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ow did you find out Boyz N Da Hood were replacing you with Lil Wayne? Did they tell you ahead of time? Niggas ain’t tell me, but I don’t care, cause I’m good. They probably couldn’t reach me. I was probably on the road, doing too many shows. I don’t give a fuck about that. It was a one album deal. What, I’m supposed to be mad? I’m good. I wish niggas the best of luck, especially Duke and Gee cause those are my niggas. I fucks with them. But, at the time, you gotta understand that niggas are gonna feel the way they wanna feel. Niggas talking that shit about “Jeezy wanna be a star,” and “Jeezy wanna be in the limelight and be seen,” but it is what it is. From the outside looking in, it seemed like you and Jody kinda came up together, cause you both hooked up with Jazze Pha around the same time. I’m sayin’, I’m cool. I feel like dude is a little brother to me. He still cool, cause he don’t want this. This ain’t me getting mad or nothing, I’m just speaking my piece. Life is too good for me right now. I ain’t mad about nothing. I’m good on that, I just wanted everybody know that it wasn’t me leaving the group mad, like, fuck niggas or whatever. It was a business deal, one album. We understood. Everybody knew, and everybody was cool with that. As long as the two bosses understand, I don’t need to talk to no artist. The Boyz N Da Hood situation wasn’t beneficial enough for you financially to do a second album? I got my group USDA. I always had USDA. I been doing my own shows and shit before the Boyz N Da Hood shit jumped off. It was a business venture. They’re talking about, I wasn’t with them on the road. But I knew what it was. Nigga, I been doing shows. Nigga, you supposed to be with me. Like I said, it is what it is. Fuck it. I ain’t mad, just keep my name out your mouth. I’m a grown ass man. I ain’t finna do no rappin’ or none of that beef shit. I don’t do all that shit. If you gonna envy a nigga, envy from across the street.
you to court, saying that you’re only paying $178/month in child support. I really don’t wanna talk about that. All I’m gonna say is that I love my son very much, and my son is very well taken care of. I’m a hood nigga, so I got hood issues. My baby mama wants more money, so I’m gonna give it to her. But I want my visitation rights. That’s it, in a nutshell. The press takes it and makes it into a big thing, but it’s nothing. We doing what normal people do. She wants more money and I want visitation rights, so that’s why we’re going to court, like normal people. That’s what you have to do. I’m making more money than I used to make when I got assigned that $178/month, because back then I didn’t have a job. But I don’t want no muthafucker to misunderstand: my son is extra spoiled. So muthafuckers shouldn’t be talking about what I ain’t doing. My child is straight. His mother is straight, and she’s gonna be straighter. I can’t knock her for that. That’s what women do. I love my son very much, so he gets whatever he needs. All I want is my visitation rights and we’re straight. I’m in a bigger tax bracket now, so I gotta make sure the number is right. But if she throws out some astronomical number, that’s something you gotta go to court about... - Photo and words by Julia Beverly The rest of this interview is featured in the December issue of OZONE Magazine. Visit www.ozonemag.com for subscription information.
Have you and Jody actually had a conversation recently? Conversation? The nigga is in a magazine talkin’ about me. What am I supposed to do? I’m good. He said what he said, I said what I said. I heard that your baby’s mother is taking OZONE
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