Latto marked her 25th year on earth with a photoshoot that included a live tiger, symbolizing her birth year — 1998 — as the Year of the Tiger per the Chinese calendar.
Taking to Instagram with the final product on Friday (December 22), Latto showed off multiple shots with her and the large feline, including some behind-the-scenes moments.
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“Year of the tiger #25,” she captioned it with a tiger and cake emoji.
You can view the pics and video below.
In addition to the shoot, Latto will be celebrating her big day with a “Hoes Up Pimps Down” party with the legendary Flavor Flav serving as the night’s MC.
Earlier this month, the Atlanta rapper shared a social media promo for the party that featured a voiceover from Flav explaining the role-reversal aspect of the 1970s-themed party, before revealing that he will be hosting the event.
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“Yo, check this out,” he begins. “Pimpin’ got harder ’cause the hoes got smarter, so the hoes are up, baby, pimps are down. So boss up or get bossed around.
“Everybody grab your mink coats and gather around ’cause on December 22, playas ball is takin’ over town. Hosted by your boy — me. Yours truly, Flavor Flav. Haha I hit the Lotto.”
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Just ahead of her big day, Latto got a great early present when it was announced that her collab with BTS star Jungkook was crowned the most-streamed collaboration of 2023. With 1.21 billion streams on Spotify since its release over the summer, “Seven” is one of the 777 rapper’s biggest songs to date.
Upon the song’s release, Latto reasserted Hip Hop’s chart dominance by becoming the first rapper to top the Billboard Hot 100 in 2023, and she did so by making a grand entrance at No. 1.
According to Billboard, the upbeat, dance floor-friendly hit soared to the top spot thanks to 21.9 million streams, 6.4 million in airplay audience, and 153,000 combined digital and CD singles in its opening week.
The colossal hit marked the first No. 1 single for both Latto and Jung Kook, with the former’s previous best coming in April 2022 with “Big Energy,” which peaked at No. 3.
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Latto celebrated the news at the time by posting a photo on Instagram of her pretending to wipe tears from her eyes, along with another of her blowing a kiss to the camera.
“#1,” she captioned the post, which was met with congratulatory comments from Yung Miami, Flo Milli and more.
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“Seven” was a monumental win for Hip Hop as its lack of a No. 1 single in the first half of 2023 raised concerns about its future considering the genre spent the last half-decade as the most popular genre of music in the U.S.
