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Chapter 1: What challenges did Adam face during the interview with 2 Chainz?
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Chapter 2: How did 2 Chainz describe his growth and transformation?
I'm good. I'm good. One more piff, bro. You gotta do at least three, bro. Ten. Nine. Oh, my word. Eight. Seven. Six. Five. Four. Three. His glass is fogging up. Two. One. Yes, sir. Wow. Walked around and found out, huh?
It's me.
Hello and welcome to a very special episode of the Adam Friedland Show. I'm Adam Friedland. My guest this week is Grammy Award winning rapper and newly minted author 2 Chainz. I won't lie to you audience, this was one of my most challenging conversations of my entire life. Mr. Chainz was immune to my charms as an interviewer.
He deftly dodged each query as I scrambled on my back heel to find a way in. I sucked. I sucked up. I copycatted. I even tried to ingratiate myself to him via shared use of psychedelic drugs. This interview changed me, and I'm sure you'll see that. And maybe not for the better. I don't know. I'm still figuring that out. So please enjoy my conversation with 2 Chainz.
Ladies and gentlemen, his new book, The Voice in My Head is God. Everyone, please welcome 2 Chainz. I can't believe it. I cannot believe it, sir. What's up? What's up? What's up? What's up? How you doing? Nice to meet you. How you doing? I'm a big fan. I really appreciate it. Not to complain or take it. I complain a lot. But you're 6'5 already, and then you have these
Big furry Balenciaga boots on. I know, but it's giving you maybe like 6'7", 6'8", right now. Yeah, I'm 6'5", and then with these shoes on, I might be about 6'7". I think it's a little egotistical, perhaps. No, I mean, I love myself. What can I say? You grew up playing ball. Yeah, I did a little balling. Yeah, yeah.
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Chapter 3: What insights does 2 Chainz share about his upbringing in College Park?
What was your game? You were a guard? I think I was a great passer, a great playmaker. I have a really, really beautiful looking jump shot. It's pretty. What's your NBA comp? Oh, a comp for me probably would be currently in the league right now. Let me just think who was in the All-Star game.
for me step not step step he has the range I'm more of a playmaker a who are old work who think a little this in our stock and me and its owners got laying and is nasty you always the and he's also like happens to be the most the funniest guy but he has that truck thing where he's like he could be funnier than any comedian will and is You know, from Atlanta, we just have great personalities.
Did you see that clip of him meeting Obama? And it was like, I will cook you. He didn't care that it was the president? He's like, any place, any time, I will snatch your soul. Competitive nature, man. Yeah. I actually, I watched a clip of you saying you're, not that this is pertinent at all to the interview, but saying you're top five and we have an identical top five in NBA. Really?
For the NBA, yeah. What is it? Because I put Shaq and Steph in the top five. Okay. Yeah. It's Bean, Braun, MJ, Shaq and Steph. We got the same. We have the same.
Same kind of guy. Yeah.
LeBron produced an album for you. Not produce produce with me. He would have actually made the track. Yeah, I know he was executive executive produced He was like the show good night of your no, no, I'm not I'm not saying he dangled anyone from a by their ankle Anyway, I'll stop talking. No, I got some run is a great friend of my great friend of the family and I
Friend of mine as well, UTA, Clutch Sports family. It's my agency. Okay. Shut up. LeBron, he came to the crib in LA and he is a huge, like we always see him on Instagram, like playing artist music, right? Like supporting artists. And we haven't seen any of them.
basketball player to his greatness do that not jordan rest in peace being none of those people so him being the biggest basketball player in the world sitting in the back of the maybach supporting different artists music it was something that i took to i had him come over i played about i don't know over 20 30 songs and then him and i kind of narrowed down the album and that's how he was a part of my album now
There's a famous clip of that, of LeBron inventing the Deluxe album. Oh, man. You've seen the clip. I mean, you know what? During that time, people really weren't doing it. I mean, Deluxe had started and they, just like anything, they fade away, come back and all of that, so... At that time, I don't think he thought he invented it.
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Chapter 4: How has Atlanta influenced the music scene according to 2 Chainz?
He just was someone that automatically just demanded that attention, man. Very detailed from me being around him, just even talking basketball with him. I remember having a full conversation about hooping with him like after a game. So rest in peace to the GOAT. I saw that you, maybe this isn't true, but that you did AAU growing up. Mm-hmm. And did you play against Sharif Abdur-Rahim?
I know Sharif. That was, because that's a streets we'll never forget, like, guy who I think is overlooked a lot in terms of just like an absolute killer. Sharif is, he's definitely a killer. Sharif is... You know, with the G-League, he's involved with the G-League. He almost runs the G-League.
I'm not sure what his, I don't want to get his title confused or messed up, but I literally just ran into him. I was walking out the restroom. He's walking in at one of the College Park Skyhawks game in Atlanta. Like, I don't know, not even a month ago. You're an owner, right? I'm a minority owner of the Skyhawks in Atlanta, yeah.
yeah and that's your that's your neighborhood that you grew up in yeah yeah how does that feel it feels wonderful man being i don't know five miles from my high school not even i don't know maybe five yeah six miles from my high school me being from the area area the owners of the hawks um you know noticing that realizing that um involved me into something new and refreshing for the city so yeah it just you know it feels like i was at the right place at the right time
There's no reason to have a lot of money unless you have your own squad. That's my like take in life. That's what most billionaires, that's how they think. If I ever have enough money, like if you're just a billionaire and you don't have your own team, you're just, I don't know what.
I don't look at it like that, but I'm sure as a billionaire, it's something that you have to do like a subtle flex to let them know like I'm a billionaire billionaire. I really want to get into your book. Tell me about what growing up in College Park taught you and how it molded you, I guess. College Park molded me in many ways. It taught me resilience. It taught me some independence.
I did most of my adolescence growing up in College Park. I got there early ninth grade. Built a lot of relationships. I got a lot of my social bandwidth from College Park, so it just means a lot. How how did what was it like seeing Atlanta become Atlanta in terms of like national profile when it came to music?
It was like for a while like when I was younger It was pretty coastal then I remember like there was outcast and goody-mop But like prior to the like beyond that like Atlanta kind of there was no concept I think maybe little John or something or like no, yeah, you know crunk and like brought like a ludicrous maybe Yeah, Ludacris is after Outkast and Goody Mob. No, that's what I'm saying.
The only concept anyone had beyond Outkast and Goody Mob, they didn't really have a concept of music from Atlanta until you saw like Def Jam South, I would say. You had T.I., you had Jeezy, even before Organized Noise, you had Kilo. We were listening to Kilo getting ready today. Gucci, yeah. So you just...
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Chapter 5: What role does intuition play in 2 Chainz's life and decisions?
Boom. It was in Alabama, so I would ride home with somebody else because Alabama's two hours from Atlanta, and people would literally go almost dating. You know what I'm saying? It was two hours, and it was an hour behind, so you would lose an hour. That's not bad. Yeah, you know, you'll leave and then... This is a question I had when I was reading the book.
I was like, how the hell did he get the three cars up and down to Alabama? Yeah, I know you thought I took a tow truck, but I didn't. It's literally like people, it's like, how did he do this? Another rap guy lying. No, I had a Cadillac, I had a Chevy, I had an Expedition. I just want to let you know, I've really been having it like that.
division one athlete you were a rapper and i was division one in the streets too yeah so i pull up expedition with the tv and with the beat ram eddie bauer pull up with the not the eddie bauer just a regular black expedition i'm not gonna lie i didn't have an eddie bauer you know what i'm saying i had the eddie bauer had the leather mine and have leather on the inside but once again i'm in college you had the xlt i had the xlt come on man come on you know my family i had the xlt yeah i had that and i'm wham wham wham watching
You had the Firestone tires? Do you remember that the Explorer had those tires that kept exploding? No, no, no, no. Mine never exploded. No, no, no. Thank God. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then I had a, I want to say like a 93 Cadillac Sedan. It was blue, navy blue, black.
in there with the rims, with the gray leather, and then I had a, I say maroon, some people say burgundy, but I had a maroon box Chevy on rims. And on Monday, you know, Wednesday and Friday, I swapped cars, and then between Tuesdays and Thursdays, because I was staying off campus, I'm like,
but yeah yeah that was me yeah I'm Volvo Volvo Bob oh yeah yeah my cousin's I had a book not yet a sob yes I love those are nice cars yeah they did not get the bubble in the saw were like cuz we did here they are looking they were so but they sold Volvo to the Chinese now everything isn't really I'm yeah but I will get to political with your let's let's focus on the book for a second what is the thesis you want to get across like but what do you want people like to take away from this book
This is my first piece of literature that I'm putting out for the world to see and to consume. It's called The Voice in My Head is God. The book is not so much a religious book. It's about intuition. It's about me using intuition as a sixth sense.
it uh the voice in this title um it speaks to my conscience um my intuition and then when i say god it's me giving credit to someone much higher than myself me giving credit to something higher than my ego in this book i talk about how the voice in my head which is i assume is intuition i assume that it's god because they say God is inside of you and, you know, blessings come from within.
So this is just my presentation to the world. Hopefully it helps someone make decisions, helps them make decisions based on their own divine guidance. Yeah, trust your gut, basically. Bam. You get it. I mean, that's like becoming a man, basically. You get it, bro. You have one too many relationships with a girl who's like, I cheated on every boyfriend I ever had.
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Chapter 6: How does 2 Chainz define success and its impact on personal relationships?
I mean, if you want it. Okay, cool.
Okay.
I'll piff with you, dude. I'm not really... Honestly, I don't smoke weed. I just feel bad for this guy, so I still buy weed from him.
And you do what with the weed?
Because he's had a tough time. What?
What I give it to I give it to the homeless That's a good idea.
I've done that before too. I've they Said they want some another and yeah, they don't grab that didn't grab my joint and went on about the business So I've done that before you smoke like doinks and then you like you like I saw your ashtray I saw your ashtray where it's very wasteful unless you give it to the homeless I'm your roaches are like this long. I think I should start doing that though. I
Well, I mean, it's just like, I mean, you're a wealthy gentleman. I'm not going to, if you're, put a towel under the door. Jonah, put a towel. I will. Yo, can I? You don't own this building. You like you can own this building. Your parents own this building, right? No, I'm not.
my parents are I want to be so I can't live with us on your parents alright your parents also know what I am literally like them I literally got no benefits from Jewish no I'm not going to be like it's a waste of time I wouldn't never believe that I swear to God you you the only person has ever helped me out was an anti-semite named Nick Mullen work anyway so that my weed dealer his name is Ari Stern he will this just well I guess is
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Chapter 7: What stories does 2 Chainz share about his family and upbringing?
What's your, like... You're a passer? Oh, he's humble. He's humble, like his father. Yeah, yeah, right. He's not humble. He humble, but he pop it, too.
Are you good at 2K? I'll fry you immediately.
Wait, so I also... He got his game up here in the room. He ain't just like talking. He take his game everywhere. You're going to say no to this. Man, where's my lighter? Because you... Get him a lighter and put a towel. You got me listening, doing A&R and shit. We supposed to be talking about my dad.
I'm saying this guy lost his kids and he wants to make them... Man, I don't care. I got mine. Here's a song. So...
my this is this is this drop it out alright alright alright alright go ahead I'm sorry you lost a kiss I'm sorry is obvious that we dealer lost I'm sorry that we thought about it and I don't know if I should tell the stop No, tell them to keep going.
Because here's the thing, in the white community... I saw weed and I talked about... In the white community, if your drug dealer wants to become a rapper, that sounds like the worst thing ever. It sounds like he's the worst, like... Oh, see, I didn't look at it like that. You gotta hang out with him, and then he wants to play you his music, and it's just a punisher.
It looked like you started stepping back when I lit this weed up. It bothers you? I don't know, I'll pimp with you, dude. No, no, don't worry about it. I'll piff. I piffed on Saturday night. I'm getting back into it. Is that what the Jewish brothers say? No, no. New York. New York, bro. It's a dead-ass New York style. Dead-ass. Yeah, yeah. It's dead-ass New York. Dead-ass. What did you say?
I don't want you to have no part of this, okay?
We want you in the NBA, okay? They got the buckweed up here. That's what you say. They got that. I don't want you going down this path that your father and I are on. Don't want it at all. They don't want it at all.
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Chapter 8: What lessons does 2 Chainz hope readers will take from his book?
I know. I understand. I've smoked weed before. This ain't from New York. So, like, you tell a story about, like, when you first met him, right? Was it that you sold Baby to Zips? And what happened after that? No. So, yeah, I was in the studio recording and cash money. Baby and those guys were on the other side. Don't look. I don't know. You're hitting that motherfucker. I see. Go ahead.
That's right. You know what you're doing? Oh, of course. All right. So anyway, I was selling some. There you go. That's it. I just went on that punch. That good old punch. You got it. I'll be king of the jungle. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. One more, man. One more piff.
I'm good.
I'm good. One more piff, bro. You got to do at least three, bro. You can't just do like two, two, two, two chain. You got to do three. For Adam, you gotta do three for Adam.
I'm a titty boy, dude.
Yeah, come on, hit it real with me. Hold it, hold it, hold it for me. Hold it, hold it, hold it. Hold it. Ten, nine. Oh, my word. Eight, seven, six, five, four, three. His glass is fogging up. Two, one. Yes, sir. Wow. Walked around and found out, huh? I used to, I tried so hard at being a stoner.
And I took like a month off and I realized and I tried to blaze again and I realized I was like, I'm tripping on weed. Like all my, all my tolerance had gone away. And I was like, I became like a 14 year old again. What about now? How old do you feel like you are? Back to 14. You know the J-Boys, we loved Piff. The J-Boys? Jewish. That's cool to say? Yeah, you can say it. I'll give you the pass.
I'll never say it. I'll give you the pass. I ain't going for that. You can say the J-Boys. It's cool. No, we used to love to piff and then listen to rap. We put on Mitchell and Ness. We put one in the air. We put on Mitchell and Ness. It's insane. No, let's go back to it, though.
This Mitchell and Ness, when y'all put on these jerseys, like one of y'all dad be owning the team or something like that? No. I got no benefits of J. I'm telling you. I'm not going for that. What do you think I am? The Rothschilds? No, no, no. Why do you think I'm doing this? All right, all right, all right. Go ahead. So wait, let's go back to the story.
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