2 Chainz as soon as handed on a life-changing assembly with Jay-Z and Jermaine Dupri as a result of he could not convey a good friend with him.
Throughout a dialog with Shannon Sharpe on a brand new episode of Membership Shay Shay, Chainz recalled when Dupri gave him a hoop to have a gathering with him and Jay in 2011.
Dupri (*2*), saying that he and Jay needed to signal 2 Chainz to a document deal, however the Atlanta native turned them down, saying the music trade is “a younger man’s sport.”
In accordance with 2 Chainz, he by no means really mentioned the “younger man’s sport” line. In his telling, the rationale the assembly did not occur was that he needed to convey his trusted good friend and DJ, however wasn’t allowed.
“I get the decision round, possibly 2011, from JD. I used to be saying, ‘Do you thoughts if I convey my accomplice?’ And he [was] like, ‘Nah, you do not want no person with you.’ […]They have been sending me a jet, however I did not get on the jet as a result of they would not let me convey my dawg.”
The Grammy-nominated rapper added that he nonetheless thinks about what might have been if he took that assembly.
“I at all times surprise what would occur,” mentioned 2 Chainz. “I undoubtedly needed to get on the flight, however I at all times needed to be loyal.”
Dupri spoke about his reminiscence of the state of affairs throughout his look on the I Am Athlete podcast, explaining that what he remembered as 2 Chainz’s response took him without warning.
“It is loopy as a result of I used to be in Jay-Z’s workplace at some point,” mentioned Dupri. “I name 2 Chainz, I am like ‘Yo, me and Hov wanna signal you.’ He mentioned, ‘OG, respectfully, it is a younger man’s sport.’ And I mentioned… ‘You do know who you are speaking to, proper?'”
He added, “So when someone say that to me, I am looking for out the place they acquired that from. As a result of the one two profitable teenage ni**as to ever come out in hip-hop got here from me. Bow Wow got here ten years after Kris Kross, and he was the identical age. He was 12. After I put them out, they was 11 and 12.”
