I can tell he don’t even think about it like that, “Man, I’m Jay-Z.” So even when Jay-Z calls you like he did before, you’re not nervous? They don’t know what I got planned for them. They need to be worried about what I got going on. You should’ve been from Newburg, then you could’ve been on that time. Why would we be nervous? They need to be worried about me. Were you nervous doing late-night television? When I first started rapping, I just hear their s–t when I write my s–t, but it don’t be like that no more. It don’t really matter and I hear my voice in my head when I put s–t together. I feel like that helps me.Ī lot of rappers don’t wanna listen to anybody else. I feel like that’s special and I like listening to artists that can do s–t like that and not just locked in one type of s–t. The music is so good, no matter where I’m at with it, I can feel it. These neighborhood b-–s be on the same type of s–t. The way he talking about his s–t, I know he’s going through his s–t with white girls, models sniffing cocaine, but the way he puts it, my business is in it. The mystery and if the interpretation is open, then I can apply it to myself. What attracts you to listen to other artists? If I heard music, I can tell if it’s a good song even outside rapping. What similarities do you see between you two? You and Jack Harlow are two different people with contrasting styles out of Louisville. Then, you came with these mixtapes and rapped about not feeling anything. You were shot five times, and you lost your mom and brother. Money’s gotta be right and I might need that coin. I knew I’ve been wrong a lot of times, so this is simple s–t. You got to know yourself and make sure you’re right. I know Quality Control was trying to bring you in, but that loyalty to Yo Gotti made you want to stay with him. A regular label, if they had a lineup like Gotti, they’d be happy with that. If it was somebody else that wasn’t with Gotti, they would be a bigger artist. That’s how you feel me way across the country and I’m in Kentucky.Ĭan you talk about wanting to work with Lil Baby and Yo Gotti on a bigger scale. A lot of rappers just look good and sound good - it’s not like that. They tell you what street music is but they not part of the streets. They make the playlists but never did nothing.
The people who tell you “this s–t is what it is” never did nothing. What street principles do you think you’ve maintained as a rapper? Lil Baby Is as 'Real as It Gets' in New Music Video, Featuring EST Geeīillboard caught up with July’s R&B/Hip-Hop Rookie of the Month discuss his breakout year, his relationship to Louisville, and Jay-Z’s influence.
This year, they collaborated on records including Baby’s “Real As It Gets” and the smoldering “5500 Degrees,” which was included on Gee’s just-released Bigger Than Life or Death project. Though Gee sided with Gotti, he and Baby remained friends. What does matter is that Gee’s story doesn’t end in heartbreak: in 2020, he landed a deal with Yo Gotti’s CMG after Lil Baby tirelessly recruited him to join Quality Control. These tragedies all occurred within a two-year span.Īnd while he wrestles with another piece of jewelry inside the studios, he pauses, and chalks up his losses succinctly: “I could still take some more, and it don’t matter.” Then, Gee, himself was shot four times during a music video shoot. The rapper lost his mother to Leukemia, and shortly after, his brother was murdered. Jay-Z, Yo Gotti and Lil Baby all professed their admiration of Gee and his lionhearted demeanor, perhaps because of his more-than-music attitude and brushes with darkness.
Gee’s balance of harrowing storytelling and Louisville bravado spoke to hustlers who fancied being their neighborhood’s street king. R&B/Hip-Hop Fresh Picks of the Week: EST Gee, YN Jay, TOBi & More
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