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And with his newfound independence comes a refreshing frankness, which ILoveMakonnen demonstrated during a recent interview with Variety.
What were the circumstances under which your left Warner Brothers to start your label, Own Timeless Magic? Everybody’s not in the club, or having a bad day.
… That’s it.” Do you still believe that?
I mean, I don’t know. That vibe.
How did you hook up with Lil B for “More Bitches Than the Mayor,” and which mayor, pray tell, are you referencing?
We don’t know exactly which mayor that is, as there seems to be several mayors like that.
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What influenced your new wave?
The Delfonics.
… When I started hanging out with some of the bigger artists and heavyweights in the music industry, I felt sorry for many of them, and sad, because they could not be their true, honest selves. They make me want to go harder. But when I met 40 [Noah Shebib], Oliver [El-Khatib, OVO co-founder], Mr. Morgan and Drake, we had a great relationship.
I had to give people what my team wanted; not what I wanted. This new one has different vibes on every song — it’s a celebration of all my vibes.
“Whoopsy,” the single off “My Parade,” features 17-year-old Payday. The Isley Brothers. People have told me that it did help — that it’s given them the freedom and confidence to come out.
Too much lying and not enough straightforwardness. And now I’ve told u about my life, maybe u can go life yours.”
And he wrapped it all up in a single post on Instagram with the caption, “Thank you for letting me be myself.”
The Atlanta rapper’s social media feeds have been mostly filled with love and support.
The MC (real name Makonnen Sheran) broke out with the 2014 smash “Club Goin Up On A Tuesday” and was a signing to Drake’s OVO Sound. He left the label last year, issuing a statement on his departure: “I’m sure the haters will have something negative to say, but all in all my choice to be solely on Warner Bros Records was the right thing for me and for my best interest. Sorry there’s no beef to report.”
ILOVEMAKONNEN Announces Retirement: "It's Time I Move On and Go Live My Life"
Just over a decade on from launching his career with smash single "Tuesday," ILOVEMAKONNEN has announced his retirement from music.
On Instagram today, the influential Atlanta rapper and singer shared that he's "retiring ILoveMakonnen" and that recent single "Heavy in the Streets" will stand as his "last song."
"Thank you all for ur support and interests over the years.
They didn’t want to sustain and support me, only themselves. It’s about your individuality, and I wanted to stay true to the essence of hip-hop — for myself and for everyone younger. She’s already a legend.
There are two back-to-back love songs — “All I Want to See” and “I Can See It in Your Eyes” — that stand apart from the rest of the album.
Now they’re just giving off weird vibes because they wanna do weird stuff that they don’t want everybody knowing about. I was hoping that I would be collaborating with all the other artists on the label. (In the 2012 hit song "Same Love" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Macklemore raps: "If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me.")
Last year, in the wake of the mass shooting at an Orlando gay nightclub, Kid Cudi boldly tweeted: "The Hip Hop community is the least outspoken about gay rights and Ima go out of my way to change that.
"If you are an insecure homophobe and have a issue with gays and equality, unfollow me now."
That helped us form our own points of view on the same topics. Hip-hop needs that. It's time I move on and go live my life," he shared, writing in the caption of his post, "Thank you for being [a part] of my musical journey! I don’t understand why they aren’t being honest with themselves and their fans.
But you do understand.
I do understand.
If these women can take care of business — family, jobs, their own art — I could give at least half of that and do good. So I left.