Latto Abruptly Announces 5/29 as Her “Retirement Album”

On Friday, May 8th, Latto (Alyssa Michelle Stephens) made a startling announcement on X (formerly Twitter) that has her fans and the whole Hip Hop world shook… 

“5/29

My retirement album

Thank you for everything”


Her 17-track album, ‘Big Mama’, is dropping on that date…


Some loyal fans are refusing the announcement:

“Girl you can play with Brook, 21 and that baby but dont f*ckin play with me. I’ll see you later boo 😘 WITH THE FAWKIN CHEETAH PRINT  Fym!” (@KBandz98)

“PLEASE TAKE THIS DOWN OH MY GOD ALYSSA IM TALKING TO YOU AS A PERSON NOT LATTO” (@agorahills)

A couple are supportive of the move, like:

“Will miss you goat” (@WeHateSpillz)


While other fans are being brutal in the comments, saying things like:

“Retirement, while the party is just getting started” (@iybility), and…

“how u gon have your retirement when your career didn’t even start 😭” (@sorrythemoon) 


This was definitely a very unexpected announcement.


Hopefully Latto is just joking about this.

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