...g). He still sets aside plenty of time for his young pals, cultivating new talent like 21 Savage, Madeintyo, and Uzi. Then there’s the high-profile gigs, which yank him to and fro: in the past months, he’s been in Miami, in LA, and in Toronto working on Drake’s meticulously workshopped Views From the 6.
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...adelphia rapper Lil Uzi Vert. “This nigga hopping out the Lyft with the Desert on!” Uzi says at one point, hitting the climax of a confusing but stirring anecdote about riding in taxis with firearms. “The cheap ass Uber! With the Desert Eagle!”
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In Metro’s hands, the speakers are blanketing us with an unreleased track that could very well be his next big one. It’s a flip of Bone Thugs N’ Harmony’s “Crossroads.” And it has, with all of the audaciousness of youth, been stripped of its iconic melancholia in favor of woozy, late-night horndoggery. Meet me at ...
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So Metro was granted parental permission to meet OJ. Not just permission but a ride: Leslie was the one who chauffeured him, in her Camry, on the 17-hour round-trip drive. Metro and OJ had lunch, went to the studio, and made songs. Then OJ kept inviting him back. Nearly every weekend after, mother and son would make the trip to Atlanta, rushing back for school on Monday...
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By 13, he had a keyboard and the production software Fruity Loops. With a hunger and a willingness to sacrifice, he promised himself that there would be no “normal high school kid life—fucking around and going to parties and just chilling and shit.”
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...venchy crew necks at Neiman Marcus, Metro recaps the conversation. “This nigga ‘Ye was talking about a lotta shit. He said he was in some country I never heard of. I was like, ‘What you doing there?’ He’s like, ‘I’m in a IKEA.’” Also, he told Metro: “We really should do a production group together.”
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Kanye in IKEA.
Calling Toronto to Canada, either he uses Whatsapp or his phone bill must be UUGEEEEE.
Ambling through the racks of shredded Balmain jeans and $1,000 Givenchy crew necks at Neiman Marcus, Metro recaps the conversation. “This nigga ‘Ye was talking about a lotta shit. He said he was in some country I never heard of. I was like, ‘What you doing there?’ He’s like, ‘I’m in a IKEA.’” Also, he told Metro: “We really should do a production group together.”
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...arcus, Metro recaps the conversation. “This nigga ‘Ye was talking about a lotta shit. He said he was in some country I never heard of. I was like, ‘What you doing there?’ He’s like, ‘I’m in a IKEA.’” Also, he told Metro: “We really should do a production group together.”
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