And they basically do it because of what’s available. I’m looking at what people like and what they accept.
I was noticing a lot of the applause for the mediocrity. But yeah, if this was basketball, I’m trying to be aggressive every time. For people following this interview, I’m hypothetically speaking. If I did a song with somebody pop or somebody that doesn’t have as many bars, I would still show up but I wouldn’t embarrass the person. I could go hard and still be someone you feel on the track. Because if I did a song with Drake or Lil Wayne or Kanye, I could stand out. I only liked showing up when good people showed up. Which was probably my downfall in sports. Before I used to play according to competition. I guess I’m tired of playing with people. Whether it’s selling T-shirts, selling albums, touring or doing Most Expensivest Shit. I’ve been pretty consistent since my first album. Noisey called you “the best rapper in the world for the past two years.” Are you working harder or is everyone just catching up? He also talked pretty girls, trap music and his lyrical obsession with Benihana. He and his year-old son, Halo, had been modeling PGLTM merch for a pop-up, when 2 Chainz gently hinted, “ cover,” as in “put me on Rolling Stone‘s.” Hours later, at a studio space his manager dubbed his “man cave,” 2 Chainz repeated himself, raising his voice. His fourth LP, Pretty Girls Like Trap Music, is a funhouse mirror look at his journey from grams to Grammys.Ĭhainz spoke with Rolling Stone in Atlanta, after a photo shoot at an abandoned house painted Sherwin-Williams Jaipur Pink. the microphone, what you’ve been feeling,” he says. But for his latest, he gets autobiographical: “You’ve got to know when it’s time to tell the doctor, a.k.a. Atlanta MC 2 Chainz, who had his first hit with Playaz Circle nearly 10 years ago, has persevered by being trap-rap’s punchline king, never afraid to wield jokes that range from knee-slappers to groaners.
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