Lil Wayne and a pair of Chainz have been finest buddies for properly over a decade. In a current sit-down, Weezy revealed that 2 Chainz was his weed vendor earlier than they began rapping collectively.
Lil Wayne Discloses That 2 Chainz Use to Be His Weed Man
On Friday (Oct. 20), Lil Wayne and a pair of Chainz hit up NBC’s The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon to carry out their newest single, “Presha.” Earlier than they hit the stage, the rap duo sat down with Jimmy to speak about their decade-long friendship. Wayne recalled assembly Deuces at a studio in Atlanta and considered him as a cool man who graduated from school and performed basketball.
“I imply, as soon as we linked up, we had been buddies from there,” he mentioned. “Simply identical sort of angle, cool, however I did not know he rapped on the time.”
So when Jimmy requested Wayne how they began rapping collectively, 2 Chainz chimed in together with his a part of the story.
“[Clears throat] Uh…Wayne wished hashish,” he acknowledged, which helped Jimmy notice that he was Weezy’s provider of weed.
“And so each time I might go to Atlanta and I wished to discuss that one factor [marijuana], I might at all times name this man [2 Chainz] to speak about that,” Wayne added.
Throughout a transaction (circa 2007), 2 Chainz informed Tunechi that he may rap and performed him the music “Duffle Bag Boy.” As soon as Wayne heard the monitor, he jumped on it instantly.
“The second he mentioned he rapped and the second I heard it, we acquired to the studio, and I did this hook for the music, ‘Duffle Bag Boy.’ And the remainder is historical past,” Wayne recalled.
Weezy and Chainz turned buddies and began collaborating on music ever since. Their bromance is so tight that Wayne was even one of the best man at 2 Chainz’s wedding ceremony.
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Lil Wayne and a pair of Chainz Are Set to Drop Their New Album Welcome 2 Collegrove
Lil Wayne and a pair of Chainz are scheduled to launch Welcome 2 Collegrove, the follow-up to their 2016 collaborative album Collegrove, on Nov. 17, which is similar day as Nicki Minaj’s first album in 5 years, Pink Friday 2, is ready to drop. The LP’s first single is “Presha.” You may pre-order the album at welcome2collegrove.com.
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Take a look at Lil Wayne and a pair of Chainz’s Interview and efficiency of “Persha” on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon beneath.
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