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{{other|How You Like Me Now? (disambiguation){{!}}How You Like Me Now?}}
{{Infobox song
| name       = How Ya Like Me Now
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Kool Moe Dee]]
| album      = [[How Ya Like Me Now]]
| released   = 1987
| recorded   = 1987
| studio     = Battery Studios, London, UK
| genre      = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
| length     = 3:57
| label      = [[Jive Records|Jive]]
| writer     =
*[[Kool Moe Dee|Mohandas Dewese]]
*[[Teddy Riley]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/how-ya-like-me-now-mw0000193872|title=How Ya Like Me Now - Kool Moe Dee - Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
| producer   =
*Kool Moe Dee
*Teddy Riley
| prev_title = Do You Know What Time It Is?
| prev_year  = 1987
| next_title = [[Wild Wild West (Kool Moe Dee song)|Wild Wild West]]
| next_year  = 1987
| misc       = {{External music video|{{YouTube|A9_nAZ3VEA0|"How Ya Like Me Now}}}}
}}
"'''How Ya Like Me Now'''" is a song by American rapper [[Kool Moe Dee]]. It was released in 1987 as the first single from his [[How Ya Like Me Now|second studio album of the same name]].
Produced and written in collaboration with [[Teddy Riley]], the song is a [[Diss (music)|diss-track]] to rival rapper [[LL Cool J]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/www.vibe.com/2017/03/diss-single-covers-in-hip-hop-history |website=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] |date=March 1, 2017
|accessdate=January 18, 2021 |title= Hip-Hop History: 10 Memorable Diss Single Covers}}</ref>
The song became Kool Moe Dee's first to appear on the Billboard [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]], peaked at No. 22 in January 1988 and stayed on the chart for 18 weeks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kool-moe-dee/chart-history/bsi/|title=Kool Moe Dee chart history|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=January 18, 2021}}</ref> Also peaked No. 86 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].
"How Ya Like Me Now" was {{Abbr|No.|number}}&nbsp;31 on [[VH1]]'s ''100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop'' list.<ref name="VH1">{{Cite episode |title=100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs |url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/the_greatest/episode.jhtml?episodeID=140905 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210013226/http://www.vh1.com/shows/the_greatest/episode.jhtml?episodeID=140905 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 10, 2011 |series=The Greatest |series-link=The Greatest (TV series)|network=MTV Networks |station=VH1 |airdate=2008-09-28 |number=186 }}</ref>
==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1988)
!Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|UK|86|date=19970118|rowheader=true|access-date=January 18, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|22|artist=MC Lyte|rowheader=true|access-date=January 18, 2021}}
|}
==See also==
*[[List of notable diss tracks]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Kool Moe Dee}}
[[Category:1987 songs]]
[[Category:1988 singles]]
[[Category:Kool Moe Dee songs]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Teddy Riley]]
[[Category:Songs written by Teddy Riley]]
{{1980s-hiphop-song-stub}}