Key Takeaways
- Latto said that she may start charging for guest verses now that she's a mother: "I got a baby to feed."
- She currently treats features as free favors when she likes the music and artist, but other rappers charging her has her reconsidering.
- Latto welcomed a daughter with 21 Savage in May, and her collaboration résumé includes Jung Kook’s chart-topping "Seven."
Latto has shared that she's thinking about charging people for features now that she's a mother.
The Atlanta rapper, who shares an infant daughter with 21 Savage, shared her thoughts on collaborations during her Hot Ones debut, which was posted Thursday (October 29).
"In my opinion, it's a favor," Latto told host Sean Evans around the seven-minute mark of the video below. "I do features for free, but I'm like, 'Dang, do I need to be charging 'cause these muthafuckas be trying to charge me?'"
"But I just be like, ‘Shit, I like to rap and I like this song, yeah I'll do it,'" she continued. "Especially if it's like somebody I fuck with, you know? And if you have to pay me to do the feature. I feel like I shouldn't be doing the feature.
"We're supposed to be making art. So, yeah I'm a favor-type of girl. But I've been thinking about that now that I got a baby to feed."
Latto revealed her pregnancy in the music video for "Business & Personal," along with the cover art and lead single for Big Mama. The rapper and 21 Savage welcome their first child together in May, while the What Happened to the Streets? artist has three older children from previous relationships.
Latto has an extensive list of collaborations, including an appearance on verse on Jung Kook's "Seven" went to No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Global 200, along with features with GloRilla, Usher and Doja Cat, who she’s currently on tour with. Guests on Big Mama include Sexyy Red, Mariah the Scientist, Teyana Taylor, Jelly Roll and more.
