{"id":12080,"date":"2025-03-28T05:51:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T05:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/no-more-parties-for-nav-hes-serious-about-his-return-to-rap\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T05:51:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T05:51:39","slug":"no-more-parties-for-nav-hes-serious-about-his-return-to-rap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/no-more-parties-for-nav-hes-serious-about-his-return-to-rap\/","title":{"rendered":"No More Parties for Nav, He&#8217;s Serious About His Return to Rap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">Home Sweet Home<\/span><br \/>Nav returns to the spotlight with a new album and a different frame of mind. His focus is less partying, returning to his roots and reaching the people with his signature sound.<br \/><em>Interview:\u00a0Grant Rindner\u00a0<\/em><br \/><em><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Editor\u2019s Note: This story appears in the Winter 2024 issue of XXL Magazine, on newsstands\u00a0now and available for sale on the XXL website.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Fans usually don&#8217;t put <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/nav\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nav<\/a> in the SoundCloud rapper category. Still, the Toronto-born artist and producer got his start from the platform and is one of its biggest sustained success stories to date. Thanks to the word-of-mouth popularity of early singles like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f9gfqGoPGaU\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMyself\u201d<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hhOQwwxfsTM\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cTen Toes Down (TTD),\u201d<\/a> Navraj Goraya earned a deal with The Weeknd\u2019s XO, an imprint of Republic Records, in 2017 and became a hip-hop fixture after releasing four studio albums filled with A-list collaborators. He also added memorable turns to Travis Scott\u2019s \u201cBeibs in the Trap\u201d and \u201cYosemite\u201d early on and earned coproducer credits on Drake\u2019s seismic Meek Mill diss \u201cBack to Back\u201d in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>With woozy melodies, synth-centric beats, and lyrics that capture both the ecstasy of a wild party and the brutal feeling of a harsh alarm initiating a horrible hangover, Nav offered his spin on what artists like Drake, Future and The Weeknd have done to great effect. Though he\u2019s frequently dealt with negative critical reception, he\u2019s topped the Billboard 200 twice and accrued armfuls of platinum plaques, like his four-times platinum feature on Internet Money\u2019s massive hit \u201cLemonade.\u201d Nearly eight years removed from his star-making self-titled mixtape, Nav, 34, is a bona fide elder statesman, and he\u2019s acknowledging that with an album that takes things back to where it all started.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been over two years since Nav dropped his last project, Demons Protected by Angels, a relatively lengthy hiatus for the typically prolific artist. His return comes with <em>OMW2 Rexdale<\/em>, an album that honors his origins in the Toronto neighborhood of Rexdale and early years without simply returning to that 2017 sound. The effort arrives March 28. Nav\u2019s also been experimenting with new lanes in hip-hop by collaborating with Bronx sexy drill lothario Cash Cobain and Brooklyn rapper Bay Swag on \u201c6AM Thoughts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Nav\u2019s new work also has a clear perspective, from filming himself making beats in his childhood bedroom as part of the LP promo to an album trailer featuring Future in the studio discussing the significance of the project\u2019s homecoming quality. During a Zoom call last October, Nav spoke to <em>XXL<\/em> about his current place in hip-hop and how his new album marks his triumphant return to Rexdale.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>XXL<\/em>: Could you talk about titling the album <em>OMW2 Rexdale<\/em>? Do you consider this a homecoming?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nav: Yes, I do, but it\u2019s not me going back to my old ways, creatively. It\u2019s more so me going back to where I came from with a new perspective [as] a more mature version of myself and creating a new version of that sound, not just duplicating what I did before, which sometimes a lot of fans want you to do.<\/p>\n<p>I even had a film crew come with me at my mom\u2019s house, to my bedroom, where I used to make all my music in my early days and we set up in there. I made a song, and we recorded the whole process. It\u2019s going to be on the album. [It\u2019s] to bring that nostalgia back.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the lead-up to it, had you been spending more time in Toronto? Had it been on your mind, or did you start cutting tracks and realize, \u201cOK, this works as a theme and a frame?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recently, I went to my neighborhood and the high school and met all the kids. I checked out the music room there and told them I\u2019m going to come upgrade the whole music room [and] get them computers, so these kids can make beats.<\/p>\n<p>I lived in a bungalow house in Rexdale, but a lot of my friends lived in the projects. I used to be over there a lot, just hanging out every day. Playing basketball, just chilling, smoking weed with them, whatever. And I just went back there and saw how run down it is, so I\u2019m redoing the whole basketball court, fixing fences, doing everything I can.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s about going back and reminding people where I come from and what the real story is because a lot of that gets lost. When you\u2019ve been in the game for like, eight years, sometimes people just start thinking you might be from L.A., or a lot of people thought I was from New York because I be in New York so much. So, it\u2019s like you just got to kind of remind them where you come from and the humble beginnings, so they can connect to you again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There\u2019s definitely a pocket of your audience that\u2019s fixated on you returning to older sounds.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a process. I feel like a lot of artists go through that in the beginning; there was no old sound, so I showed them what they wanted, and they liked it. If everybody knew what kind of music they wanted to hear from me, they could just go make the beat, write the lyrics, and make the song for themselves. But as artists, you can\u2019t compromise your artistry, and you always have to give people what they want even when they don\u2019t know what they want. You show them what they want.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did Future talking about Rexdale in the album trailer come about?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cash [Amir \u201cCash\u201d Esmailian] is my manager. He\u2019s got this house with a studio in the backyard and everyone comes through. One day, Future rolled up just randomly and we were chilling. Then, we went to the studio. We started playing him some songs and told him how the fans want Nav 2. Then he started explaining, saying, \u201cNav 2 sounds like that\u2019s the final chapter, like that\u2019s when you\u2019re done. You got a song, \u2018On My Way 2 Rexdale.\u2019 You might as well just name this On My Way 2 Rexdale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We started thinking, That\u2019s kind of genius, because then we could do merch and shows like On My Way 2 Paris, On My Way 2 London. There\u2019s so many ideas that came out of him saying that compared to just Nav 2.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve done a couple of tracks with Cash Cobain and dove into some new sounds that didn\u2019t even exist at the start of your career. As someone who\u2019s been in the game for a while, why is it important to stay aware of the younger generation and try your hand at these styles?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The thing with Cash Cobain is super organic. I\u2019m Canadian, and 90 percent of my friends in America are from New York, specifically Queens. So, me just seeing Bay Swag from a young age making music, trying to do his thing and them catching a moment with the \u201cFisherrr\u201d song. Then, going to New York and going to the clubs and just seeing how these guys have everything on tilt.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not like I caught onto the wave. I\u2019ve been around Bay Swag for mad years. He\u2019s been around us since a kid. All my homies, he knows them longer than me. If there\u2019s another wave happening in another city, and I didn\u2019t know those guys, I wouldn\u2019t be DMing them trying to get on this song.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are there artists whose evolution you see as the trajectory you\u2019d like to follow?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Travis Scott, The Weeknd, of course. Both keep creating new sounds and showing the people what they want. If I wanted to make an album that just sounded exactly like my first one, I feel like everybody would be disappointed, and I kind of fall into this trap of listening to what other people want.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Many artists who started in the mid-to-late 2010s, like yourself, are figuring out, Where am I in the industry? What do I want to be? How do I want to position myself to be a 30-year artist, not just a 10-year artist? Where do you see your place in the current rap landscape? Do you feel like an elder statesman?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maybe age-wise sometimes, but in my career, I feel young. I feel like I\u2019m just getting started. In terms of the time that I took between the last album, the first five, six years of my career was all a blur. I went from being a broke guy living with my mom in the hood doing nothing to now, I\u2019m in L.A. and I\u2019m a millionaire.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t really take it all in. I had relationships with girls and relationships with my homies that [necessitated] a lot of cleaning up of the house. I still go to the studio and make songs, but [the last two years have been] stepping back from music, mentally, and taking care of my personal life because it started becoming a mess and started messing with my career. Now, I\u2019m here and I\u2019m clear-minded. I got the music ready, and I\u2019m ready to go for the next chapter.<br \/>Even from the outside, your early years seemed like a massive whirlwind.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re so focused on the career, you put everything else to the side. Then you\u2019re getting all this money, and you\u2019re just patching things up [with] money. One day you wake up, and you\u2019re like, Damn, who\u2019s really for me? Who\u2019s really with me? Should I have done all this stuff for people that were ungrateful?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s where I feel I\u2019m at in my personal life, and I\u2019m just stopping to overextend myself for people that don\u2019t deserve it. It\u2019s crazy how, as [I] get older, I\u2019ve been drinking less, I\u2019ve been partying less, and it\u2019s crazy how [I] just want different things.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you have planned after the album\u2019s release? Are you starting to put together a tour?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On one of my flights, I watched the Elvis movie and saw how Elvis barely left America. So, I\u2019m like, Hey, man, I don\u2019t want to ever be like Elvis. I got to go international. I haven\u2019t even touched those waters, so one big thing that I want to do is India. And we\u2019re doing Thailand, Rolling Loud, so I\u2019m just excited. I feel like international crowds never see us, so it\u2019s just going to be a wake-up call for me that I got to do a lot of stuff over there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Given the amount of success you\u2019ve had and your Punjabi roots, it\u2019s surprising you haven\u2019t performed overseas much.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A lot of things stopped me from doing that early in my career because of COVID. I dropped two No. 1 albums, and the second time I dropped the No. 1 album, we were in COVID. I couldn\u2019t even tour because it just messed up my timeline in terms of going international. But now, we\u2019re back at it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Once <em>OMW2 Rexdale<\/em> is out, say, six months after that, how will you gauge its success and whether it\u2019s had the impact that you want it to have? What does that look like for you for this album?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best indicator is looking at which songs are doing well from the album. Then, when you perform them, how the crowd reacts. That\u2019s where I\u2019ll be able to gauge where I\u2019m at and what to do next. What I plan\u2014in my heart of what I want to do\u2014is I don\u2019t want to take a big gap between this and another project, whether it\u2019s a mixtape or whatever.<\/p>\n<p>If I got to do a studio album and then a street mixtape or something, I\u2019m not taking my foot off the gas because sooner or later, that sh*t\u2019s going to creep up. I\u2019m not going to do this until I\u2019m 50 years old. Maybe, God bless, I will do it \u2019til I\u2019m 45, but I have to start flooding the gates now because I\u2019m not trying to wait a year or two years in between now. I\u2019m trying to always stay on.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Winter 2024 issue of\u00a0XXL\u00a0magazine featuring Nav&#8217;s interview is available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/shop.xxlmag.com\/products\/xxl-magazine-winter-2024-issue\" target=\"_blank\">for purchase now<\/a>\u00a0and is on newsstands. The issue also includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/glorilla-sexyy-red-interview-each-other\/\" target=\"_blank\">GloRilla and Sexyy Red<\/a> on the cover, conversations with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/quando-rondo-interview-new\/\" target=\"_blank\">Quando Rondo<\/a>, Ab-Soul, Dej Loaf, Ferg, Nav, Kash Doll, Sauce Walka, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/anycia-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anycia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/baby-kia-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\">Baby Kia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/osamason-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\">OsamaSon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/blp-kosher-interview-new\/\" target=\"_blank\">BLP Kosher<\/a>, Sugarhill Ddot, dancehall artist Skillibeng and producer Ace Charisma. There&#8217;s also a look at the new season of the Netflix reality competition show\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/latto-dj-khaled-ludacris-interview-netflix-rhythm-and-flow\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rhythm + Flow<\/a>\u00a0through the eyes of its judges Latto, DJ Khaled and Ludacris ,<em>the hip-hop community discussing the current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/lyricism-hip-hop-interviews\/\" target=\"_blank\">state of lyricism<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and a discussion with\u00a0<em><em>high-powered hip-hop attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/drew-findling-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\">Drew Findling<\/a>.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">See GloRilla and Sexyy Red&#8217;s <em>XXL<\/em> Magazine Winter 2024 Cover + Photos<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=566&#038;gver=6&#038;bid=812&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DLT1Yn2pW9B5QzH6n4H2YlkQyVEfXVOOu82lt&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fpub.doubleverify.com%2Fdvtag%2F29287203%2FDV1106009%2Fpub.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home Sweet HomeNav returns to the spotlight with a new album and a different frame of mind. His focus is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[39,108],"class_list":["post-12080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-news","tag-xxl-magazine"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>No More Parties for Nav, He&#039;s Serious About His Return to Rap - Hip Hop News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rapper and producer Nav opens up about why he&#x27;s doing less partying and focusing on his new album in an interview with XXL magazine.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/no-more-parties-for-nav-hes-serious-about-his-return-to-rap\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No More Parties for Nav, He&#039;s Serious About His Return to Rap - Hip Hop News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rapper and producer Nav opens up about why he&#x27;s doing less partying and focusing on his new album in an interview with XXL magazine.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/no-more-parties-for-nav-hes-serious-about-his-return-to-rap\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Hip Hop News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-28T05:51:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural\" \/><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1267\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"11 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/no-more-parties-for-nav-hes-serious-about-his-return-to-rap\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/no-more-parties-for-nav-hes-serious-about-his-return-to-rap\/\",\"name\":\"No More Parties for Nav, He's Serious About His Return to Rap - Hip Hop News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/no-more-parties-for-nav-hes-serious-about-his-return-to-rap\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/no-more-parties-for-nav-hes-serious-about-his-return-to-rap\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=1200&resize=1200,800&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-28T05:51:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-28T05:51:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\"},\"description\":\"Rapper and producer Nav opens up about why he&#x27;s doing less partying and focusing on his new album in an interview with XXL magazine.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/no-more-parties-for-nav-hes-serious-about-his-return-to-rap\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/no-more-parties-for-nav-hes-serious-about-his-return-to-rap\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/no-more-parties-for-nav-hes-serious-about-his-return-to-rap\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=1200&resize=1200,800&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=1200&resize=1200,800&ssl=1\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/no-more-parties-for-nav-hes-serious-about-his-return-to-rap\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"No More Parties for Nav, He&#8217;s Serious About His Return to Rap\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/\",\"name\":\"Hip Hop News\",\"description\":\"Hip Hop News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\",\"name\":\"News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"No More Parties for Nav, He's Serious About His Return to Rap - Hip Hop News","description":"Rapper and producer Nav opens up about why he&#x27;s doing less partying and focusing on his new album in an interview with XXL magazine.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/no-more-parties-for-nav-hes-serious-about-his-return-to-rap\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"No More Parties for Nav, He's Serious About His Return to Rap - Hip Hop News","og_description":"Rapper and producer Nav opens up about why he&#x27;s doing less partying and focusing on his new album in an interview with XXL magazine.","og_url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/no-more-parties-for-nav-hes-serious-about-his-return-to-rap\/","og_site_name":"Hip Hop News","article_published_time":"2025-03-28T05:51:39+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural","type":"","width":"","height":""},{"url":"https:\/\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural","width":1920,"height":1267,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"News","Est. reading time":"11 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/no-more-parties-for-nav-hes-serious-about-his-return-to-rap\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/no-more-parties-for-nav-hes-serious-about-his-return-to-rap\/","name":"No More Parties for Nav, He's Serious About His Return to Rap - Hip Hop News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/no-more-parties-for-nav-hes-serious-about-his-return-to-rap\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/no-more-parties-for-nav-hes-serious-about-his-return-to-rap\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=1200&resize=1200,800&ssl=1","datePublished":"2025-03-28T05:51:39+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-28T05:51:39+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2"},"description":"Rapper and producer Nav opens up about why he&#x27;s doing less partying and focusing on his new album in an interview with XXL magazine.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/no-more-parties-for-nav-hes-serious-about-his-return-to-rap\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/no-more-parties-for-nav-hes-serious-about-his-return-to-rap\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/no-more-parties-for-nav-hes-serious-about-his-return-to-rap\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=1200&resize=1200,800&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=1200&resize=1200,800&ssl=1","width":1200,"height":800},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/no-more-parties-for-nav-hes-serious-about-his-return-to-rap\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"No More Parties for Nav, He&#8217;s Serious About His Return to Rap"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/#website","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/","name":"Hip Hop News","description":"Hip Hop News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2","name":"News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","medium":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1","medium_large":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=768&resize=768,0&ssl=1","large":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=1024&resize=1024,1024&ssl=1","1536x1536":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=1536&resize=1536,1536&ssl=1","2048x2048":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=2048&resize=2048,2048&ssl=1","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=392&resize=392,272&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=390&resize=390,205&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=130&resize=130,90&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=800&resize=800,445&ssl=1","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=1400&resize=1400,600&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=1155&resize=1155,480&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=600&resize=600,417&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=285&resize=285,450&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=575&resize=575,198&ssl=1"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"News","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":false,"magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Home Sweet HomeNav returns to the spotlight with a new album and a different frame of mind. His focus is","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["NEWS"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":25,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":11,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=1200&resize=1200,800&ssl=1",1200,800,false],"medium":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1",300,300,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/03\/attachment-nav-photo.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1",150,150,false]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"News","author_link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/author\/admin\/"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-1\">NEWS<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}