iLoveMakonnen Talks Drake, Girl Problems & The Future Of His Music

iLoveMakonnen seems like he's come out of nowhere, but the rapper has Drake's blessing and that's no small feat. Drizzy even remixed his banger "Club Going Up on a Tuesday," launching the up-and-comer into the limelight. "I don't think that was a swagger jack. For the album to feel like a swagger jack would be if Drake made a completely different song with my whole concept and my whole flow and all of that and nobody knew who I was. Drake did a compliment," Makonnen explained. "He showed respect, and it was great. That was a really big thing for me, and I was glad that he did that. Swagger jacking is a gift and a curse. You're excited that somebody is inspired by you. Then it could be that that person has an audience so much broader than yours that when people see you do it, people are going to think that you copied them." 

So what's the best way to handle the whole swagger jacking situation? "I say good artists should just contact the person they're trying to swagger jack and say, 'Hey, I'm really interested in this that you're doing. Can you help me be myself with a little bit of sauce?'"