iLoveMakonnen tells fans: “I’m gay”

“Here’s some old news to break.”

iLoveMakonnen made a personal announcement on Twitter this morning (January 20), telling fans: “I’m gay.”

Calling the announcement “old news”, the ‘Tuesday’ artist added: “Now I’ve told u about my life, maybe u can go life [sic] yours.”

Someone said to me next time they see me, they was gonna fuck me , I said next time I see me, I'm gonna love me up

— Oceanic Makonnen (@iLoveMakonnen5D) January 20, 2017

As a fashion icon, I can't tell u about everybody else's closet, I can only tell u about mine, and it's time I've come out.

— Oceanic Makonnen (@iLoveMakonnen5D) January 20, 2017

And since y'all love breaking news, here's some old news to break, I'm gay. And now I've told u about my life, maybe u can go life yours❤

— Oceanic Makonnen (@iLoveMakonnen5D) January 20, 2017

The ATL rapper-singer signed to Drake’s OVO Sound label in 2014 and re-released his breakthrough self-titled EP that same year. iLoveMakonnen parted ways with OVO last year and dropped his Drink More Water 6 album on his new label home Warner Bros.