He’s also fresh off the release of “Naked,” the first single from his upcoming still-untitled mixtape, which could drop “in the next couple of weeks.”
“Naked” is actually a song that his label felt would be a risky release, a track that references the “Talk Dirty” singer’s ex, Jordin Sparks (“The only time I need a spark is when I light up a spliff,” he sings on the Smash-produced cut).
“My label thought me releasing the song would be catastrophic to my career,” he tells Rap-Up. “But I didn’t really give a ****. It’s not about my career. It’s not about any sales. It’s not about that. It was literally about that creative space. At some point, you have to just be focused on the things that you want to do. At this point in my life, I’ll never do anything that somebody else wants me to do. At this stage in my career, it’s all about me and spreading my creative wings and having fun.”
