Don Toliver Talks ‘OCTANE’ Success, Plans for Next Album & Travis Scott at Billboard House @ SXSW

Sitting down with Billboard staff writer Michael Saponara, Toliver discussed OCTANE ‘s success, having Travis Scott as a mentor, sampling Justin Timberlake on “BODY” and already starting to work on his next album. Even six weeks after its arrival, “BODY” currently remains inside the Hot 100’s top 25 (No. 23). Toliver gushed about his fandom of Timberlake, but admitted he didn’t initially recognize the “Rock Your Body” sample when he was recording the track.

“Honestly, I love Justin Timberlake a lot. My mom played him, Pharrell and Outkast and all these crazy great artists when I was growing up as a kid in the car,” Toliver explained. “I got a lot of fond memories of that. Justin Timberlake is always one of my favorites. Justified , that album is literally in my top 10 favorite albums of all time.

He continued: “I didn’t think that deep into it. As I sat with it for like a week, I was like, ‘Hold on, this is literally one of my favorite songs of all-time.’ ‘Rock Your Body’ is one of those songs...