2 Chainz Speaks On Being Humble On The Road To Success

A lot of people know 2 Chainz now, but they really don't know about his long journey to success. Some don't even know that he once went by the name, "tity boi", and was in a rap group called Playaz Circle. He finally became a super star rapper at 36, after a decade long road to success. One ingredient he says he incorporated in his life was humility.


He was signed to Def Jam in his Playaz Circle days, but got dropped from the label after he didn't attain the level of success they expected. He is back with them, and says they are listening now....they are answering his calls. That made him bring up the topic of being humble...

The decision to sign with them was at least partially driven by spite. “I had a lot of leverage with them, and it felt good to come back in there and say, Hmm…you listening this time?” he says. “They answer the phone calls now.” The ability to say I told you so isn’t just central to 2 Chainz’ worldview, it seems to be the primary fuel for his grind. “If you dogged out the intern, you’re gonna feel funny once he becomes the CEO,” he says. “So I carry that with me. I say what’s up to the parking attendant on the way to a meeting. In Atlanta, a parking attendant [will one day] own a club. And he’ll charge your ass 400 dollars to walk in the mother-fucker.” For him, humility is strategic. “A lot of people didn’t 
see my vision, didn’t rock with me. They walked past me and didn’t speak, but I’d be like a female if I held grudges,” he says. “My revenge is them asking me to do a song. I charge the dog 
shit out of them.”



lol! That's a good revenge.