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The music of Atlanta rapper ILOVEMAKONNEN comes from a place of boundless enthusiasm. It was obvious throughout his giddy Friday afternoon set (March 20) at the Hype Hotel in Austin, Texas that he's as much of a fan -- specifically of rap and R&B -- as a performer.

There’s a bunch that’s happened to ILOVEMAKONNEN this year. He’s signed with Drake’s OVO Sound label and then he nabbed a Grammy nomination for the ‘Tuesday‘ Remix, which he did with the Toronto rhymer. And now he’s capping off the year by re-releasing his self-titled EP.

Kids do the darndest things. In the case of three-year-old Lil Pey Pey, she has become an Internet sensation after her Instagram video went viral of her turning up to Drake's verse on ILOVEMAKONNE's hit 'Tuesday.'

iLOVEMAKONNEN was attacked on stage at a nightclub while performing his hit single, 'Tuesday'—on a Tuesday.