Moneybagg Yo's 'A Gangsta's Pain' went No. 1. He's back to soundtrack your summer with 'Speak Now.'
In 2021, you heard it: Moneybagg Yo’s “Wokesha” blaring from cars and corner stores
NEW YORK (AP) — In 2021, you heard it: Moneybagg Yo 's “Wokesha” blaring from cars and corner stores — an undeniable song of the summer that helped turn the Memphis rapper into a No. 1 artist. His fourth studio album, “A Gangsta's Pain” topped the Billboard 200 that year, all but confirming his place atop the trap throne. Now, three years and one mixtape later, he's dropping his fifth studio album, “Speak Now."
For an artist accustomed to releasing a new album each year, on top of countless mixtapes, it is easy to wonder — why the break?
“I was just dealing with personal life,” he told The Associated Press over Zoom. “Sometimes you gotta step back and just analyze, get right, and come back way harder and figure out how to go about stuff the next time."
"Every time you drop something, it gotta be like a new movie. You know what I’m saying? Nobody want to see the same movie, like, go to the theater and see the same movie. So you got to give them something different every time."
