Nicki Minaj’s Ex Safaree Signs A Major Deal? “I Am Safaree”. It looks like Nicki’s ex is doing alright without the “Only” rapper on his side. Safaree SB stunts lands a new gig With Karl Kani and he will be the featured artist on the 2015 campaign. Things are looking up for the “Burner” rapper a few months ago there was talk that he was suicidal because of the break up . These days hes staying busy and working on building his own name and brand. He recently sat down with XXL and during the interview he shares his thoughts about K- Michelle twerking to his song, his EP and much more.Full story after the jump.
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XXL: Why did you choose now to start going hard with your music career now?
Safaree Samuels: Well, before I wasn’t really in the position to focus on myself. It seemed like shit all had to do with timing, it wasn’t a place where I could do both at the same time. Now that I’m free to do it, I’m going to do it.
So did you want to pursue this for a while and being in the relationship kind of held you back?
No, I wouldn’t say it held me back, I just had to prioritize things. I just had to take care of what took precedence over what I was trying to do.
Are you looking to put out a project? What’s going on there?
Yeah, I’m going to put out an EP. It’s going to be called I Am Safaree.
What can we expect on the project? I’ve been hearing a lot about your single “Burner.”
I’m looking for people to be extremely surprised with my versatility. When people hear it… I’m a very tough critic. When people hear my stuff they are going to be very surprised. I definitely know that. They’re going to be like, “Wow.” They’re going to be like, “I cannot believe all this time, he was able to do this. I’m glad he’s doing it now.” Lyrically, people are going to be surprised about my capability on the stuff that I’m putting out. I definitely believe so.
What’s the feedback you’ve been getting so far? You released “Burner,” what’s the feedback on that?
The feedback on “Burner” has been the best feedback on anything I’ve ever done. People are re-making the video. Kids are putting on fur coats and re-enacting the video scenes. People are outside in the snow putting on fur coats and riding on trains re-enacting scenes from the video.
I saw the K. Michelle twerk video to “Burner,” too. What was that about?
I don’t know. I was half asleep, it was 4 o’clock in the morning and my notifications were just blowing up a little more than usual. Then I saw that. At first, I didn’t know who the hell it was and then I had to look at it another time. I saw who it was and I said, “Oh shit, that’s her.” People are just feeling the song.
People were hyping it up like a K. Michelle/Nicki Minaj beef because of the twerk video. So, you’re just as confused as everyone else is?
I don’t know K. Michelle, so I don’t know about any of that other nonsense. I just know she made a video dancing to my song. She’s not the only person to make a video dancing to my song, but you know how people are. They like to take things and pull it out of context. I have little kids making videos to my songs, I have guys [making them] too. People take to what sounds good.
