Dating back to the Clipse days running around with his brother, Pusha T has been a relevant figure in Hip Hop for more than two decades. On the heels of earning his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with It’s Almost Dry, King Push covered the latest issue of NME on Friday (May 20).

In the feature story, the 45-year-old examined his immortality in Hip Hop and explained how a lot of rap dignitaries weren’t fortunate enough to earn a run as long as his.

“A lot of our forefathers, the greats, they didn’t stand the test of time,” Pusha said. “As great as they were, I don’t know how much they are [still] appreciated. [I want] to show that rap doesn’t have to age out. When people look at me, they need to understand that I can do this forever.”

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Pusha T faced the pressure of following up what a lot of people deemed to be the best work of his career with the compact DAYTONA, which was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2019 Grammy Awards.

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“It’s all about creating the best product you can create,” Pusha detailed of It’s Almost Dry. “That’s just the standard. I want people to look at this street rap narration that I’m painting and understand that this is all I want to make.

“Don’t ask me for anything else. I’m not entertaining you. I’ve been a realist. I’ve shown you everything. I’ve won the wars. I went through label dramas. I withstood everything. Now is the best time for me to be more creative and fully uplift the genre.”

As for what’s ahead, Push is taking his self-proclaimed rap album of the year on the road for the It’s Almost Dry Tour kicking off in Seattle on May 29.