Lil Wayne and a pair of Chainz have been greatest buddies for effectively over a decade. In a latest sit-down, Weezy revealed that 2 Chainz was his weed supplier 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 have been buddies from there,” he stated. “Simply identical kind 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 along with his a part of the story.
“[Clears throat] Uh…Wayne needed hashish,” he said, which helped Jimmy notice that he was Weezy’s provider of weed.
“And so each time I’d go to Atlanta and I needed to discuss that one factor [marijuana], I’d at all times name this man [2 Chainz] to speak about that,” Wayne added.
Throughout a transaction (circa 2007), 2 Chainz instructed Tunechi that he may rap and performed him the music “Duffle Bag Boy.” As soon as Wayne heard the observe, he jumped on it instantly.
“The second he stated he rapped and the second I heard it, we obtained 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 grew to become buddies and began collaborating on music ever since. Their bromance is so tight that Wayne was even the perfect 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 identical day as Nicki Minaj’s first album in 5 years, Pink Friday 2, is about to drop. The LP’s first single is “Presha.” You possibly can pre-order the album at welcome2collegrove.com.
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Try Lil Wayne and a pair of Chainz’s Interview and efficiency of “Persha” on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon under.