A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie turned 27 today and will have even more celebrating to do when “Me Vs. Myself” — his first album in nearly 3 years — is unleashed on the world.
Unfortunately, A Boogie had to complete the project without his longtime collaborator and ex-Atlantic Records labelmate PnB Rock, who was murdered in September.
A Boogie and PnB have several songs together, including a joint on A Boogie’s last album, and the Bronx rapper figured out a way to honor his late friend … with a feature on the “Me Vs. Myself” deluxe version down the line.
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He tells Apple Music … “When it comes to PnB Rock too, that was a big one right there, that was the end of my album.”
He added, “I didn’t expect that right there. I had to put him on the album at the same time as not making it. I don’t like to do that when it comes to people passing away, putting [out] their music. It feels like a weird tension towards that … I separated his song from my album and I’m dropping it solo as a deluxe.”
On a lighter note, A Boogie celebrated his birthday in NYC last night with his longtime on-and-off-again girlfriend Ella Bands … and like Lil Baby, will be partying for the occasion all week.