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YG Announces Album Release Date at Coachella

BY Devin / 4.15.2019

YG turned Coachella into Boachella.

During his highly-anticipated set at the festival in Indio, Calif. on Sunday night (April 14), the Compton rapper paid homage to the late Nipsey Hussle and announced a May 3 release date for his new album.

“I got this song called ‘Stop Snitchin’ on my motherfu**in’ new album. It’s coming May 3,” he said before performing the new track as images of “snitches” appeared on screen including 6ix9ine, who copped a plea deal in his federal racketeering case.

“Bitch ni**a, snitch ni**a, ho ni**a,” he rapped to a packed crowd in the Sahara Tent. “You got fear in your heart so you corroborate / I can see how bitch ni**as operate.”

https://twitter.com/EpicGod24/status/1117650117035745282

YG had planned to drop the surprise project on the Friday before his Coachella set, but delayed it out of respect for his fallen friend. “I was dropping a Surprise album April 12th,” he previously tweeted. “But man Now that we gotta deal with Big bro goin to heaven I will not drop the album this month.”

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He dedicated his entire Coachella set to Nipsey. “We just lost one of our greats, we just lost one of our homies, our big brothers, a motherfu**in’ legend, black motherfu**in’ Jesus,” said YG just days after speaking at Hussle’s memorial at Staples Center. “So I’ma dedicate this whole motherfu**in’ show to my ni**a Nipsey Hussle.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6F9Oxeg7Ps

His Boachella performance was also filled with surprise guests including Big Sean and 2 Chainz, who performed “Big Bank,” while Tyga joined YG on stage for “Taste.”

https://twitter.com/BigSeansWorld/status/1117642237263982594
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The 4Hunnid boss also addressed the political climate by bringing out a Donald Trump impersonator, which led to a performance of his anti-Trump anthem “FDT.”

https://twitter.com/GlobalDanceElec/status/1117649280246796288

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