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<\/a><\/p>\nOn March 16,2016 his song Ready For War debuted at Number on ITunes Reggae Chart amongst Bob Marley, Stephen Marley, Ziggy Marley, Shaggy, Shanba Ranks, Jimmy Cliff, UB40 and others.<\/p>\n
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According to Billboard Magazine<\/a>,\u00a0In just a few short years, Sammy Wilk<\/a> has gone from small-town high schooler in Omaha, Nebraska, to social-media star in L.A.<\/p>\n Wilk started out making videos on Vine with his good friends Jack Gilinsky and Jack Johnson — better known as the rap duo Jack & Jack<\/a>. At the time, Wilk had just over 350 followers and Jack & Jack had\u00a0around 300 when they decided to have a competition on who would gain the most followers after posting funny clips.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now, the 20-year-old doesn’t consider himself a Viner, but credits the app for the\u00a0start of his social fame. Wilk\u00a0has more than 1 million followers on Twitter and over 1.5 million followers on Instagram, and those numbers increase every day. After steering away\u00a0from Vine and\u00a0collaborating with his good friend (and fellow social-media personality)\u00a0Skate Maloley on a rap-heavy track, Wilk\u00a0decided to venture into making his own kind of music to share with his fans.<\/p>\n “I thought it was cool, but I know it wasn’t right — doing the whole rap thing,” Wilk tells\u00a0Billboard<\/em>.\u00a0“I liked writing, but it wasn’t my vibe.”<\/p>\n Soon after he began writing his own music. Wilk released “Could You Be the One?,” his most popular song to date, which sold 11,000 downloads. Less than a year later, in June, the singer-songwriter released “Aye Ma,”<\/a> which sold 4,000 downloads in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music. Wilk describes his music as a mixture of reggae, pop and hip-hop — something he considers unique on the charts today.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now, on Friday (Dec. 11), Wilk\u00a0releases “Could Be,” the first single from his new project to come in early 2016, exclusively on Billboard.com. The single, he says, is more hip-hop-heavy compared to the other tracks on the upcoming project, but it still fits his “island feel” and party sound.<\/p>\n Wilk’s new project will consist of eight songs and features a track with middle school friends Jack & Jack. He says all the songs are influenced by\u00a0artists he grew up listening to, such as Rebelution<\/a>,\u00a0Bob Marley<\/a> and Mac Miller<\/a>, and are a select\u00a0group of his favorite tracks he has created over the past few months.<\/p>\n “I don’t want to call it an album yet; it’s a cool project,” Wilk\u00a0says.\u00a0“It’s an entirely different sound, so I’m excited to see how the public takes it and they vibe to it. I’m excited.”<\/p>\n Fans can get a taste of Wilk’s new tunes on the U.S.\u00a0DigiTour<\/a> and check out his\u00a0new single\u00a0“Could Be” below:<\/p>\n