Thankfully, his I Love Makonnen EP dropped before he could land on either side, and its unassumingly infectious lead single quickly established itself as the go-to answer for "Who the hell is iLoveMakonnen?" Over 75,000 hard-earned YouTube views and a Miley Cyrus shout out is nothing to sniff at after you've spent about three prolific years trying to emerge from Tumblr obscurity a co-sign from OVO and a free verse from Drizzy, though? Well, sometimes hard work just has to make way for pure dumb luck. Considering how early tracks like "Sex, Love, Ecstasy" and the almost indescribable "Tonight" had iLoveMakonnen poised to be some sort of #based James Ferraro, the Atlantan artist was teetering on the edge between cult fandom and subtweet punchlines. Drake didn't need to remix "Club Going Up on a Tuesday", but it's a good thing he did.
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