ILoveMakonnen: The Loudest of Loud Tour to Play Fox Theatre, 5/12

Z2 Entertainment will present ILoveMakonnen at the Fox Theatre on Tuesday, May 12th, 2015. Tickets are on sale now for $21.50 ADV or $23 DOS.

For Makonnen, music is do or die. In 2012, the 25-year-old was working at a hotel in his current hometown of Atlanta, supplementing the tedium of a day job by writing and producing music on the side. Eventually, he came to an impasse: he could either unhappily continue on as is, or take a year off from having a regular gig and fully devote himself to his career as an aspiring musician.

He went with the latter, and if his success is any indication, his leap of faith paid off. The Los Angeles native has become the music industry's hottest new voice, thanks to the success of his explosive club smash "Tuesday" that cracked the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. The track, which got a boost after Drake released a remix of the singsong anthem, is just the latest in a long line of releases from the prolific Makonnen, introducing his refreshing sound to a whole new audience.

"I'm a not so regular person in a not so regular world and I'm just making the most of it and embracing myself," explains Makonnen (born Makonnen Sheran), who signed to Drake's OVO imprint in Sept. 2014. "I embrace what I have, and I'm going to be the best of what I have. This is my best of me, so I don't want to be the best piano player. I want to be the best Makonnen."

For more information, visit ILoveMakonnen's website at: http://ilovemakonnen.com.

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