“Out of everything, it’s been a blessing that, with that happening, my granddad dying a couple days afterwards, and my grandma going through what she’s been through, it’s been a concentration of family together, more than they’ve been before.” It’s been a time for my family to come together,” he explained. “I haven’t even been thinking about it, man. He also said that this challenging stretch has been a time for his family to come together. “Y'all n-ggas done kept me alive these last couple months.' (Rashad said he actually crashed his car when he found out about the video.)ĭuring the conversation, Rashad spoke about the myriad of personal issues he was dealing with at the time the video was posted, including his grandfather’s sudden death and his grandmother grappling with a cancer diagnosis. “I see all the messages and all that shit, all the positivity,” Rashad told the crowd before launching into his first song. During that performance, Rashad shared a video mash-up of reactions to the news, including one of Budden himself talking about how the leak actually led to his streaming numbers and chart position improving. His first response came at the start of his Coachella set in April. Rashad, who has always been judicious with his words in the media, didn’t address the leak for several months afterwards.

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