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  • André 3000 Declined Invitation To Play Flute During Virgil Abloh’s Funeral Because He Felt It Would Be A ‘Distraction’

André 3000 Declined Invitation To Play Flute During Virgil Abloh’s Funeral Because He Felt It Would Be A ‘Distraction’

lyriqal November 15, 2023
André 3000 Declined Invitation To Play Flute During Virgil Abloh’s Funeral Because He Felt It Would Be A ‘Distraction’

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André
3000
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André
3000
recently
revealed
that
he
declined
an
invitation
to
play
his
flute
during
Virgil
Abloh’s
funeral
because
he
felt
it
would
have
been
a
“distraction.”

As
previously
reported
out
of
nowhere,
rapper

André
3000
returned
from
his
oasis
to
announce
that
he’s

dropping
a
new
album.
His
instrumental
yet
experimental
album

New
Blue
Sun
is
set
to
arrive
this
Friday,
November
17.

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While
speaking
with

NPR
about
the
project,
3
Stacks
had
a
lot
to
get
off
his
chest
about
his
musical
journey
and
shared
that
he
was
invited
to
play
one
of
his
beloved
flutes
at

Virgil
Abloh’s
funeral,
but
declined
because
he
didn’t
want
to
be
a
distraction.

“When
Virgil
[Abloh]
passed,
his
family
asked
would
I
play
at
the
funeral
and
I
denied
it,
but
only
because
I
felt
like
I
would
be
a
distraction,”
said
3000.

“I
don’t
know,
I
just
felt
like
it
would
have
taken
away
from
the
moment
and
I
only
knew
Virgil
through
texts
and
a
few
conversations.
So
I
couldn’t
pretend
like
I
knew
him
that
well.
I
was
honored
that
the
family
asked
me
to
play
at
the
funeral,
but
I
couldn’t.
And
so
when
I
told
Guillermo,
he
was
like,
‘Yeah,
sometimes
you
have
to
look
at
it
now
as
a
responsibility
to
play.
They
asked
you
to
play
for
a
reason.’”

In
November
of
2021,
Abloh

died
after
a
private
battle
with
a
rare
cancer,
cardiac
angiosarcoma.

His
funeral
was
attended
by
celebs
far
and
wide
in
fashion
and
Hip-Hop
and
brought

Drake
and
Kanye
West
under
the
same
roof
amid
their
feud.
Ironically,
the
last
time
we
heard
music
from
André
3000
was
on
a

track
with
Kanye
that
caused
a
ruckus.

Drake
leaked
Andre
300’s
verse
without
an
explanation
and
the
Outkast
rapper
issued a
statement
essentially
telling
everyone
to
“leave
him
out”
of
the
drama.
Now
the
drama-free
emcee
is
preparing
to
release
his
first
solo
album
and
fans
are
anticipating
the
87-minute
instrumental
project.

Will
YOU
be
listening?

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