Fivio Foreign Urges Kanye West To Reconsider Retirement: "We Need You, Ye!"

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Fivio Foreign needs more music from Ye.

Fivio Foreign has pleaded with Kanye West not to retire after the controversial rapper admitted he was done with music during a text exchange with Rich The Kid. Addressing the situation in a video on social media, Fivio said: “Yo, Ye. Don’t ever be done. We need you. We need you, Ye!”

When The Hip-Hop Wolf shared the video on Instagram, fans had mixed responses to Fivio's take. One fan wrote: "We DEFINITELY don’t need him, let’s be honest what good music as he made the last 10 years???" Another user countered: "His talent is needed. Just without the extra curricular stuff."

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As for the retirement news, Rich The Kid shared the text message online earlier this month. “I am retiring from professional music Not sure what else to do,” Ye wrote. From there, Rich tried to convince him to keep going. He wrote back: “Retire? Why? How? The ppl NEED you the music you & Ty & we have made the BIGGEST STAMP in culture to this date in 2024. Drop Ye about mine & V2 and we do it all over again the kids need you big bra fasho maybe some time to chill but retiring ain’t it.” Rich later revealed that Ye actually had two features on his new album, Life’s a Gamble. "ACTUALLY WE DROPPING FRIDAY [crying face emojis] 7/19," he wrote in one post. Ye appears on “Gimme a Second 2” alongside Ty Dolla $ign and Peso Pluma, as well as the already previously released hit single, “Carnival.”

Fivio Foreign Asks Kanye To Reconsider Retirement

Check out Fivio's comments on Kanye above. Be on the lookout for further updates on Fivio Foreign and Kanye West on HotNewHipHop.

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Cole Blake is a current staff writer at HotNewHipHop based out of New York City. He began writing for the site as an intern back in 2018 while finishing his B.A. in Journalism at St. John’s University. In the time since, he’s covered a number of breaking stories for HNHH. These include the ongoing YSL RICO trial, the allegations surrounding Diddy, and much more. His work also extends outside of hip-hop, having written extensively about a myriad of topics including politics, sports, and pop culture. He’s attended several music festivals to provide coverage for the site as well, such as Rolling Loud and Governors Ball.
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