Future Talks Russell Wilson, Ciara, Co-Parenting, Meek vs Drake & More With XXL Magazine – blogged by: @avah_taylor

#Future is on the cover of #XXLMagazine’s Fall 2015 issue.

In his cover story, aptly titled #TheTrapKing, the Atlanta rapper talks #Gucci flip-flops; co-parenting with ex-fiancée #Ciara, the mother of his fifth child; remaining neutral in the #MeekMill vs #Drake beef and much more.

Check out a few excerpts from his interview below:

On the #Gucci flip-flops that inspired #ThoughtItWasADrought:

“My grandma was over the house and she went swimming in the swimming pool and she needed some shoes. She needed some flip flops and she like, ‘What you got?’ and the Gucci flip flops was sitting by the door. And she put my Gucci flip-flops on and ain’t bring them back. I’m like, that’s kinda weird. [Laughs] The album come out, then it made it a little more weird that she got my Gucci flip-flops on and it’s my grandma… Yeah, she heard the song. She don’t even understand it though. Like, ‘You don’t even understand, those the Gucci flip-flops that inspired the song that you wearing. And you my grandma and you wearing them. Ugh.’”

On his friendships with Meek Mill and Drake:

“On some real shit, I love Meek. And the Drake situation, I feel like genuinely we’ve been building a great relationship over these years. We got history together. We went on a few tours together so it was like, publicly, some things was said and it was took out of context. And even with the situation coming out, we put it all behind us, went on a sold out tour and we built from that and I feel like it’s genuine, it’s authentic and we built trust between each other. So with trust it’s just bringing us closer because in this industry, as you get bigger, I feel like you lose trust for everyone around you. You feel like the people you come in contact with, you can’t trust them. So I feel like it had to happen over years, that couldn’t happen over a few months.”

On Ciara’s new boyfriend, #SeattleSeahawks QB #RussellWilson, being around Baby Future:

“I’m telling you right now, I’m giving you two sides. I’m cool with him being around him but certain situations, we all in the public eye, you can’t move around with my son a certain kind of way, you know what I’m saying? I feel like a lot of moves are just made out of just being evil, basically. Because, you know, the success of my album and you still want to make certain moves to take the spotlight off me a little bit and shed light on a negative situation.”

On Co-Parenting:

“I want to be able to judge him for myself. I want to judge the nannies that’s around my child. I don’t want to pay for a nanny that I never met, that I never got a chance to interview. That’s not the life I want for my child. I want to be involved 100 percent in all decisions made. This my flesh and blood. If I don’t want him to do something, there’s supposed to [be a] compromise or we supposed to talk about it. You not supposed to just go behind my back and do it. This is my son, too.”

You can read the rest of his interview when the issue hits newsstands on Sept. 28.

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