{"id":2375,"date":"2025-08-29T03:25:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T03:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/?p=2375"},"modified":"2025-08-29T03:37:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T03:37:31","slug":"grammy-nominated-rapper-ilovemakonnen-helps-out-in-a-restaurant-kitchen-embraces-new-career-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/?p=2375","title":{"rendered":"Grammy-Nominated Rapper iLoveMakonnen Helps Out in a Restaurant Kitchen, Embraces New Career Path"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>From Beloved Hitmaker to Restaurant Chef<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>iLoveMakonnen\u2014best known for his 2014 viral hit \u201cTuesday\u201d featuring Drake\u2014revealed in a recent video that he\u2019s now working in a restaurant kitchen. Sporting an apron and effortlessly handling the pace of food service, he cheekily remarked, \u201cAt work type shit \u2026 We\u2019re working and getting this money.\u201d([turn0search2]) He even offered fans and local businesses the chance to book him as a guest chef\u2014just tag him online and he\u2019ll show up.([turn0search1])<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pivot After Retirement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rapper formally declared his retirement from music in September 2024 after parting ways with OVO Sound and Warner Bros. Since stepping away, he seems to be enjoying a more low-key lifestyle\u2014this kitchen gig showcases his adaptability and resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1280\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 720 \/ 1280;\" width=\"720\" controls src=\"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/copy_142B6C33-4646-45FD-8C1F-4F31FF89C524.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Beloved Hitmaker to Restaurant Chef iLoveMakonnen\u2014best known for his 2014 viral hit \u201cTuesday\u201d featuring Drake\u2014revealed in a recent video that he\u2019s now working in a restaurant kitchen. Sporting an apron and effortlessly handling the pace of food service, he cheekily remarked, \u201cAt work type shit \u2026 We\u2019re working and getting this money.\u201d([turn0search2]) He even&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,52],"tags":[1160,1159,1157,1158,1156],"class_list":["post-2375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","category-trending-now","tag-ilovemakonnen-career-switch","tag-ilovemakonnen-new-job","tag-ilovemakonnen-restaurant-kitchen","tag-musician-guest-chef","tag-rapper-becomes-chef"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2375"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2380,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375\/revisions\/2380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}