Lil Jon on Turning Down, Vampire Weekend, Prison and Donald Trump — rollingstone.com

Last summer, Lil Jon was laying down vocals on an EDM track by the French producer DJ Snake when he thought of the line that resurrected his career. "The beat just made me want to party," says the rapper, 42. "The first thing that came to mind superquick was 'Turn down for what?!'" The song of that name – a volcanic anthem exhorting listeners to keep partying and never "turn down" – has become Lil Jon's biggest hit in nearly a decade, reaching Number Four on Billboard's Hot 100. "People just won't let the song go away, from little kids to grandmothers," he says. "I've even seen Vines of animals going crazy to it."

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