in no new music from the trio, which blew up in the early 2010s with a series of era and genre-defining tracks including “Don’t You Worry Child,” “Save The World” and “Greyhound.”

The trio previously released music on Polydor, Virgin and EMI, among others.

Two sources familiar with the matter also tell Billboard that Swedish House Mafia has parted ways with their manager, Patriot Management’s Ron Laffitte, who took over for longtime manager Amy Thomson following the group’s 2018 reunion show.

After splitting up in 2013 following their 53-date One Last Tour, the trio reunited for a show-closing performance at Ultra Music Festival 2018. There they teased a full-on reunion, with SHM member Axwell announcing to the crowd, “It’s Swedish House Mafia for life this time.” In the three years since, the group has played about a dozen dates in Europe, Asia, Mexico and Saudi Arabia, with these shows containing new, as-yet-unreleased music. In June of 2019, due to supposed scheduling conflicts, band members Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello didn’t make it to Seoul for a much-anticipated appearance at Ultra Korea.

Columbia signed the band in 2019 after a bidding war that included Universal Music Group, sources tell Billboard. It is unclear whether Swedish House Mafia will have to return their advance to Columbia.

While sources also report that the trio has been in the studio in Stockholm throughout 2020, working on a possible album, the group hasn’t released any new music since 2012, and has been silent on social media since December of 2019.