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Young jeezy album 202011/4/2022 ![]() ![]() I’m confident of who I am as a man, and I know what I’ve achieved and what I have to lose. How and why do you keep such a level head? You extended the olive branch in spite of Gucci playing “Truth,” where he raps about killing your friend and fellow rapper Pookie Loc. I was like, “You’d never ask Tupac to do this anywhere other than somewhere in Oakland, if he were still alive.” If we’re going to do this, I have to do it at Magic, because that’s where I want to celebrate my legacy. And Magic being there too made me more comfortable with what was taking place, like we were amongst family.ĭid it take a lot of convincing to Apple Music to let this stream be aired from one of the more well-known strip clubs in this country? His presence was there, he would have told me to do that show exactly the way I did. ![]() Fernando was the one who broke my records and was the one who told me to slow down and get off the streets before I was murdered. I have a history there my career was started there by Magic and DJ Nando, who was one of my great friends who was murdered. I called Magic himself and told him I’m doing this Verzuz battle and wanted to do it at Magic City. ![]() Were you involved in getting the club as the venue for the event? You’d also brought up Magic City being an important spot for your career on the stream. I didn’t have to go and play like Gucci was back and forth. I was playing for the people who love what I do. Those same classics were played at Magic City at the beginning of my career, that’s the space I was in. My approach was more about my legacy and the classics that I have. I didn’t expect him to come in otherwise. He didn’t even give me time to take off my black llama. Did you expect it get so tense so quickly? There was a lot of tension for most of the evening, and Gucci came out swinging right away, immediately starting off with a diss track. The one subject he wouldn’t address: the Verzuz after-party at Compound, where Gucci Mane encouraged anyone in the Atlanta area to come join them despite the pandemic. He spoke with Rolling Stone about squashing old beef, making albums in a political landscape, and his hope for change in a Biden-led America. Jeezy also has a talk show on Fox, and he’s re-signed with his label Def Jam, where he’s also been named a senior advisor to the chairman, a role he relishes as Def Jam and the rest of the music business continue their efforts to address long-standing inequalities for black musicians and industry workers. ![]() His 2018 album 'Pressure' went to number three on the Hip-Hop and Rap charts and number six on the 200.The night ended up being an amazing marketing opportunity for Jeezy’s new album The Recession 2 as well, with the album (the sequel to 2008’s The Recession) dropping just hours after the stream ended. He has had 57 tracks on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart with nine in the top ten and two that went to number one: 'Soul Survivor' (2005) featuring Akon and Usher's 'Love in This Club' (2008) on which he features. All seven also went to number one on the Top Rap Albums Chart and peaked at number one or number two on the Billboard 200. As Young Jeezy, his 2005 album 'Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101' went to number one on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart and he has had six other number one releases on that chart: 'The Inspiration' (2006), 'Cold Summer: The Authorised Mixtape' (2007) with U.S.D.A., 'The Recession' (2008), 'TM: 103: Hustlerz Ambition' (2012), 'The Inspiration' (2014) and 'Trap Or Die 3' (2016). Jay Wayne Jenkins, who goes by the name Jeezy and sometimes as Young Jeezy, is an American rap artist who has been associated with the groups Boyz n da Hood and United Streets Dopeboyz of America.īorn in Atlanta, Georgia he established a record label at a young age and went on to make hit singles with artists such as Kanye West, Usher, Akon and Rihanna. ![]()
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