He ain’t hearing nobody.” If Carti is posturing when he name-checks Black Flag, Slayer, and Hendrix, it’s a moot point. Everyone thinks that he’s listening to, but he’s not listening to nobody. “He’s on a whole ‘nother planet,” Uzi remarked. In 2017, Lil Uzi Vert suggested that Carti makes these choices for purely aesthetic reasons. The Whole Lotta Red cover is a nod to the influential ‘70s punk zine Slash, and the album merch includes a lot of unsubtly Satanic and metal-themed shirts. The Die Lit cover and “RIP” video, which respectively depict Carti back-flipping into a mosh pit and performing in the middle of one, draw inspiration directly from old black-and-white photos of Bad Brains and GBH shows. Tattoos honoring anarchism, Bad Religion, and the Finnish goth rock band HIM adorn his chest and arms. During this period, the gleefully high-pitched, phlegm-coated gurgle graced tracks such as Solange’s “Almeda,” Tyler, the Creator’s “Earfquake,” and Drake’s “Pain 1993,” last April’s official single Meh,” and several popular leaks, including “Cancun,” “Molly,” and, of course, “Kid Cudi/Pissy Pamper.” Baby Voice Carti almost scans as a vocal rendition of producer Pi’erre Bourne’s psychedelic, amniotic fizz, which permeated Die Lit and shaped Carti’s 2017 hits “Magnolia” and “wokeuplikethis.”Ĭarti has long couched himself in the visual language of metal and hardcore punk. In the interminable wait between 2018’s Die Lit and Whole Lotta Red, Carti developed his “baby voice” as a signature instrument. Before it finally hit streaming platforms on Christmas morning, Whole Lotta Red led a rich, if paradoxical existence that suggested the album rollout isn’t obsolete, and the mixtape isn’t necessarily dead - snippet and leak culture has just deconstructed and subverted those forms. For the last two years, Carti’s highly anticipated album Whole Lotta Red has appeared within sight but out of grasp the leak-industrial complex has acted as a perpetual motion machine, simultaneously fueling the album’s hype and delaying its release, while also likely prompting Carti to record additional music. However, devotion to its timeline will undoubtedly be monitored by his biggest fans, mostly out of curiosity and not hate.The only certainties in this world are death, taxes, and Playboi Carti fans leaking his songs before he can release them himself. The secretive rapper who's known for his live performances will, most likely, not comment on his hair situation. The support for Carti became increasingly loud on the large /r/Playboicarti subreddit where Redditors shared memes about his balding but were met with opposition by other Redditors defending him or even subverting the balding claims entirely. The discourse inherently circled back to users not wanting to talk about Carti's hair condition, labeling it as inflammatory towards men dealing with similar hair problems and the insecurities associated with them. Kanye West wanna be Playboi Carti so bad /nGJlTeLuZsĬarti boutta be in his Gazer Gazer era real soon /SkCHJ54u8CĬarti going bald ? NOOOOOOOOOOO /hb9W58YG0Z We’re gonna start seeing him pop out to events like /ec7MjZzujCĭelusional is not even the word for carti subreddit at this point /RYEReCAq3F Pic of Carti after all his dreads fell off, Nasferatu era looks cool /tScnnkCigK Others surfaced an image of Kanye West with an oddly shaven head among other uncanny doppelgängers. Many compared him to the vampire Nosferatu, joking that Carti could finally become "King Vamp" with a completely bald head. Memes spread about Carti's balding going into the days following. Naw this nigga Carti is BALDING □□ /fSczEvl2YD After a screenshot was shared by Twitter user on Saturday, the discourse went viral with many blaming Carti's excessive use of hair dye, often dying his hair multiple times a year. Carti's iconic dreads and braids appeared sparse, revealing for the first time to many that he could be balding. The clip was captured after a concert this month by a Carti fan on Instagram. Now, meme creators on Twitter are reacting to the screenshots and are blaming the overuse of hair dye and styling. A viral video showing rapper Playboi Carti walking past a fan reveals that he's apparently going bald.
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