Kodak Black is not slowing down. The rapper dropped a brand new song and accompanying video today, titled Love Me Not, adding another chapter to what has been a relentlessly productive stretch for the Pompano Beach native. The release arrives with no announcement, no rollout — just Kodak doing what he does best, dropping heat on his own terms.
Kodak Takes the Director’s Chair on Love Me Not
What makes Love Me Not stand out from the jump is the creative control behind it. Kodak Black not only stars in the visual but also took on directing duties himself, with cinematographer Cameramanchris handling the lens and Tekarai serving as VFX editor. The video moves through late-night lifestyle moments and on-stage performance sequences — all signature Yak energy from start to finish.
Self-directed visuals are rare in hip-hop, and for Kodak to step fully behind the camera signals a deeper creative investment in how his story gets told. It is a bold move that separates Love Me Not from a standard promotional drop. Rather than handing the vision off to someone else, Kodak trusted his own instincts — and the result feels personal, unfiltered, and entirely his own. For an artist who has always operated outside conventional industry norms, taking full creative ownership feels less like a flex and more like a natural evolution.
A Career Built on Resilience
Kodak Black’s journey to this point has been anything but smooth. Born Dieuson Octave on June 11, 1997, in Pompano Beach, Florida, he started rapping in elementary school and built his reputation through a series of early mixtapes before signing with Atlantic Records.
His career has been marked by periods of mainstream success alongside serious legal troubles, including a federal weapons charge that landed him in prison in 2019 — a sentence commuted by President Donald Trump in 2021. Through every setback, Kodak kept releasing music and kept his fanbase locked in. His 2021 single Super Gremlin became a commercial resurgence, peaking at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, reminding the industry that his audience never left and his relevance never faded. Few artists have navigated that kind of turbulence and come out the other side still swinging — but Kodak has done it more than once.
From Painting Pictures to Love Me Not
His debut album Painting Pictures arrived in 2017 and debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, featuring guest appearances from Young Thug, Future, and Jeezy. His second studio album, Dying to Live, released in December 2018, shot straight to number one on the Billboard charts, powered by the massive hit ZEZE featuring Travis Scott and Offset.
His 2026 catalog already includes d00mscrvll and collaborative work on All Love, showing no signs of an artist coasting. Love Me Not lands as yet another reminder that Kodak Black operates in creative bursts — unpredictable, raw, and impossible to ignore.
Kodak Black on Tour and on the Rise
The timing of the release is no accident. Kodak has live dates lined up through spring 2026, including a Back Outside show on April 4, keeping the momentum going between new music drops. Fans catching him on the road will likely hear Love Me Not worked into the set sooner rather than later — and judging by early reactions online, the crowd response should be electric.
With no confirmed album announcement officially tied to the drop yet, Love Me Not stands as a pure, unfiltered Kodak Black moment — the kind that originally built his fanbase in the first place and continues to keep it steadily growing. If this is just a warm-up, the best may genuinely still be ahead.
