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But problems with OVO led to a delay in a follow-up album, and so he parted ways with the label and, later, announced a short-lived retirement from music. Below, I talk with Makonnen about his friendship with Lil Peep, as well as that fateful tweet; Martha, the beauty school mannequin head that has become synonymous with his brand; and how he really feels about the people he feels turned their backs on him.

But less than a year later, Peep would be dead. iLoveMakonnen Makonnen Kamali Sheran[1] (born April 12, ), better known by his stage name iLoveMakonnen (often stylized as ILOVEMAKONNEN), is an American rapper and singer.

Martha was from when I was in beauty school, and I had to, you know, make my doll one-of-a-kind, and make it into my doll for the class and stuff. And at the same time, [the school was] like, "You need to take pictures of your doll to show the hairstyles.

She's a top model! My mom was always in the beauty industry and cosmetology.

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It was as if none of them wanted to be associated with a gay artist. Rapper iLoveMakonnen came out as gay in a year after leaving Drake ’s OVO label, making him one of the first mainstream male hip-hop artists to come out. And then I started putting her on the cover of my work, and I was just like, Oh yeah, this represents me.

This is me. While fans and followers voiced their support for him, there was a loud hush from the hip-hop artists he'd been so connected to in the previous years. What followed was an intimate friendship between the two, that helped Makonnen heal from some of the rough patches—and there have been many—in his life.

[2] He is best known for his single "Tuesday", which gained recognition following its remix with Canadian rapper Drake. She was a nail instructor for almost all my life, so I've always been around it. That is, nobody except Lil Peep, who was one of the first people to reach out to Makonnen, offering his support and asking if Makonnen wanted to meet up.

And then I got into my legal situation where I was on probation. And then, so I was doing that, and I was getting creative with my doll and then with my music, at the same time, I was working on that, and I was like, Oh, I don't have a model for my artwork.

Can you tell me about Martha and why she's so important in your imagery and your branding and stuff? And I was like, Oh! Martha is like… she's a celeb!

ILoveMakonnen Talks New Independence

Drake had hopped on a remix of his viral hit "Tuesday," and then signed him to his OVO Sound label in Makonnen was part of a class of rappers and producers who were expanding the trap genre to broader audiences. InAtlanta-based artist iLoveMakonnen or just Makonnen had already experienced exhilarating career highs and disappointing lows.

In a series of tweets posted early. Then in JanuaryMakonnen tweeted that he was gay. ILoveMakonnen wears his freedom well, as he first displayed when he came out as gay in — a brave public admission for an artist of any musical genre, let alone hip-hop.

Take some time to get to know somebody on the inside. And the face is kind of… people say it's scary, but the whole overall thing is, don't judge on the outside.