Lil Yachty Says WWE Could Become His Full-Time Job, Admits He Is Ready To Quit His Music Career

Lil Yachty says he is ready to climb the ranks in WWE.© Instagram/@lilyachty

Lil Yachty says he wants to go full-time with WWE, even if that means never putting out another album. The rapper told Complex in a new interview that he enjoys working with the company and likes how strict the environment is. He also said it's hard to fit studio sessions around his WWE commitments, and finding enough time to finish his next project has become a real challenge. The plan, as he describes it, is simple: if he climbs WWE's ranks and gets the checks he wants, he's ready to leave music behind and keep wrestling for as long as his body allows.

“If I go full-time [in WWE], I'm trying to go full-time, I won't ever put an album out ever again. Bro, if I climb the ranks in WWE and get the checks that I want, this music sh*t can kiss me goodbye. I swear to God. I will be back flipping, getting thrown through tables, and whatever else until my body give out on me.” - Lil Yachty (@Complex)

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Lil Yachty Loves WWE's Discipline and Wants to Climb the Ranks as a Wrestler

Yachty's WWE involvement goes well past a few celebrity cameos. He started working alongside Trick Williams before WrestleMania 42, and on September 6 he got in ring against Baron Corbin at Sunday Night's Main Event.

The match had a five-minute stipulation. Yachty survived against Corbin, which earned Williams a United States Championship opportunity later that night. Williams went on to win the title.

Talking to Complex, Yachty said working in WWE needs a completely different mindset than performing his own music. He said, “No correlation. It's so much different, it's so much more militant you gotta be in WWE.”

He also described how little time wrestlers get to leave an impression during television segments. In his own music shows he controls everything, but WWE comes with strict timings, cameras and producers.

“You got a real small time in your segment to get your point across, your message across and be remembered for six more days until next Friday,” Yachty explained.

Mistakes, he admitted, can affect whether a wrestler gets another television appearance the following week. But he genuinely enjoys that kind of discipline.

Lil Yachty Says WWE Could Become His Main Career as His Next Album Gets Delayed

The WWE schedule is already cutting into his music. Yachty revealed he has hundreds of recorded songs, but he hasn't found enough time to turn them into a finished album.

“It's difficult, man. You got a lot of s**t going on. You got wrestling, that's every week. SmackDown's every Friday, you know? Kid, you know? Just everything under the sun,” he said.

Finishing an album takes days or even weeks of uninterrupted studio time, he explained, and his current schedule doesn't allow that. His priorities could shift even more if WWE offers the career opportunities and financial rewards he wants.

“If I go full-time, I'm trying to go full-time, I won't ever put an album out ever again,” Yachty said.