21 Savage introduced Tuesday (Jan. 9) that he’ll launch his third solo album American Dream on Friday by way of Slaughter Gang and Epic Information.
In accordance with a press launch, American Dream serves because the soundtrack for 21 Savage’s debut movie American Dream: The 21 Savage Story, for which he unveiled a trailer on Monday (Jan. 8). The trailer, directed by Donald Glover, Stephen Glover, Jamal Olori and Fam Udeorji, options three generations of 21 Savage — performed by Caleb McLaughlin (Stranger Issues), Glover (Atlanta) and himself, “within the warmth of a private disaster,” in line with the discharge.
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Victoria Pedretti (The Haunting of Hill Home), Younger Mazino (Beef), Chad Lindberg (Quick & Livid), Gail Bean (Snowfall) and Druski (Reward This) additionally star within the preview. Olori and Stephen Glover wrote the trailer, which was produced by Udeorji and Tara Razavi, who’re additionally credited as govt producers.
The trailer additionally previewed a brand new observe from the rapper, who was born Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph in London and raised in Atlanta since he was 7 years previous, which begins off with a pattern of Rose Royce‘s 1978 hit “Hoping on a Star.” “The way you that n—a when you’ll be able to’t go the place you grew up at?” he raps.
American Dream arrives six years after his sophomore album I Am > I Was, which earned the rapper his first Billboard 200 No. 1 album and was nominated for greatest rap album on the 2020 Grammy Awards. Its hit single “A Lot,” that includes J. Cole, received the Grammy for greatest rap tune that 12 months.
