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Lil Uzi Vert Wants To Quit The Music Business — 'I Wanna Be Normal’

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Jan. 12 2019, Published 1:00 p.m. ET

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Lil Uzi Vert is retiring from making music. He announced the shocking news his Instagram stories on Friday night and explained his decision to his fans.

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"I wanna take the time out to say I thank each and every one of my supports but I'm done with music," he wrote. "I deleted everything. I wanna be normal ... I wanna wake up in 2013."

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"You are free," The 24-year-old wrote at the bottom of the post. "Thank you, love you."

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The “Neon Girls” rapper was expected to release his second album, “Eternal Atake” later this year. The cover art was a hot-button topic of controversy when it featured art based on the infamous Heaven’s Gate cult.

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He released his first album “Luv Is Rage 2” in August 2017 after his debut mixtape “Luv Is Rage” dropped only two years earlier.

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The Philadelphia-born singer solidified his spot as one of the top artists in hip-hop with hits like “XO Tour Llif3” and being featured on Migos’ track, “Bad and Boujee.”

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