Released on October 27, 2015,[2] as the lead single from his fifth studio album, The Art of Hustle (2016), it was produced by Ben Billions and Schife.

Rolling Stone named the remix of "Down in the DM" one of the 30 best songs of the first half of 2016: "On paper, a 34-year-old Southern rap lifer talking about his social media game should be embarrassing, but Yo Gotti has the right amount of bounce, humor and R-rated come-ons.

The video features cameo appearances by CeeLo Green, Machine Gun Kelly, YG, Rae Sremmurd and DJ Khaled.

[8] On February 4, 2016, the official remix of the song, featuring vocals from American rapper Nicki Minaj, was released.

[9] "Down in the DM" has been also unofficially remixed several times by various artists, including Rick Ross,[10] K. Michelle[11] and Chrisette Michele.