Andre 3000; Lil Wayne.Photo:Tommaso Boddi/Getty; Frazer Harrison/Getty
Tommaso Boddi/Getty; Frazer Harrison/Getty
“I read a depressing quote or two from someone that I respect a lot in hip-hop and music, period,” Wayne (né Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.), 41, shared with Tyga, 34.
“They were asked, ‘Why you ain’t been doing music?’ and they was like, ‘Man, what am I gonna talk about? I’m in my 40s, like, what am I going to talk about? What you want to know about me being 40 and the life I’m living at this age? What am I supposed to talk about?’”
Lil Wayne in Los Angeles in March 2022.Michael Tullberg/Getty
Michael Tullberg/Getty
After Wayne offered a quick summary of the unnamed artist’s interview, he continued, “I feel like I have everything to talk about —”
Tyga (né Micheal Ray Stevenson) quickly interjected to add, “I feel like you gotta stay in it. You got to stay in it. I feel like you can’t be too far removed.”
“I don’t know that guy, I just know that he always comes through,” added Wayne.
Tyga performs during the Black Music Collective Grammy Week 2023 Celebration event.VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images
The two rapper’s conversation follows Andre 3000’s (né André Lauren Benjamin) interview forGQ’s Man of the Year series, where he explained why rapping feels inauthentic for him.
“I don’t have anything to talk about in that way. I’m 48 years old,” he revealed. “And not to say that age is a thing that dictates what you rap about, but in a way it does.”
The “Ms. Jackson” rapper told the outlet that it’s not for lack of trying that he hasn’t released solo raps since Outkast disbanded. It’s because he’s been around the block — having debuted with his collaboratorBig Boiin Atlanta back in the ‘90s.
Andre 3000 in Los Angeles in November 2023.Emma McIntyre/Getty
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The hitmaker, who last released a full-length album with Outkast in 2006, also clarified just how much he’s tried to release rap music. “I’ve worked with some of the newest, freshest, youngest, and old-school producers. I get beats all the time. I try to write all the time,” the “Hey Ya!” artist shared.
On Nov. 17 — and 17 years later — the musician releasedNew Blue Son, a new soloalbum of woodwind music.
source: people.com
