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you know i love ari lennox.
i met her and damn near fell in love.
well she has allegedly quit her music career.
it all started because of her loss at the “soul train awards“.
this is what she had to font on her twitter…
You know what I realized? People who genuinely fuck with me understand my frustration. People who are self hating haters and clearly have never given my music a chance got the biggest problem with me always.
— Ari Lennox (@AriLennox) November 19, 2019
No one will have to worry about me complaining after this current complaint. Lol what I will not do is ever be this depressed again
— Ari Lennox (@AriLennox) November 19, 2019
It’s not just an award. It wasn’t any award show. It was the soul train awards. As you can see I’m big fan of soul music and huge fan of soul trains history.
— Ari Lennox (@AriLennox) November 19, 2019
Being snubbed was something I always expected and was definitely prepared for just not by them.
— Ari Lennox (@AriLennox) November 19, 2019
My intent was to never shade other nominees. I’m hurt and I don’t expect soulless haters to understand that
— Ari Lennox (@AriLennox) November 19, 2019
Everytime I wrap my mind around it I just can’t accept it. It feels like a break up. I made a soulful album. I never ran from who I am. I just expected that one platform to understand that.
— Ari Lennox (@AriLennox) November 19, 2019
it takes a lot of energy to do these things and ultimately this was a hard loss for me.
— Ari Lennox (@AriLennox) November 19, 2019
My intent is never to annoy people who clearly don’t fuck with me, I dont be asking these shady blogs to post what I write
— Ari Lennox (@AriLennox) November 19, 2019
Me being honest doesn’t make me less gracious or less star worthy.
— Ari Lennox (@AriLennox) November 19, 2019
I’m not selling out. So I quit.
— Ari Lennox (@AriLennox) November 19, 2019
To all those annoyed with me, you got it. I won’t lose my mind over this shit. I will save my sanity first.
— Ari Lennox (@AriLennox) November 19, 2019
I’ll join the damn army.
— Ari Lennox (@AriLennox) November 19, 2019
Tired of being annoying tired of being annoyed. I just ain’t built like the rest of them. This shit ain’t for me.
— Ari Lennox (@AriLennox) November 19, 2019
It’s clear I’m not “cool” enough. Not trendy enough and I don’t care to be. I don’t strive for that. I’m not going to chase this shit ever again. No more fake shit on my part.
— Ari Lennox (@AriLennox) November 19, 2019
It’s not just the awards. SBB was slept on in so many ways. Im too emotional to pretend like I can play this game.
— Ari Lennox (@AriLennox) November 19, 2019
For people saying I just started no. I’ve been grinding since 2009.
— Ari Lennox (@AriLennox) November 19, 2019
There was so much madness leading up to right now.
— Ari Lennox (@AriLennox) November 19, 2019
Dear fake fans please unfollow. I’m not entitled. I’m hurt. There’s deeper things i would love to say but I just can’t. It’s not entitlement. It’s blatant disrespect https://t.co/SmCUsIG14t
— Ari Lennox (@AriLennox) November 19, 2019
You guys can’t scare me. I told y’all I’m out. https://t.co/2KatAr1tJx
— Ari Lennox (@AriLennox) November 19, 2019
wow.
so here is the thing…
you make a bomb album,
or create a great piece of work,
and it gets snubbed at an award show.
it hurts because you believe your shit needed all the flowers.
You know how many great albums have never won any awards,
but it resonated with fans on a deeper level?
remember this moment:
don’t even get me started when they invited rihanna and gave her nothing for “anti”.
sadly,
this is how the industry is and will be.
politics,
baby.
personally she shouldn’t quit.
i haven’t quit.
i feel her on not being cool enough,
but these awards barely mean anything these days.
half this shit is alleged bought.
it’s all about the quality of work you put out for those who fuck with you.
if beyonce got in her feelings every time she lost an award,
we wouldn’t be able to witness her continuous greatness.
sometimes,
we won’t get recognized for what we do.
i watch folks choose others and snub me on the daily.
it can hurt the ego a lil bit,
just a lil bit,
but it’s quite okay.
as long as your fans and stans support you,
that’s all you need.
if what you do is your passion,
winning an award shouldn’t validate your existence.
i encourage the foxhole to check out ari’s album,
“shea butter baby“.
it’s nothing short of amazing.
low-key: j cole been snubbed plenty of times,
but it hasn’t stopped his bag.