Kanye West previously announced that he’s preparing to drop a second album this year in the summer season, and to get fans amped, he’s shared a major detail on the pending project.
Early Saturday morning (Feb. 27), the “Real Friends” rapper unveiled the tentative title to the project, Turbo Grafx 16. The moniker was inspired by one of Ye’s “favorite gaming systems when I was a kid…” he tweeted.
My next album is titled “Turbo Grafx 16” as of now…
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 27, 2016
just on some super nerd vibes… one of my favorite gaming systems when I was a kid… — KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 27, 2016
He continued his trip down childhood memory lane and shared that his go-to game on that console, which was discontinued in the early 90s, was named Blazing Lazers. This news arrives weeks after West announced that he’s stepping into the gaming world, which he touched on lightly at Madison Square Garden.
Blazing Lazers was probably my favorite game on that console …
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 27, 2016
My boy Mali that I spoke about on the song Drive Slow actually had a Neo Geo in real life bro… — KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 27, 2016
We actually played Spy Hunter at my mom’s house!!!
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 27, 2016
correction, the name of the Neo Geo game I was referring to was The Super Spy — KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 27, 2016
The fashion designer/artist also debuted a video game that he’s been working on which depicts his mother’s journey to Heaven. Titled “Only One: The Game,” the digital project has yet to receive a release date.
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