Tierra Whack says she’s “done” with music: "I quit"
Cryptic posts on social media have led to fans speculating the rapper’s retirement
Tierra Whack has alluded to quitting music in a series of social media posts.
The news comes just weeks after she released ‘76’, celebrating the Philadelphia 76ers NBA success, with the team making it to the playoffs.
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Earlier this week, the rapper posted a message to her Instagram stories saying: “I quit. I’m done doing music.”
Tierra Whack says she’s quitting music. pic.twitter.com/D6CT48WaIZ
— Rap Alert (@rapalert3) June 29, 2021
She also posted on Twitter, writing: “I ain’t finna ruin nobody else day just cause I’m having a bad one!”
No reasoning was given by the rapper - who shot to mainstream success after her 2018 project ‘Whack World’.
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This year, she has also released ‘Link’, collaborating with LEGO on the visuals for the track. While in 2020, she released ‘Feel Good’, ‘Peppers and Onions’ and ‘Dora’ - with assurances a follow up album would be released imminently.
In an interview with Variety she said: “A new album is coming. Yes, definitely, I actually don’t know its deadline. I’m rushing to the studio as we speak.”
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"I’ve been giving myself time to experiment because you never know.”
Tope Olufemi is Mixmag’s Digital Intern, follow them on Twitter
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