After having fun with a fruitful 12 months notching one other Billboard Sizzling 100 hit with “Put It on the Ground” and an explosive remix with Cardi B — to not point out a chart-topping characteristic on Jung Kook’s “Seven” — Latto seems to punctuate her 2023 with extra wins. On Tuesday (Nov. 28), she kicked off XXL‘s first all-women cypher that includes Flo Milli, Maiya The Don, Monaleo and Mello Buckzz.
Dubbed the XXL Cypher Lab, Latto handpicked her fellow MCs and allowed them to pounce over the thumping manufacturing of Pooh Beatz. “Yeah, he discuss to me by way of wires like Kanye West/ Ha, Rattling his lady on hearth, I ain’t f—ing Swizz,” Latto spews on the finish of the fiery exhibition.
Protecting the most recent concern of XXL, Latto revealed her ideas on followers engineering rap feuds due to their timeless loyalty to their favourite rappers.
“I believe it actually don’t be an issue till we let followers, Stans, no matter you wish to name them, just like the outsiders as soon as they get within the combine. I believe that’s what stirs the pot,” Latto mentioned. “As a result of it’s like, we are going to all be followers of one another and commenting and following one another, no matter, however then as soon as they get to evaluating, they are going to flip us towards one another, which could be very weak-minded of us as feminine rappers.”
In 2022, Latto was embroiled in a back-and-forth with Nicki Minaj after the 2 traded subliminals on-line. In an interview with Billboard final 12 months, Latto expressed how “troublesome” and “disappointing” the Twitter spat was.
“It’s troublesome navigating by way of conditions like that as a result of there’s a disconnect,” Latto mentioned. “I’ll take a look at myself as a fan of somebody, and they’re going to view [me] in an entire completely different gentle. It’s disappointing. You simply obtained to take it to the chin and maintain pushing.”
Watch XXL’s first all-women cypher, spearheaded by Latto, beneath.
