⁠What is the Chris Brown Residuals verse challenge? NLE Choppa joins the trend with his rendition

A new challenge involving Chris brown's track Residuals is taking social media by storm, prompting artist NLE Choppa to give it a go as well.

For the unversed, the Chris Brown Residuals verse challenge involves artists attempting to sing the vocals of Brown's hit song.

Singer-songwriter Tank can be credited with starting the challenge, as he took to social media on February 7 to call on all his fellow singers to render their vocals to the massive hit track. The R&B Money Podcast co-host penned the following caption:

“I issue you a challenge in honor of Chris Brown’s 11:11 being the best R&B album in the world and ‘Residuals’ being the best R&B song in the world! You up for the challenge? I AM!”

Just today, March 10, NLE Choppa shared a video of himself in the studio, delivering his vocals to the tune. Clad in casuals, the artist can be seen harmonizing to the tunes of the song. The caption of this video read:

"Not usually my forte but love the song so much I took a crack at it... #residualsversechallenge"

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NLE Choppa joins the Chris Brown Residuals challenge, fans go ballistic: Here's what they're saying

Users have since begun reacting to the artist's vocals with a blend of sarcasm, humor, and disapproval, as some claimed he was using autotune.

Scroll down to see some of these responses:

"Auto tuned to the highest power 😂," one user jested.

"WHAT IN THE HAKEEM LYON????" another jokingly exclaimed.

"Lmfaoooooooo me singing into the fan as a kid," someone else quipped.

The comments didn't end there, as scores online were visibly teeming with opinions:

"If he don’t get out them folks studio playing, 😂😂😂😂" one user penned.

"So am I the only one that fw this 😭," another fan asked.

"Can Chris Sue ??" someone probed, sarcastically.

Here's what a few more users are saying on Instagram:

"Not one word was understood 🥲," someone pointed out.

"What language is he singing?! It’s definitely not English 😒😩," another echoed.

"He ain’t getting no residuals from this 😭😭," yet another jested.

Most users seemingly criticized the artist, though a handful of them did laud him for the attempt.

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At the time of writing, the challenge has garnered support from several prolific figures, including Boyz II Men’s Shawn Stockman, Vedo, WanMorTrevor Jackson and Jacob Latimore.