After kicking off his first headlining tour in New York City in April, OVO’s promising signee ILOVEMAKONNEN brought his Loudest of the Tour to the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on Friday (May 15).
2014 was a heck of a year for Atlanta rapper ILOVEMAKONNEN. He struck pay-dirt when his club-ready single, "Tuesday," got a huge co-sign from Drake, who remixed the buzzworthy record, earning the pair a Grammy nomination. This essentially put the former hairdresser on the map. Now he's looking to follow-up on that success with his latest release, Drink More Water 5.
The music of Atlanta rapper ILOVEMAKONNEN comes from a place of boundless enthusiasm. It was obvious throughout his giddy Friday afternoon set (March 20) at the Hype Hotel in Austin, Texas that he's as much of a fan -- specifically of rap and R&B -- as a performer.
Some of your favorite R&B and hip-hop stars are headlining Hype Machine’s 10th annual Hype Hotel concert at the 2015 SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas. ILoveMakonnen, Willow Smith and Rae Sremmurd are among the performers ready to get the crowd hype (all puns intended).
With his Drake-assisted song ‘Tuesday’ nominated for a Grammy award, ILoveMakonnen is beginning 2015 on a solid note. He increases the momentum with his new track, ‘So Clean,' which will appear on the fifth installment of his ‘Drink More Water’ series.
The first half of 2014 was a mixed, but mostly stale bag of music. Thankfully, since then, things are picking up before heading into 2015. Nicki Minaj, Bobby Shmurda, Dej Loaf and Big Sean are just some of the names on our list of the Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2014.