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Ralo has been behind bars for over a year on firearm, money laundering, and drug charges, something that will change very soon. Moreover, he took to Instagram to announce that he will be leaving jail in about two weeks, most likely to a halfway house to complete the other requirements of his eight-year sentence without serving the full time in prison. While this is good news, the rapper's post was still pained. That's because he reflected on his friendship with fallen rapper Marlo, sharing pictures and videos together. Furthermore, it demonstrates that these situations are not as mentally black-and-white as we may assume for those who face these circumstances.
"Assalamualaikum," Ralo began his message. "Marlo told me not to worry. He was going to be the first person at the gate waiting on me when this s**t over. My release is in two weeks. I know life goes on, but this s**t ain't da same as when we was passing this money around. We was all happy and helping each other. Nowadays, people doing they best to kick others down so they can stand above them. But the only way thats going to happen is if im in my grave with Marlo. I aint going for none strange... #MDC4L #ImHim #KingAkh #FreeRalo #LongLiveMarlo."
Unfortunately for Ralo, not even his time in the pen could stop others from kicking him down. For example, he faced a lot of snitching accusations from other hip-hop figures while he was in prison, allegations that he denied various times. That's definitely a common aspect of criminal cases in the genre, which are often hard to separate from the topics that these artists tackle in their work. Overall, this sadly won't be the last case of this conflict we see, but hopefully people always prioritize freedom and accountability over clout or posturing.
Meanwhile, we're sure that the 1017 Records signee is looking forward to enjoying his life outside of the slammer. Whether that's family time, being with friends, further building up his music career, or any other endeavor, he definitely deserves that peace. We'll see if any other developments emerge from here until the scheduled release. With that in mind, check back in with HNHH for the latest news and updates on Ralo.
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Cordae has revealed one of the biggest inspirations for his new album The Crossroads: wise words from Lil Wayne.
In a post to Instagram on Thursday (November 14), just in advance of the release of the project, Cordae spoke about the making of the record, and revealed Weezy’s special role.
“The Crossroads is finally out tonight,” he wrote. “My whole mantra while making this body of work has been push that pen, push that pen.
“The GOAT, Wayne, gave me great advice that I put on a whiteboard, ‘Treat every song like it’s people’s first time hearing you.’ And that was the standard we followed while making this jaint.”
Cordae went on to ask fans to “listen to it from top to bottom in its order.”
“[B]ut honestly a lot of you n-ggas don’t follow instructions anyway,” he joked, “so please just enjoy and pay attention.”
Check the message in its entirety below.
Cordae, as the above message reveals, is proud of The Crossroads — proud enough that he does not care about first week sales.
Taking to X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday (November 12), the rapper seemed nonplussed about how his forthcoming album would land commercially.
He said: “Want to say this now I don’t give 1 fuck about a first week sale. It’s a very inaccurate way to calculate impact, especially with the current streaming metrics. I seen somebody do 11K first week and then do a ARENA TOUR off the same album. That’s the end of my Ted talk *2nd one.”
Cordae added: “N-ggas said my last project first week numbers wasn’t good and I ended up doing a sold out headline world tour….”
He continued his point: “In the 90/2000s music was consumed by people actually going to the stores and buying albums. When you did 100K first week that meant 100 thousand people went and bought the cd. Now you can have 300,000 people Listening to your album on streaming, and the units Equivalent is 200.”
Cordae concluded by saying: “Whole point is let’s stop making music about numbers and money, it’s killing something that’s so pure.”
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