If you’re still one of those holdouts who insists otherwise, I don’t know what to tell you. Think of Lil Wayne before 2005, or Rick Ross and Gucci Mane just a couple of years ago. Even Codeine Cowboy, the tape 2 Chainz released earlier this year didn’t much impress me its listenability mostly came from all the featured collaborators.īut we’ve seen this story in rap over and over: A talent once thought marginal keeps plugging away in the darkness, finds his voice, and achieves something like greatness. Until this year, his two biggest career achievements were probably as follows: (1) a strong verse on the excellent sole Playaz Circle hit, the Lil Wayne collab “ Duffle Bag Boy,” and (2) the fact that he survived a minor circa-2003 feud with T.I., which went down around the same time Tip was mercilessly curbstomping Lil Flip’s entire career. He’s been lingering around the periphery of various Atlanta rap-star circles for more than a decade now, as part of Ludacris’s Disturbing Tha Peace crew and half of the duo Playaz Circle, but he hasn’t had a whole lot to show for it. Until recently, there hasn’t been a whole lot of reason to pay attention to the man. The tour was sponsored by True Religion and featured stops in Chicago, Myrtle Beach, Charlotte, Atlanta, and Silver Spring, Maryland.īuy or stream “Million Dollars Worth of Game.If you think 2 Chainz has a bad rap name, please be advised that this guy spent years - years - working under the name Tity Boi. Other artists featured on the project include Meek Mill, T.I., Kreayshawn, Young Jeezy, Jadakiss, and more.Ģ Chainz also recently embarked on the T.R.U Realigion Ten Year Anniversary tour, celebrating the project he made with DJ Drama. The project features two new songs, “Wreck,” which features Big Sean, and “Sofa” with Wiz Khalifa. In November of 2021, 2 Chainz released a 10th anniversary edition of his seminal breakthrough mixtape T.R.U Realigion.

U know I ain’t been around this long w/o being a thinker and a constant student & teacher of the game…my album “DOPE DONT SELL ITSELF” drops this month & single this week Sincerely, Two Tone Toni.” It will be 2 Chainz’s first project since his critically acclaimed 2020 project, So Help Me God!, which featured contributions from Lil Wayne, Kanye West, and more. On January 4 he took to Twitter saying, “Hey how u been!? Its been a min I know, but im back with something new & exotic. Dugg, supporting his Detroit roots, rocks a Pistons jersey.ĭope Don’t Sell Itself is set to be released this month, though an exact date has yet to be confirmed. In the video, 2 Chainz and Dugg rock Balclavas and party in a massive, luxurious mansion alongside a number of lady friends.

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