Pusha T and Malice—collectively known as Clipse—spoke to The Hollywood Reporter recently about their critically acclaimed comeback album, Let God Sort ‘Em Out.
During the candid conversation, which dove deep into the grief following the back-to-back deaths of their parents and captured brilliantly in “The Birds Don’t Sing” featuring John Legend, King Push revealed one of his next goals—the cover of fitness magazine Men’s Health.
Now 48, his attention to exercise and diet was sparked when he found out he he was going to be a father.
“As far as physical health, I’ve said that one of my goals is to be on the cover of Men’s Health,” he said. “I’ve made that a goal. And I have a five-year-old. For me, my whole workout is rooted in him. Everything that I do is really rooted in making sure I’m able to keep up and am in just the best possible shape and health to run around and keep up with his activity with how active he is. It’s a task, but I made that decision when I had him. I was going to stay focused and stay dedicated to just eating and working out and being active.”
Malice, his older brother by five years, is also focused on maintaining physique and often shares his gym routines on Instagram. It’s an important topic considering the number of Hip-Hop legends who have died over the last few years at relatively young ages—from MF DOOM, De La Soul’s Trugoy the Dove and DJ Clark Kent to DJ Kay Slay, Living Legends’ Aesop and Kangol Kid.
Elsewhere in the interview, the Thornton brothers talked about the vindication they felt in the wake of Let God Sort ‘Em Out‘s success. The album debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and is looking at multiple Grammy nominations—all without Def Jam Recordings.
“I feel like it was vindicating in a lot of different instances,” Push said. “We knew when we had made the music that we hadn’t lost a step. It was funny to watch during the process people just second guess it. We’re very, very sacred with the music. We don’t let a lot of people in. But those that did get to reach in and peek their head inside, it’s a lot to get caught up in musically. It’s a lot of different things. It’s a lot of popularity contests. It’s a lot of different politics and barometers of greatness.”
Malice added, ” I think the beauty of it was the fact that we really have faith in the music. We really believe in what it is that we do—from the production to the lyrics and just the way that we collaborate and just putting everything together. When we see the politics and we see the back and forth and we’re not quite certain how it’s going to land—because we’ve had label dramas throughout our entire career—I had a calm because I knew when the dust settles, the music is going to get heard, and that’s when it’s our time—when the music gets heard.”
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