Jeezy is giving T.I. his flowers — and crediting him with nothing less than saving his life. Sitting down with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson on the All The Smoke podcast, the Snowman told the story of the talk that pulled him out of the streets for good.
They met through Magic City. Back then, Jeezy was holed up at Patchwork Studios — his trap and his safe haven, gates and all — with, by his count, three to four million dollars sitting in the vocal booth while his people counted money. T.I. walked in one day, took him to the bathroom, and checked under the stalls to make sure nobody was listening.
Then he told him straight: “You can’t do both.” Jeezy admits his first thought was that Tip was trying to trick him — “You doin’ both!” But T.I. held firm: if you’re gonna make it out here, you gotta pick one.
Jeezy picked the music. Around that time he threw away his phones, walked away from the street money, humbled himself and tightened up — no more buying new cars every year.
“He saved my life, because nobody told me that,” Jeezy said. “Which is why I don’t mind sharing the wisdom and knowledge with the people that’s behind me and my generation.”
The brotherhood is still solid today — the two recently texted (both Libras, born days apart in late September), and Jeezy told him: “Let’s just celebrate this wonderful life that we created for each other.”
And the Snowman is still outside. Last night in Atlanta, Jeezy hit the stage at Mercedes-Benz Stadium for Night 3 of Usher and Chris Brown’s R&B Tour, performing on a star-packed night alongside Summer Walker, Keith Sweat, Ne-Yo and more — a full-circle Atlanta moment for the man who almost walked away from music.
Watch Jeezy’s full All The Smoke conversation below.
Source: All The Smoke podcast (@allthesmoke) with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson.
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