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Lil Durk Celebrates ‘Almost Healed’ Release By Trying Unlikely Hobby With Morgan Wallen
Lil Durk has celebrated the release of his new album Almost Healed by taking up a new hobby alongside his “family” Morgan Wallen.
In a post shared to the rapper’s Instagram on Sunday (May 28), Durk and the country superstar appeared decked out in camo as they showed off a fresh new catch they snagged while fishing in Wallen’s hometown of Tennessee.
“Family is family can’t nothing change that p.s I’m done wit fish,” Smurk wrote in his caption.
Wallen also posted a photo of their fishing session while joking: “Durk done pulled up and taught me how to fish,” with Durk adding in the comments: “Family energy.”
Lil Durk and Morgan Wallen forged an unlikely relationship back in 2021 after the “7 Summers” singer was seen on video yelling the n-word and other profanities outside a Nashville residence.
Wallen was immediately dropped from his deal with Republic Records subsidiary Big Loud Records and ultimately released an apology. “I used an unacceptable and inappropriate racial slur that I wish I could take back,” Wallen wrote. “There are no excuses to use this type of language, ever. I want to sincerely apologize for using the word. I promise to do better.”
Durk went to bat for Wallen during the fallout, telling TMZ he doesn’t consider the 30-year-old a racist.
“Nah, he ain’t no racist,” he said. “That’s my boy, you know? So we had a long talk — he had his public situation, we had [a talk] behind closed doors, and I’ll vouch for him and he good. … He ain’t canceled.”
The pair then collaborated on “Broadway Girls” off Durk’s 2022 album 7220, and most recently linked up again on the Almost Healed cut “Stand By Me.”
Almost Healed is on track to have a massive first week. HITS Daily Double reports that Durk’s latest effort, which dropped on Friday (May 26), is projected to move between 125,000 and 150,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, and is expected to debut at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart.
The project has already made its presence felt on streaming services, occupying seven of the top 10 spots on Apple Music’s U.S. chart and helping Durk earn his biggest streaming day on Spotify with over 41.5 million streams — more than double his previous best.
For comparison, 7220 earned 120,500 album-equivalent units in its first week in 2022 and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, while 2021’s The Voice of the Heroes — Durk’s joint album with Lil Baby — garnered 150,000 first-week units and also topped the Billboard 200.
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