It still did pretty decent. Or is a mixture of a bunch of different situations? And now I’m just — I’m super in love with the project that I just made, and I’m like, “Wow, the old one doesn’t have s–t!” [Laughs.]. I wouldn’t really compare them, because it’s like two different stages of life and growth and s–t like that. The Kid Laroi eventually moved back to Sydney in early 2017 to further pursue an international career in music well beyond the borders of Australia with his mother, now as a solo artist leaving an unknowing Marcus Jr in the dark after all his hard work. A native of Sydney, Australia, Laroi first discovered rap by freestyling when he was 9 years old after becoming inspired by the music his mother played around him. Is that something that ever concerns you, that you think about in this industry? Your information is handled in accordance with the ABC Privacy Collection Statement. “Watching people’s attitudes change towards you is super weird, but they’re not the people I wanna be around, anyway.”, Even with the pangs of fame knocking, The Kid LAROI keeps his sights on his platform and benefitting his fans. It’s 50-50. They're two of my favorite artists. It’s LAROI’s first collection of songs since 2018’s independently released EP 14 With A Dream. “Sometimes, I’ll black out and say something I didn’t even know that’s how I was feeling.”, At 16, The Kid LAROI is living “in a movie that’s directed by me.” He doesn’t see himself as famous, and he doesn’t fully appreciate his success. The Kid Laroi eventually moved back to Sydney in early 2017 to further pursue an international career in music well beyond the borders of Australia with his mother, now as a … Follow The Kid LAROI on SoundCloud and Instagram. But we might as well start with “Go” – an amazing song, and I can only imagine how much it means that you were able to do a song with Juice. But, Addison seemingly helped the rising rapper grow his following as her TikTok video featuring his song has been viewed more than 14 million times. Watch The Kid Laroi rapping about guns and drugs as a 12/13-year old in the Dream$Team era below in 2015/2016 and early 2017 to get a taste of how he came up in suburban Australia. So there are songs where I didn’t necessarily write about that, but it fit with the situation, and the story that I was going for, you know. ", My standout records to date have been: "I think the next biggest one [to 'Diva'] is either 'Let It Go' or 'Addison Rae.' Juice was doing some shows out there, but it was my birthday, so they decided to take me with them. Until the one-two punch of Juice’s death and the coronavirus outbreak, he had been on a steady, upward trajectory: a record deal through Grade A with Sony Music, a pairing with Lil Skies on “Moving,” those support dates for Juice (in both January and November of last year), a life-altering move across the Pacific, from Sydney to Los Angeles, a spot on Rolling Loud’s inaugural New York festival, and a major label debut single, “Let Her Go,” with a video directed by Gen Z rap’s premier lensman Cole Bennett. For someone so young, Laroi's appeal has lied in his well thought-out songwriting and melodic delivery, right alongside how youthful he is. As her popularity and fame continues to grow, Addison has secured herself not only millions of followers, but brand deals, an entertainment contract with WME, and her own line of merch. After taking a two-week break from her social channels, Addison issued a statement about her previous controversial post. And so I would say what the whole project is really about, it’s really about you know, you meet a girl, and you’re not taking her that serious, but she’s taking you real seriously, if you’re just out doing whatever, and eventually she gets fed up with it, and by the time she gets fed up with it and starts not f–king with you any more, then you really start to feel it – and you really start to like her, but by that time it’s too late. He followed up that track with "Diva" featuring Lil Tecca, which has over 60 million streams to its name, as well as "Go," his collab with Juice Wrld, which was released six months after the Chicago rap star's tragic death. Only four months after that gift, one of hip-hop’s brightest stars was gone, a sudden death that was a gut punch to music and the culture, and devastated Juice’s family and friends, including Grade A and LAROI, who to this day calls Juice his “big brother.”. 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Any Laroi or Lyrical Lemonade fan definitely understands the unique bond that Cole + The Kid Laroi have, they have created some classic visuals together in … All of these songs are about girls, or a girl, and what was happening.” So I was just like, “Yeah perfect.” And I guess we just sort of shaped the project around that idea and filled in the missing blanks and stuff. “I was always in the studio with him, watching how he would work,” LAROI says. I mean yeah, hearing it you forget that he’s not here with us anymore, and so in a way it kinda feels like normal. I just have a really strong mind and I just believe in myself a lot. LAROI had opened shows for Juice in Sydney and Melbourne earlier in the year, and had become the latest signing by Juice’s managers, Grade A Productions. Hau had the fortune of catching up with the young rap king at his home recording studio in L.A. (before we all got restricted to being at home). Soon after, Laroi joined Juice Wrld on the Death Race for Love Tour, and then dropped his breakout song "Let Her Go" in December of 2019, which has been streamed 40 million times to date on Spotify. She is also part of the TikTok collective known as the Hype House. "Now that he is on the cusp of reaching those heights, what are his thoughts on his journey so far, success, death and the future ahead of him?". It doesn’t scare me personally, cause I feel like if you go through life scared about that type of s–t and emitting that type of energy into the universe, then it’s more likely to happen. I love you all endlessly.”, Addison Rae Death Rumors: Here's Why the TikTok Star Was MIA on Social Media, Addison Rae Hasn’t Posted on TikTok for a Week, So People Think She’s Pregnant. It’s more a thing of being open and trusting people. It’s a hard thing to explain, and so, again, that’s why I like music, because it’s hard answering these type of questions. The new project is great. ", I’m going to blow up because: "I don't know. I love Greece. Back in February on No Jumper, Adam [Grandmaison, host] asked you about Juice’s passing, and you really didn’t want to say too much about it. Concluding,  “I am truly sorry and I am committed to using the platform you all have given me to work on becoming a better ally.