The Reset: Offset Talks Reinventing Himself, His Inspiration Behind Going Solo & Takeoff’s Untimely Death In New GQ Men Of The Year Issue Interview

Source:
Julius
Frazer
/
GQ
/
Julius
Frazer
/
GQ

Rapper
Offset
was
featured
in

GQ’s
Men
of
the
Year
issue
which
was
released
today
(November
29th).
He
sat
down
with
GQ’s
senior
editor
Frazier
Tharpe
and
opened
up
about
his
new
album

Set
It
Off, the
surprising
person
who
inspired
him
to
go
solo
and
the
tragic
death
of
former
Migos
member,
Takeoff.
Click
inside
to
check
it
out!

Offset
spoke
on
how
Michael
Jackson’s
(his
favorite
artist)
infamous
letter
that
he
wrote
to
himself
in
the
late
’70s
has
helped
shape
his
current
mindset.

“I
didn’t
do
nothing
similar…but
mentally
I’m
trying
to
take
it
all
the
way
there
and
just
show
people
that
I’m
an
all-around
star
instead
of
just
a
rap
star.
That’s
why
I’m
shooting
my
own
videos.
I’m
doing
my
own
merch
designs,
dancing
in
videos,
dancing
onstage
with
choreo
and
with
dancers
because
I
just
want
to
do
something
that
separates
me
from
everybody.”

The
31
year-old
also
revealed
how
an
unlikely
rapper,
Tyler,
the
Creator,
inspired
him
to
go
solo.

“It
was
a
year
ago,
at
the
Roc
Nation
Brunch,
and
I
was
telling
[Tyler]
my
vision
of
being
a
standout
artist
and
a
solo
artist
and
reinventing
myself.
I
was
glorifying
him,
telling
him,
‘I
respect
how
you
stay
in
character
[for
each
album],’”
Offset
tells GQ.
“He
was
like,
‘You
should
do
it,
too.
N-–as
ain’t
going
to
f—k
with
it
at
first,
but
n—as
never
f—k
with
the
good
s—t
first.
They
always
sleep
on
it,
and
then
you
show
them
throughout
the
process.’”
He
adds:
“I
really
took
that
shit
to
head.”

Offset
touched
on
the
untimely
passing
of
Takeoff
and
it
tying
into
his
new
album.

“I
ain’t
ready
to
talk
about
that
shit
yet,
first
and
foremost,”
he
says,
admitting
he
doesn’t
have
the
answers
yet.
“I
don’t
know
how
to
do
it,
but
I
didn’t
want
to
just
be
making
an
album
about
bad
s—t,
and
dissing
and
putting
that
type
of
energy
on
the
project,
because
it
was
going
to
make
my
mind
be
in
a
different
place
mentally.” 

Set
and
Frazier
Tharpe
discussed
numerous
other
topics
during
their
interview.
You
can
check
it
out
in
it’s
entirety

here.

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