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Anderson .Paak’s New Tattoo is a Statement About Releasing Posthumous Albums

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You better enjoy Anderson .Paak while he is here because he does not want any posthumous music to be released in his name when he is gone.

Half of Silk Sonic recently received a new tattoo with obvious instructions on how his legacy is to be left.

“When I’m gone please don’t release any posthumous albums or songs with my name attached,” the arm tat reads. “Those were just demos and never intended to be heard by the public.”

Some new tunes from Andy, along with Bruno Mars, are available right now as their new single “Skate” hit No. 4 on the R&B charts. You can see both the video for “Skate” and the new tattoo below.

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Today In Hip Hop History: Notorious B.I.G. Dropped His Posthumous ‘Life After Death’ LP 22 Years Ago

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On this day in Hip Hop history, Notorious B.I.G. released his second album, Life After Death. The double LP was released posthumously by Bad Boy Records. Biggie, who was killed two weeks prior to its release, was nominated for three Grammy’s for this project: Best Rap Album, Best Rap Solo Performance for Hypnotize and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for Mo Money Mo Problems.

Featuring artists like 112, Jay-Z, Lil’ Kim, Ma$e, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Too $hort and R. Kelly, along with tracks like “Kick In The Door,” “What’s Beef,” “Notorious Thugs,” “Ten Crack Commandments” and “Sky’s The Limit,” it can be said that Life After Death is one of the greatest rap albums of all time. The album hit #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and the US Top R&B/Hip Hop chart. It went diamond (that’s 10,000,000 copies sold) in the United States alone, double platinum in Canada, and platinum in the UK. Life After Death has also made appearances on top music charts across the globe. The album has been ranked by countless publications as one of the top rap and Hip Hop albums of all time (The Source ranked it as #8 in 2005).

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XXXTentacion’s Second Posthumous Video, ‘Moonlight’ Drops

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XXXTentacion’s posthumous career continues to roll on. The video for the song “Moonlight” was released Sunday night.

In the video, we can see XXXTentacion sitting and reflecting underneath a full moon while the opening notes of the ? track play. The melody is the second-highest charting song of X’s short lived career, having shot to No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 amid is untimely death.

This video isn’t the first to be released after the rapper’s death. Around the same time that he was gunned down in an attempted burglary, the video for his greatest hit “sad!” was released. Fans had skyrocketed the song to the top spot on the Hot 100 charts, shattering Taylor Swift’s single-day gushing record simultaneously.

All the more as of late, fans have been treated with unreleased verses from the rapper. X offers a sad wail on Lil Wayne’s second track on Tha Carter V, “Don’t Cry.” Then he appeared on a collaboration with Lil Peep.

The posthumous releases from X can’t be contained to simply music and recordings. Soon after that Peep collaboration was shared, Kanye West’s XXXTentacion shirt would be available for purchase. Furthermore, the his estate released a 1-year anniversary merchandise collection in honor of his debut album, 17.

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