Nathan Davis Jr. continues to expand his legacy. With over 16 million TikTok followers and a respectable acting resume, he’s now expanding his music portfolio. In October, he released the single “How Many Times” featuring Fresco Trey.
Recently, Davis spoke with rolling out about his entertainment career and the current landscape of R&B.
Describe your new single “How Many Times”?
It’s like an Afro, R&B vibe. It features my boy Fresco Trey, we’re both from Memphis, [Tennessee]. We just dropped that, we’ve got a music video to it and it’s actually doing pretty well on the streaming platforms. Everyone’s receiving it well.
Memphis is extremely hot right now for music. What’s it like being a part of that movement?
I think it’s pretty cool because there are not a lot of R&B artists really coming up from there. So, I think it’s like a breath of fresh air to have R&B artists like myself, who are positive and want to bring the music back to love.
I think it’s cool to give them something different because we have a lot of rappers that are coming from Memphis and they’re about their life. So, I think it’s a breath of fresh air to have me come out. I got friends that do that, but I’m the one that’s about love and positivity. Hopefully, I can take it as far as other artists like myself to come out and do the same.
Would you do a record with GloRilla?
Of course. I think she has a really cool personality … that might be a vibe, and it’s cool because I have such a soft voice and she has more of a rough voice. I think it’d be kind of different because usually the guy has the rougher voice and the girl has the softer voice.
What was your rise on TikTok like?
I actually started TikTok because the pandemic hit. I think it was 2019, 2020. My mom was like, “Dude. You should get on social media. You should get on TikTok and sing.” I think, at the time, there weren’t really a lot of singers. I jumped on, started singing on there, mixing it with my comedy, and hit a million in like a month, and then so on. Now I’m over 16 million and now I just try different things. I’m singing, I’m doing videos with my mom, doing videos with random people in the street … I just enjoy making content, collaborating and expressing myself.
