Lil Uzi Vert extends further on the origin of his moniker
Lil Uzi Vert backs up his 2016 revelation about the background story about his stage name in an interview with VIBE that “some guy” gave him the name Uzi. “Some guy was just like ‘you rap fast, man,” the Eternal Atake rapper explained. “Like a little machine gun’ and from that moment I was Lil Uzi.”
During a recent live stream with Mr. Beast, M0e TV, and Devin Nash though, Uzi specifically says that “some guy” was actually a “crackhead.”
“I got named by a crackhead,” the rapper said. “He said you rapped fast?” one of the streamers asked, before Uzi replied, “Yeah, yeah he’s a good guy.”
Virgil Abloh lent his creativity to a variety of Hip-Hop covers
Virgil Abloh, mostly known as the visionary creator of the Off-White brand and the head of Louis Vuitton men’s wear, tragically passed away in November 2021 at the age of 41 from a two-year fight with a rare and aggressive form of cancer.
Virgil’s influence on the world of music and hip-hop culture cannot be overlooked. Over the past decade, Virgil managed to design album covers for several high-profile hip-hop projects, including iconic album covers for Kanye West, Lil Uzi Vert, A$AP Rocky, Pop Smoke, Kid Cudi, and more.
Kanye West‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ 2010
Virgil was the art director for West’s album, MBDTF’s artwork would become a key aspect of what is considered one of the greatest albums of the 21st century.
The creative relationship of Kanye West and Virgil Abloh has always been one of Popularity. Both being Chicago natives, Virgil started working with West at the age of 22 in 2002 as a creative consultant. Since then Virgil’s work with Kanye ranged from designing merch to album art to set designs. In fact, Virgil has worked in Kanye’s creative output since before The College Dropout. Kanye has described Virgil as “one of the smartest, fastest, most innovative people I’ve created with.”
In this in depth article by nicekicks.com, it highlights Virgil’s Life and Legacy in Fashion, Music, and Footwear, along with highlighting his professional creative relationship with Kanye West
Kanye West‘808s & Heartbreak’ 2008
Virigl is credited as co-designer the famous, 808s & Heartbreak. Eventually getting KAWS in the fold for 808‘s deluxe edition artwork. They created a cover that is not only memorable for its music, but just as well, the art direction.
Kanye West ‘Yeezus’ 2013
Abloh would be credited and involved in album artwork for Kanye West’s following three projects with creatives from the art and fashion world collaborating on covers.
Virgil’s detailed golden art direction for Jay and Kanye’s collab project established the mystique of the two artists as the kings of hip hop at the turn of the decade.
Virgil was the creative director for Uzi’s debut studio album. The original cover art did not feature the ‘Off-White’ TAPE X’d over. However, Uzi has always been famous for rocking fashionable, trendy, and expensive brands, including Virgil’s Louis Vuitton. So it would make sense that he would give Virgil the benefit of the doubt of being the creative director.
For an in-depth article about Uzi and Virgil’s creative professional relationship, including the story behind the ‘Luv is Rage 2’ artwork, click here for an article from TheFader.
Virgil was also the creative director for Rocky’s debut studio album. Virgil’s talent clearly rubbed off onto Rocky, who has since become a fashion icon in his own right.
Gunn’s album was titled ‘Pray for Paris’ shortly after Gunn attended Virgil Abloh’s Off-White Paris fashion show in January 2020. The cover was created by Virgil using Caravaggio’s David with the Head of Goliath while adding Gunn’s personal frequently worn chains, making it one of the most striking picturesque covers of the year.
Rest in Peace Virgil Abloh, a leading driver for the 21st-century connections between fashion, music, and art. May we forever remember this work and dedication.
“I told them Black and gold, that’s been a theme,” 2 Chainz told VIBE. “I had the album cover done by Kanye’s new creative team, Donda.” In 2011, West hired Abloh to become the creative director of his creative agency, DONDA.
Symere Woods also known as Lil Uzi Vert went to Northeast High School in Philadelphia, where he was voted a “Class Clown”. We all know Lil Uzi Vert loves making people laugh and smile.
Lil Uzi dropped out of High School his Sophomore year and would then get kicked out of his mother’s house, quit his job, get a face tat and dedicate himself to music. Lil Uzi Vert was living with his grandma who really believed in his music and that he could make it.
Lil Uzi Vert is taking his time to perfect the body of work
Lil Uzi Vert reveals that his mixtape, The Pink Tape, will not arrive this month as it was expected. On Friday (October 22), a clip circulated on social media where Uzi is asked by a fan if the project will be released this week.
“No, it’s not,” Uzi answered. “Then it drops next week and then I gotta hear it from, well, not from you but from 100,000 people on the internet saying, ‘It sucks!’ So you gotta let me take my time! I’m taking my time so it won’t suck,” he added.
As the fan tried to convince the “Baby Pluto” rapper that the project would still be great if it dropped this week, Uzi playfully replied, “don’t ever trust a person like me, cause I’m so slimey.”
The Philly native recently visited a Cambodian wedding where he revealed that the mixtape would drop before Halloween, but he has now changed his mind to perfect the body of work.
Lil Uzi had previously revealed that the project was in the mixing stage
Lil Uzi Vert recently attended a Cambodian wedding where he gifted the couple a stack of cash. Uzi has been feeling generous, as he updates fans with the latest information surrounding his upcoming project, The Pink Tape.
“When is the next project coming?” A man inquired from Uzi who replied, “probably like three weeks, before the Halloween come out.” The man went on to ask, “is it Luv Vs Uzi 3?” The Philly rapper then confirmed, “it’s The Pink Tape.”
Uzi announced the title of the upcoming project during the summer. In August, the 26-year-old rapper attended the blue carpet for the 18th-anniversary celebration of Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club, where he told HipHopDx that the mixtape was going through the mixing stage.
“Well, it’s going through its mixing process right now,” Uzi said. “Because last time I dropped an album, it did really well. It was actually my highest-selling album, but it was experimental on the mixing part, not the actual music, so this time I went experimental with the music and traditional on the mixing.”
Lil Uzi Vert and Playboi Carti’s ’16*29′ project was first announced in 2017
Lil Uzi Vert and Playboi Carti have proved to be a perfect duo thanks to their previous memorable collaborations. The good news is that there is still hope of getting a collab project from the two.
On Monday (August 23), Uzi hinted that 16*29, the long-awaited joint tape with Carti, is on the way. “16*29 ? xxxxxxx,” Uzi tweeted.
To provide assurance to any doubters, the “Chrome Heart Tags” rapper asked fans to confirm with Carti. “Bro just ask carti ? ?,” he wrote in a separate tweet.
The joint effort was first teased in September 2017 when Carti posted a pic of Captain Sensible and Dave Vanian of ‘70s London punk stalwarts The Damned with the caption, “Carti Uzi Tape * Uzi Carti Tape * 16.29.”
The title is inspired by the respective neighborhoods the two artists come from. Uzi is from the 1600 block in Philly and Carti is from the 2900 block in Atlanta.
Watch: Isaiah Rashad and Lil Uzi Vert – From the Garden, video
Isaiah Rashad continues to roll out music videos from his latest album, The House Is Burning. On Wednesday (August 11), the Tennessee rapper shared the official visuals for the Lil Uzi Vert-assisted “From the Garden.”
The video is directed and edited by Orman Jones, the video is an almost even combination of color and black & white shots, with the latter mostly apparent during Uzi’s verse.
Isaiah unleashed his sophomore studio album The House Is Burning on July 30, which turns out to be his first Top 10 album. The project debuted at number 7 on Billboard 200, selling 41 000 album-equivalent units in its first week of release. These numbers are a result of the 49.89 million streams (36 000 SEA units) the project received and the 5 000 pure copies that were sold.
The 16-track effort featured Lil Uzi Vert, Jay Rock, SZA, 6LACK, Duke Deuce, and Smino.
Trippie Redd promises to soon reveal the Trip At Knight album tracklist as well
Trippie Redd officially begins his album rollout as he announces a new Lil Uzi Vert-assisted single titled, “Holy Smokes,” releasing July 16. Trippie hopped on Twitter and Instagram Wednesday (July 7) to announce and preview the tnfdemon & sserotonin-produced collab as well as promising to soon share the tracklist for his fifth studio album, Trip At Knight.
The Ohio rapper confirmed last month that the album will drop before his tour begins. The Trip At Knight tour will commence on August 25 and end on October 6. He will bring SoFaygo and Iann Dior on the tour.
