Anderson .Paak Uses New
Tattoo to Urge Against Posthumously
Releasing His Music.
Anderson .Paak is not a fan of
posthumous music releases.
The 35-year-old artist took to his Instagram
Stories to reveal a new tattoo requesting his
music not be released after his death.
The tattoo is located
on his forearm and
says that any unreleased
demos were “never intended
to be heard by the public.” .
When I’m gone, please don’t release any
posthumous albums or songs with my name
attached. Those were just demos and never
intended to be heard by the public, Anderson .Paak, via Instagram Stories.
Posthumous albums have become
increasingly common in the past few years.
Music from the likes of Pop Smoke,
Mac Miller, Lil Peep, Juice WRLD and Nipsey Hussle
have been released after their deaths. .
Music from the likes of Pop Smoke,
Mac Miller, Lil Peep, Juice WRLD and Nipsey Hussle
have been released after their deaths. .
Music from the likes of Pop Smoke,
Mac Miller, Lil Peep, Juice WRLD and Nipsey Hussle
have been released after their deaths. .
Music from the likes of Pop Smoke,
Mac Miller, Lil Peep, Juice WRLD and Nipsey Hussle
have been released after their deaths. .
Music from the likes of Pop Smoke,
Mac Miller, Lil Peep, Juice WRLD and Nipsey Hussle
have been released after their deaths. .
‘NME’ writer Zoya Raza-Sheikh says the increase
in posthumous releases is due to the younger
generation of artists and their fans. .
Long-time fan Ria Elciario told Raza-Sheikh
that Miller’s posthumous album, ‘Circles,’ was
an opportunity to say goodbye. .
I listened to ‘Swimming’ over and over
again the week Mac passed away. I thought
it was his best work yet. I was really sad
when I heard the news. At the end, he made
beautiful music that was true to who he was, Ria Elciario, via 'NME'.
Raza-Sheikh also pointed out that it’s easier than ever
for record labels to access artists’ digital archives.
We can only hope that the music industry
acknowledges the way in which it is profiting
from posthumous releases and in turn
attempt to address the topics of
mental health, drug use and addiction
that impact its artists, Zoya Raza-Sheikh, via ‘NME’