12/12/2023 0 Comments Jack harlow“I want to be the face of my shit, like the face of my generation, for these next 10 years. “That’s what made Em so hard - he was in the dog pile,” says Harlow. He wants to make a direct claim to the hip-hop throne, which would arguably make him the first white rapper to do so since Eminem the late Mac Miller was great, but wasn’t into proclaiming it. His focus on lyrical prowess, meanwhile, feels like a throwback to an even earlier era. He references rappers in their 30s and 40s way more than his actual peers, as if he’s gunning to conquer the rap world of 2010 or so. Harlow sounds, at times, like he’s emerged from a very low-powered time machine. I can’t believe people love to listen to ‘Tyler Herro’ on repeat and ‘What’s Poppin’ on repeat.” I’m spitting, and there’s energy behind the beat. . . . I have different tastes. He’s already deeply sick of a fan-favorite anthem from his last album, “Face of My City,” though he’s still proud of the hit “What’s Poppin.” “But I know the effect it’s gonna have on people. “It’s probably my least favorite song on the album,” says Harlow, who tends to prefer his more vibe-y and lyrically substantive tracks. The single only hints at what’s in store on the album, which is Harlow’s most distinctive to date, thanks in part to a bespoke, detail-intensive, Ye-inspired production process. In the car, Harlow blasts “Nail Tech,” the propulsive, braggadocious first single from his upcoming new album, Come Home the Kids Miss You, due May 6. Director of Creative Content: Catriona Ni Aolain. Photograph by Ryan Pfluger for Rolling Stone. Jack Harlow, photographed in Los Angeles on January 31st, 2022 by Ryan Pfluger. And I’m in the middle of the fucking movie right now.” You’re one of the lucky people that got to live a movie-esque life. “It’s just crazy to think that you were walking the sidewalks dreaming, and then to be living it - it’s like a movie, bro. “There’s just something surreal about where I’m at in life,” Harlow says. ( “ They think I’d be a perfect fit for it,” he says.) He ends up getting the part, the one Woody Harrelson originally played. Last night, Harlow was up late memorizing lines for a self-taped audition for an acting role that turns out to be a remake of White Men Can’t Jump. “And I’m saying n-a as a compliment, Top 5 out right now.” “This n-a can raaaaaaap bro,” West wrote, memorably, on his Instagram, before recruiting Harlow for a guest spot on Donda 2. Harlow was already achieving some local fame back then, and now he’s a budding superstar, a vanishingly rare white rapper with credibility, co-signed by two of his biggest heroes, Drake and Kanye West. He slides his manicured hands into his pockets. When you didn’t have nothin’ to do, but you had cars, you’d come here.” Harlow, taller and more broad-shouldered than he looks on, say, TikTok, is wearing light jeans and a thin black sweatshirt, no jacket, despite the icy air from the Ohio River. “Smoked a lot of weed in that thing right there,” says Harlow, stepping out of the car on an early-February afternoon, his white John Geiger low-tops crunching in fresh snow. One of those shows raised money to restore a gazebo-like structure right here in Cherokee Park, the site of some fond memories. In December, it was Jack Harlow Day in Louisville, by mayoral proclamation, during a run of hometown concerts. Everyone in the car cracks up, but to be fair, this whole low-to-the-ground city pretty much is Harlow’s turf these days. Jack Harlow is in the back of a big black SUV next to his childhood best friend, Urban Wyatt, mock-glaring through his Prada sunglasses at a couple of little kids on a swing set in a Louisville, Kentucky, park. “Who are these fucking bozos on our turf?”
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