Lil Durk envisioned successful one other Grammy Award subsequent yr after successful his first one on Sunday (February 4). The Chicago-bred rapper teased a collaborative album with nation music star Morgan Wallen in an interview with Leisure Tonight on the 2024 Grammys.
“It’s gonna be a collab album quickly,” Lil Durk mentioned. “So which means I’ll see you once more subsequent yr.”
The Alamo Information artist beforehand labored with Wallen on the songs “Broadway Women” and “Stand By Me.” Lil Durk developed a friendship with Wallen, defending the controversial singer after Wallen was caught utilizing a racial slur on a video in 2021.
“Nah, he ain’t no racist,” Lil Durk mentioned of Wallen in a 2022 interview with TMZ. “That’s my boy. Additionally, we had a protracted discuss. He had his public state of affairs. We had it behind closed doorways. I vouch for him and he’s good. He ain’t canceled. I talked to him. Once I say you ain’t canceled, you ain’t canceled.”
Lil Durk reiterated his assist for Wallen in 2023. The multi-platinum-selling rapper mentioned Walled opened his “thoughts to a special view of life” in an interview with the Los Angeles Occasions.
“I went and talked to him to see what was up with [the video],” he mentioned. “Once I frolicked with him, it was completely the other. He was nowhere close to racist. That’s my dawg. I took my very own threat to point out the world that he isn’t that.”
Lil Durk gained the Grammy Award for Greatest Melodic Rap Efficiency at Sunday’s ceremony. He secured his first Grammy for the J. Cole collaboration “All My Life,” which appeared on final yr’s Virtually Healed album. Durkio and J. Cole gained in a subject that included Drake, 21 Savage, Doja Cat, SZA and Burna Boy.
Revisit Lil Durk and Wallen’s newest collab beneath.