We've received a lot more posthumous singles from XXXTENTACION over the past few months. Although his collaboration with Lil Wayne on "Don't Cry" is the highest charting track that his estate has released, the collaborative effort with Lil Pump, Swae Lee, and Maluma, "Arms Around You" has been receiving praise since it's release yesterday. However, it appears as if the song was originally a collaboration with X's friend whose verse may have been excluded in order to include the high-profile features.
As Rap Genius pointed out, Rio Santana, a friend, and collaborator of XXXTENTACION, began teasing the joint effort with the late rapper in 2017, but apparently, his verse was left off in favor of Lil Pump, Swae Lee and Maluma's contributions. Earlier this month, Santana shared a text message conversation he had with X in 2017, praising the "SAD!" artist for exhibiting diversity on the song. He also shared footage of the studio session he had with X as they listened to the song.
After the song's release, Santana was seemingly disappointed in his omission. He alluded to his feelings about the song in two cryptic tweets.
Santana previously worked with XXXTENTACION for the ? track, "i don't even speak spanish lol" alongside Carlos Andrez and Judah.
Lil Pump teased the single a few months after X's death. Numerous publications reported that Rio Santana owned the track and would be featured on it, but that was not the case.
