The unusual means 2 Chainz rose to fame

Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz has been on the scene for over a decade and has managed to realize fairly a reputation for himself over time. Across the early 2010s, the rapper (actual title Taucheed Epps) was one of many hottest new rappers out of the South and gained loads of followers via his numerous options.

2 Chainz started his profession as a part of the Atlanta hip-hop duo Playaz Circle. As a part of the duo alongside Earl “Dolla Boy” Conyers, he acquired average success, with the group even signing to Ludacris’ Disturbing Tha Peace label. Nonetheless, one among their breakthrough singles that put 2 Chainz on the map was ‘Duffle Bag Boy’ that includes Lil Wayne.

The monitor with Wayne peaked at quantity 15 on the Billboard Scorching 100. Nonetheless, 2 Chainz’s working relationship with Lil Wayne had unusual origins. In an interview on The Tonight Present with Jimmy Fallon forward of the discharge of CollegeGrove 2, Epps spoke about when he first met his collaborator, disclosing, “Uh…Wayne wanted cannabis.”

Epps then revealed to Fallon that he was Lil Wayne’s weed join in Atlanta earlier than they collaborated. In keeping with the New Orleans lyricist, Epps gave the impression to be a “laid-back guy” who graduated from school and hooped. Nonetheless, they later had a studio session collectively as soon as Wayne realised he was one of many Playaz Circle MCs.

“The moment he said he rapped and the moment I heard it, we got to the studio, and I did this hook for the song, ‘Duffle Bag Boy.’ And the rest is history! I mean, once we linked up, we were friends from there!”

The two grew to become such good mates over time that Wayne served as greatest man at 2 Chainz’s wedding ceremony in 2018. Since then, the 2 have launched two collaborative albums, CollegGrove and Welcome 2 CollegGrove.

Lil Wayne and a couple of Chainz are two of the South’s most outstanding artists, and their friendship has led to loads of nice music. The two collaborated on the 2012 monitor ‘Yuck!’ which featured on 2 Chainz’s album Based mostly On A T.R.U. Story in addition to songs like ‘Days and Days’ from Lil Wayne’s 2013 undertaking, I Am Not a Human Being II.

You possibly can hear the pair converse on their friendship within the video under.