Lil Pump put down the drugs in exchange for dumbbells and the progress speaks for itself.
This week, the rapper took to Instagram where he revealed his physique after hitting the gym extensively in recent months. Pump lost his lean gut completely and looks significantly healthier these days.
NARITA, JAPAN - APRIL 21: Rapper Lil Pump is seen on arrival at Narita International Airport on April 21, 2022 in Narita, Chiba, Japan. (Photo by Jun Sato/GC Images)
“Looking good feeling better working out is my new addiction should I go keep going ?” he captioned the post.
Pump’s physical transformation seems to be part of a bigger initiative to gain back his momentum. Despite claiming that he hasn’t fallen off, he certainly isn’t dominating radio or clubs as he once did. Last year, he dropped a slew of singles that didn’t seem to gain traction including “I’m Back” and the Ty Dolla $ign-assisted, “She Know.”
Many fans began to bring up J. Cole’s “1985” single and how the K.O.D. rapper predicted how Pump’s career would play out. However, Pump claimed that Cole wasn’t correct at all.
Rapper Lil Pump speaks during US President Donald Trump's final Make America Great Again rally of the 2020 US Presidential campaign at Gerald R. Ford International Airport on November 2, 2020, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)
“He was trying to understand [the] young generation, ’cause at that time people didn’t understand what was going on with the music,” he said. “‘There’s this new wave coming in, we don’t understand it but we’re just gonna roll with it.’ But I fuck with J. Cole, I don’t have no problems with him.”
“Nope, because I’m still here,” he said when asked if Cole was correct. “I don’t think he predicted shit. I’m still here.”
Hopefully, Pump stick to his new fitness regime and comes through with new music in the near future.
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