2 Chainz talks NEW BOOK, Atlanta's hip hop legacy & WILD Jay-Z story

Summary

Joe and Jada Podcast — "2 Chainz talks NEW BOOK, Atlanta's hip hop legacy & WILD Jay-Z story"

Original Air Date: March 17, 2026
Hosts: Fat Joe (Joe Crack the Dawn) & Jadakiss (Jada)
Guest: 2 Chainz, plus appearances from 2 Chainz’s mother and G. Dep.

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Episode Overview

This engaging episode brings Atlanta rap legend 2 Chainz to the Joe and Jada Show for a deep-dive into his new book ("The Voice In My Head Is God"), his journey in the music industry, Atlanta’s hip hop culture, the importance of intuition, and behind-the-scenes stories with Jay-Z, Kanye West, and more. The conversation is candid, humorous, and full of gems, with warm involvement from 2 Chainz’s mother and a surprise appearance by G. Dep.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

2 Chainz's Atlanta Roots and Journey in Hip Hop

[04:18 - 06:53]

• 2 Chainz reflects on watching Atlanta’s musical evolution: from bass-driven and dance eras to trap, and how each left a mark on today’s music.

• Adaptation & Resilience:

  • "Being able to adapt is like an advantage coming from Atlanta. Once you leave the city, you’re able to take those skills to every room. That’s the energy that I’m always holding on to.” (2 Chainz, 05:23)

• Unity in Atlanta:

  • Joe observes Atlanta’s famed industry unity.
  • 2 Chainz highlights Atlanta’s collaborative spirit, both in music and business: “We’re open to sharing LLCs or share a mic booth. Music is just an extension of the energy that the city has.” (2 Chainz, 06:53)

Glow-Up After “Duffle Bag Boyz” and Lessons in Humility

[07:35 - 09:36]

• 2 Chainz credits self-motivation as his driving force.
• Early arrogance transitioned into humility: “Once I got in the game, I started to. I became more humble because I saw…the arrogant on the way up, they rub people the wrong way.” (2 Chainz, 07:50)

The Book: "The Voice in My Head Is God"

[09:36 - 16:07]

• Origins & Meaning:
  • 2 Chainz explains the book is about intuition and listening to your inner voice: “If you ever said ‘something told me…’—that something is it. That something is God.” (2 Chainz, 09:49)
• He calls it his “internal compass,” attributing much of his success to following it.
• Faith and Growth:
  • “You have to live long enough…you couldn’t write this book at 20 or 30. You have to have experience.” (2 Chainz, 13:17)
• Legacy & Purpose:
  • “Legacy…leaving something behind, some type of literature that’s not just an autobiography…something that speaks to an audience outside of hip hop as well.” (2 Chainz, 14:21)

Family, Roots, Breaking the Cycle

[30:12 - 35:03]

• 2 Chainz’s mother shares stories from his childhood: first to attend an all-white private school in Lagrange, self-sufficiency, and early signs of ambition.

• “He’s smart, he’s caring, he’s compassionate. The only child, and he’s kind of been self-sufficient even at birth.” (2 Chainz’s mother, 31:34)

• Discussion about being the first in the family to achieve certain milestones (wealth, entrepreneurship): “Eventually, you give birth to something that breaks whatever curse… the first entrepreneur, maybe the first millionaire.” (2 Chainz, 33:46)

• 2 Chainz’s pride in being a family man, sending his daughter to college, parenting:

  • “This is like my little Brady Bunch for real.” (2 Chainz, 35:55)

Reflections on Struggle & Gratitude

[21:39 - 24:34]

• Joe and 2 Chainz recount their upbringings (not having much, appreciating small wins).
• Joe’s emotional gratitude about his journey: “I walk around my house and I look at the light bulb…we got these light bulbs, this shit crazy, you believe we got this light bulb?” (Joe, 22:20)
• 2 Chainz humorously notes why his book isn’t a typical rapper autobiography:
  • “I ain’t wanna compete with the struggle, like, how bad it was.” (2 Chainz, 23:04)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

On Intuition

• “The voice is my conscience. Intuition, gut feeling. Something told me to get outta here—it’s time to go. I’m one of those people. I really just roll when it’s time to go.” (2 Chainz, 10:07)
• “You gotta kind of have faith…because it comes before trauma, ego, fear…you can’t see what it’s trying to show you.” (2 Chainz, 11:30)

Humble Brags, Fashion & Influence

[19:16 - 20:26]

• 2 Chainz claims influence over ballplayer fashion:

  • “I feel like I’m the reason why brands start making shit for hoopers…they see me, a true 6'5", NBA point guard size, having it on.” (2 Chainz, 19:16)

• Joe and 2 Chainz roast each other about style, pride, and always going the extra mile for quality.

The "Jay-Z Three-Way" & Loyalty Moment

[40:42 - 44:23]

• 2 Chainz addresses rumors about turning down a Jay-Z meeting:
  • Clarifies the situation was a miscommunication; it was about loyalty to his friend/manager, not just a DJ: “My moral compass was just saying I ain’t want to leave dawg…once you get your internal team together, things can flourish. At that time my compass said not to go.” (2 Chainz, 43:29)
• Lesson: Sometimes following your code means passing up big opportunities—but it’s about staying true to your people.

On Working with Kanye & G.O.O.D. Music

[45:22 - 47:02]

• 2 Chainz joined Kanye’s team by “being so piped up, they called me.”
• Describing his process: “I call it Benny Hanna’s—cooking in front of everybody, the choo choo train, shrimp in niggas’ mouths…I love it. I’m prepared, I’m bootstrapped, and ready.” (2 Chainz, 46:12)

Community, Children, and Evolution

[36:28 - 37:16]

• 2 Chainz on fatherhood: “This is like my little Brady Bunch, for real.”
• On generational progress: “We’re doing a great job of not letting it (struggle) happen again, moving forward.”

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Important Timestamps

• 00:00 – 02:24: [Commercials; skip]
• 02:24: 2 Chainz joins, warm welcomes, Atlanta talk.
• 05:23 – 06:53: Atlanta hip hop legacy, unity, and collaboration.
• 07:35 – 09:36: Post-Duffle Bag Boyz grind, motivation, humility.
• 09:36 – 16:07: Discussion of the book, intuition, voice of God.
• 21:39 – 24:34: Stories on struggle, gratitude, and the difference between struggle stories.
• 30:12: 2 Chainz’s mother joins, shares childhood memories and thoughts on ambition.
• 33:46: Philosophizing on breaking family cycles, being the first to reach new milestones.
• 35:00 – 37:16: Parenting, legacy, and evolution.
• 40:42 – 44:23: The “Jay-Z story”—clarifying rumors, loyalty, and team ethics.
• 45:22 – 47:02: Collaborating with Kanye and G.O.O.D. Music—high standards and creative process.
• 48:22: G Dep joins for a quick segment about hip hop lineage and prison re-entry.
• 53:07: Closing thoughts, book recommendation, praise for 2 Chainz's achievements.

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Memorable Moments

• 2 Chainz’s mom on his uniqueness:

  • “He was different then. He’s smart, he’s caring, he’s compassionate…been self-sufficient even at birth.” (2 Chainz’s mother, 31:34)

• On today's success:

  • “I walk around my house and look at the light bulb…like, yo, we ain’t have nothing.” (Joe, 22:20)

• On collaboration and growth:

  • “I think eventually, you give birth to something that breaks whatever curse that came before… I think that’s in everybody’s family.” (2 Chainz, 33:46)

• On the new book/audio version:

  • “If you’re not a reader, I did my audio book in my words. It’s fire…I got production, scoring. When I’m reading certain parts, you get to hear the scene in the background.” (2 Chainz, 38:11)

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Conclusion

This episode is a heartfelt, action-packed, and often hilarious conversation reflecting on hip hop culture, Atlanta’s influence, generational progress, intuition, loyalty, and self-belief. 2 Chainz offers both wisdom and authenticity, sharing not just success stories, but the inner mechanics behind his decision-making and personal evolution. The inclusion of his mother and G. Dep adds family warmth and raw hip hop nostalgia, making this a must-listen (or must-read) for any fan of the genre—or those seeking a lesson in ambition and authenticity.

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Key Quote:

“The voice in my head is God... That something is it. I done listened to this voice…and when I listen, it’s just been…success. I have this compass that helps me make decisions daily—from business to what I’m aware. Everything, bro.” (2 Chainz, 09:49 - 12:34)

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Recommended Action:
Check out 2 Chainz’s new book, "The Voice In My Head Is God," available in print and a specially-produced audiobook.

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[2 Chainz]

It's right here. Something told me, something told me to come to the joint and say when I come to New York, I got to figure out a way to come rock with Joe and Jada Cadiz, my guy.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Yo, what up y'? All? This is Joe Crack the Dawn. This is your boy Jada.

[Jada]

You know what it is? The Joe and Jada Show. Every show legendary. Every show iconic power. And you see my man got the links on we crush.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Daniel lover. I got my brother Nadine in the building. I'm gonna bring Nadine in. Like two today's roll out.

[Jada]

Today's guest. When you think of today's guest, you gotta think of the south, you know what I mean? You gotta think of Atlanta, you gotta think of bars, you gotta think of swag, you gotta think of basketball, you gotta think of very family orientated. Even got Mama Love in the building. You gotta think of great businessman. Gotta think of somebody that does stuff for the community. Annually, yearly, daily, you gotta think of someone who was able to overcome adversity. He came in as a member of group, bought himself out of his contract, came back solo, duct taped himself to a rocket ship and took over the world. Ladies and gentlemen, make some noise for my brother.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Two chance, two chains.

[2 Chainz]

What's up, player?

[Jada]

What's up, my brother?

[2 Chainz]

How y', all, man? What's good? I'm happy to be on here.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Atlanta, the A.

[2 Chainz]

That's right, man.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Man, that is so prestigious to me. I tell him every time, every time I go to Atlanta, I feel like home, you know, restaurants and. You a legend, huh?

[Jada]

I thought you was going to say the restaurants.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

I love everything about the A. I love everything about the A.

[Jada]

And the fact that you didn't buy a house there back in the day

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

when I was supposed to, I was supposed to buy a house. Like, I was like, Miami, Atlanta. I'm saying I was in Miami 23 for I ain't have it. Like, maybe I did. I wasn't. Listen, I'm a ghetto dude with some money, you know what I'm saying? I take baby steps, you know what I'm saying? Sometimes I was pulling the trigger, sometimes I wasn't. But I love Atlanta. You're a major fixture in Atlanta. What's it like coming from Atlanta from day one? How many years you been rapping now and in your career? You've seen so many people blow up from Atlanta or before you. What's that like being from there?

[2 Chainz]

Just being from the city? I was able to see it evolve, go through many eras, go through heavy bass driven, heavy, maybe dance driven to the trap to, you know, all the different eras, but they all still very much remain in today's music, parts of it, like DNA from it. And just having Atlanta as your landscape coming up, I think builds resilience and also gives you discipline. And you gotta be able to adapt. You know what I'm saying coming from Atlanta, like it's just any given day, these situations have changed. So I think adapt building. What am I trying to say? Being able to adapt is like an advantage coming from Atlanta. You know, once you leave the city, you're able to take those, the skill sets that you learned in the city and just apply to every room I know I have. So every room I'm in is still like Atlantis there with me. That's the energy that I'm always holding on to.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

We not from there. So we always. I've always seen unity in Atlanta. That's how I've always felt. I always felt like these guys stick together, they push each other, they work with each other, they support each other. Tell me about the unity coming up in Atlanta. You know, what's that about?

[2 Chainz]

Collaborating is, is always like a good idea in the city. Not just in music, but in business too. I think we're all open to working together in some sort of way. And that removes a lot of the pocket watching and the jealousy that you would see in other areas because of the fact that we are Open to share LLCs or share a mic booth. So, you know, music is just an extension of the energy that the city has as far as working together and being, you know, being collaborative.

[Jada]

How do you feel after Duffel Bag Boys, for those that don't know how long you've been on the Grizzly doing your one, two, it seemed like right after that the elevator was stuck on the up.

[2 Chainz]

Yeah, man, just, man, my commitment and my resilience, man, I'm self motivated, you know, like you can't, you can't buy the motivation. You can't buy ambition, you know what I'm saying? So through my self evaluation, man, I get up and I just got that energy like I'm him and I can just reach heights. And early on I was one of those that was arrogant. Before I got in the game, I used to look at everybody in the game, look at all my peers and be like, I can get with this person. I can get with this person. As soon as I got in the game, I started to. I became more humble because I saw like the arrogant people, how their energy, how it kind of played out over time. Like the arrogant on the way up, they rub people the wrong way. And then on the way down, people don't care much about them because they remember how you made them feel. And so I kind of dim my arrogance once I got in the game, but it's still very much internal, you know what I mean? And when I got in, I just had so much to prove to not just everybody else, but to myself, you

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[2 Chainz]

I just. I ask people all the time, like, you knew you was gonna be this, like, people. That's an issue. Like, when did you know you was gonna be a rapper? Cause I felt like I was gonna be something. I always knew I was gonna be something, you know what I mean? And I always knew I was gonna be successful. And that's kind of like what some of my book is indicating. Like, I got this inner monologue. I got this divine guidance that navigate. It's like my navigation. It just leads me to success, man.

[Jada]

Speaking on the book, the voice in my head is God.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Yeah, What a title.

[Jada]

The title was amazing. I think that was captivating.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Could you hear God?

[2 Chainz]

Well, that's what I'm trying to tell you. If you ever said something told me, you know, since something told me to call, my man's up here to get this. Whatever Something told me to this guy wasn't good. Something told me or something.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Something told me a million times.

[2 Chainz]

That's it. That something is it. I did it. I'm the guinea pig for this. I done listen to this. But when I ain't listening, I done had different outcomes. When I listened, I just been. You know what I'm saying? It's just been like. And it's. The thing is, it's not like a loud voice, but it's clear. It's telling you, man, Joe, stay your ass in the house. It's saying, hey, kids, man, don't even answer the phone. Or make sure you answer the phone. You know what I'm saying? You missed that call. Your homie text you from prison? Man, this such and such, man. Something told me I don't answer calls. I don't, man. Something told me I should have answered the call, you know, I done missed my. Whatever that is. So I'm in the book, just using examples of how that is God. The title, the voice is my conscience. Intuition, Think, intuition, gut feeling. You know what I'm saying? Good feeling. Something told me to get out of here. Something. It's time to go. I'm one of those people that just lead places. I'm really one of those people. I'm rolling. It's time to go. Just something just tell me it's time to go. Like, it don't mean somebody finna shoot up the face. It just be like. But it just mean, like, give a fuck.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Yeah, shoot up the play.

[2 Chainz]

So when I'm putting Something out to the world. This is like, something for my community to try to tell a player. Like, it's okay to, like, hush down the noise and listen to that voice and actually believe it. Like, the voice is, like, it warns you before. I mean, it comes before trauma, ego, fear, any of that stuff, right? But you can't see what it's trying to. So you gotta kind of have faith on, like, whatever it's trying to tell you, right? Cause it's like, hey, I'm telling you, keep straight. But you don't know why it's telling you to keep straight instead of turning left. You know what I mean? And I'm really. I tell you, I have this voice and this. I almost feel like, man, people ask me, like, bro, you always coming up with something. How you come up with this stuff? Like, nah, I'm just gonna tell people in the book. Like, this is really how I've been operating so long. It's almost like a secret. It's not a secret, but this is how I've been moving. Whether you believe it operating those terms or not, But I have this compass, this internal compass that helps me make decisions daily. From business decisions to what I'm aware. Everything, bro.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

You know when. When it happens to me? Well, for years, I didn't know God was sending me messages and stuff like that. And then once I noticed that whenever I can't sleep, because I can sleep anywhere, shit will be. I'm sleeping when I can't sleep now I know I've been through it enough that now I be like, all right, God, what you trying to tell me?

[2 Chainz]

Yeah.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

So I start thinking of everything, and then that's how I come up with, like a. Whether it's business, life, family, whatever. When I can't sleep now, I'll be like, all right, what you trying to say? Cause you know I know I can't sleep. Cause you trying to let me know

[2 Chainz]

something, and then you going over with yourself internally, you know what I'm saying? And I think that's just the message I'm trying to put out. Like, you have to have experience. You have to go through life to know, like, this means something. You have to not sleep for so many nights before you realize, like, this is God trying to speak to me. So that's what this book. You have to. I couldn't have wrote this book when I was 20, 30. You have to live long enough, right?

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Yeah. Yeah. Let me ask one more question, people. So selfish, right? What made you share this in your book with the world? And that people know what you know. What's your secret to success, your drive to success? What made you share it with the world? Because a lot of people. I'll tell you my story about it. KISS heard it a hundred times. But I'll tell you my flip side of the story. But get. But, but, but what made you say, yo, I'm gonna share this with the world?

[2 Chainz]

I think legacy, leaving something behind, some type of literature that's not just an autobiography or anything like that. Like something real that has substance, something that shows growth and evolution, something that speaks to an audience outside of hip hop as well. When you speak about intuition, this ain't just about no bars or about what after parties show up to. This is bigger than that. So when I talk about intuition, I talk about it like it's like a sixth sense. It's a real superpower for me. Like, you know what I'm saying? I'm not going back and forth with something that's inside of me. They telling you this whole time, boy, God is in you. God is the blessing coming from within. You done got all these hints as

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

you're saying, what a mirror, what a mirror near is. It's the God in me that I reckon it's the God. It's the God in me. That's what I keep hearing.

[2 Chainz's Mother]

Mary.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Mary, yeah, it's the God in me.

[2 Chainz]

It's crazy.

[Jada]

I was reading some excerpt from the book and I seen you saying, 2012 all star. You already felt like him before you got in the gym. But once you got in there, you got the love was in abundance. And you went to your seat, which was a little couple 20 rolls up and you're like, screw that, man. I'm gonna work my way down courtside and just got more love for Mary and people like that. So I understand that intuition, that confidence.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

So you said one day I'm gonna get there. Or you just went down there?

[Jada]

No, he had tickets.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

I was up when you wasn't squeezing. I sat next to you with three or four.

[2 Chainz]

Me and you, I done squeezed between. I done done all type of stuff before. This is really what happened.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

You're your son, Mama.

[2 Chainz]

Listen, bro, I went to All Star.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

He's a funny dude. I hung out with him at All Star. Listen, things he be saying in there.

[2 Chainz]

Listen, I went to the All Star one year and one of my homies disrespecting a young lady that worked for the.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

That's all you need?

[2 Chainz]

Yes. You know what I mean? So you know that trinkled down to me. So what connection I used to have was almost like I had to start figuring things out on my own. But I really love the game. I really love basketball so much that I go and just figure it out. So this is one time I went, I'm up. And, you know, you just know you don't even supposed to be up here. Like, I know, like, it ain't like I'm being ambitious. I either done sold some weed to some of these rappers, or I actually done verses and songs with them. Boy, I done just got up, you know, security be. Let me get you. Let me get you. I tell everybody if you act like you supposed to be there, them folks. Hey, man, you get to looking at them folks like they trying you. They disrespecting you, asking for some, you know, credential or laminate. Boy, I get the walking and do what you do. You don't be looking them all in the eyes and face. You just. You know what I'm saying? Cause, see, this is my other take. Anytime you ride and you see 12, you look twill right in the eyes.

[Jada]

You finished.

[2 Chainz]

You about to get whipped over, man.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Well, if you don't look at them, they'll pull you over, too.

[2 Chainz]

No, no, no, no. If you don't. When you're not a criminal. You don't care about the police, bro. You don't care. Only people that's crim. We the only one do all kind of old little shit that they trying. I'm telling you right up on.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

I'm telling you motherfuckers look in the mirror and all that shit.

[2 Chainz]

That's why you don't post to listen, man. You pose to not even stun them, man. So that's how I am with. With knowing I'm supposed to be somewhere I ain't. I'm just. So. I'm just turning business. But yeah, those.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Those got Nadine in the building at Daniel's level. Come here, Nadine, man. The man, the man up here. I'm just. No, no, no, we got it. But I mean, you know, go to that store.

[2 Chainz]

Well, he got a plug. He got. He got to plug his plug. The infamous Daniels for your ass coming out here. If I said I'm gonna need something go over there. That's a long time from the Rick. Y' all crossing all crossing all cross. Crossing all my paths. I'mma need that in a Tony size. You dig what I'm saying?

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Get him.

[Jada]

I already worked with him before, but I'm coming on.

[2 Chainz]

And you keep talking about before past 10. This ain't about E.B. hey, listen, with his height, she gonna be playing. She gonna be player. You know it. I don't have to do much, but with that height.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

He over here. Yeah, I'm sitting with him, all star. And he talking shit about the basketball players. Yeah, you asked him Versace shit. Only Kanye wore some shit. You was like, you see this Versace shit. Joe the motherfucker, seven foot. They wish they had this Versace shit.

[2 Chainz]

I'm gonna tell you. No, no, no. Let me become clean. I feel like I'm the reason why brands start making shit for Hoopers hoop. Niggas used to see me and be like, hey, Charlotte, what size shoe you wear? Cause I'm having on something just. You know what I'm saying? I'm having on, and they see me. I'm a real true 6, 5. I'm an NBA point guard size. You get what I'm saying? So when they see me having it on, I believe. It is my belief that early on when they started caring about dressing, they didn't used to care about dressing, bro. Basketball players didn't used to care about dressing. But, like, you see somebody tall, like, can put it on. You know what I mean?

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Then I think, no, you super tall guys, you all talk the same shit. Cause Dre from Cool and Dream, he be like, you know, six, seven, I jump out the Rolls Royce, they think, you know, they automatically know I'm a ball player. I'm like, yo, J, they always got that same monologue, man. Let me tell you something, yo, two J's. You bugged out. But I thought I was the only one that thought shit like that in my head. Like, when I wear that shit, I'd be like, yo, I got him. But you were speaking it out loud. The voice in you was out loud.

[2 Chainz]

Well, sometimes that's when they get to say, man, you must be. You got imaginary friends you. You talking to. So that's when they get like that. But for the most part, most part, Joe, you care too much not to talk to yourself and your. You really give a fuck about your appearance. So I know in your head you like, oh, yeah, I'm go pink on him.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Yeah, I'm the witness. I'm coming to kill him.

[2 Chainz]

I'm going. I'm still here.

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Absolutely right for him. Every little detail. Even the coat that he's wearing, he chose the zipper. We had to find this zipper and this slider. He was so specific about how it should time out.

[2 Chainz]

What's the first thing I say when I seen the coat? What's the first thing I said about the coat?

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Zipper. I know you talked about the zipper.

[2 Chainz]

Yeah.

[Jada]

Defending the zippers.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Can't buy a super expensive coat and have a cheap zipper on your shit. Gotta be quality.

[2 Chainz]

No, no, no, no.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

You know what I mean? That's the whole boy. You can't wear fucking links in the shoes. Whole team running, trying to find this. I ain't gotta be like this and all that shit. You people try to cut corners, man, and, and, and do like cheap. I'm not. Listen, I ain't into the cheap, man.

[2 Chainz]

You ain't in the current corners.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

You know, I ain't had. You know what I'm saying? I don't want to curse too much in front of your mom's is off the camera, but I didn't have nothing. So I tell these guys all the time, I had nothing. I was a bum. I had nothing.

[2 Chainz]

He said, what's wrong?

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

When I was a little kid running around in elementary, the teachers was looking at me like, yo, this nigga going to jail. He dying.

[2 Chainz]

Cause what's wrong? You heard this one before?

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

No, you heard this one?

[2 Chainz]

It's a rerun. Every show, it's a rerun. This the repeat.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

So that's why that you never forget when you came.

[2 Chainz]

You never forget.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

No, I don't, I don't. I don't.

[Jada]

I wake up, you could buy your projects now.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

I walk around my house and I look at the light bulb. Mom, I look at the light bulb and like, yo, we got these light bulbs. This shit crazy. You believe we got this light bulb? Like, yo, we ain't had nothing. You ain't trying to guess he didn't have the light bulb? Nah. I think I'm gonna do ancestry.com just to really, really bring out the proof of how we ain't have shit for like 3, 400 years. I'mma bust out the whole generation.

[2 Chainz]

By the way.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

By the way, J, yo, cousin Tito wasn't shit. Cousin Pablo wasn't shit.

[2 Chainz]

Yo, listen, listen, listen, Auntie Miriam. Listen, listen, listen. This why I ain't do no cousin Miriam.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

I love you.

[2 Chainz]

I'm sorry. This why my book not an autobiography? Because rappers gonna go 300 years to let you know how bad it was for him. I ain't wanna compete with the struggle like, how bad it was. I ain't wanna compete with another. You read another, man. You had a bad. You read bruh. Shit. Bruh said he slept in a light bulbs yeah, he didn't even have light bulbs. Like, who gonna beat that? Like I tell you my struggle. And then Joe say we got the light switch, we got the crib with no light bulb. But we ain't got no light bulb. But all if we had the light bulbs, we have light, we'd be good.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

You know, I went to my apartment in the projects. And I'm gonna be honest with you. Rest in peace. My dad, I cannot believe that he stood for that shit. I just. And my father's always been a hard worker. He probably was just too scared to buy a house or some shit like that when he died, left me a couple of dollars. My father's not no bum. But I just couldn't believe when I went there, yo, how he went for this shit, how he had his kids in here, how he had his fucking wife in here. This was some bullshit. Even if I was fucked up and I was a baker mechanic, I'd have got my ass out of that shit.

[2 Chainz]

If you don't know nothing like as

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

a grown man as a kid, I ain't know no better. I'm looking at this shit.

[2 Chainz]

He don't know. You only hear what you saying when

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

I got grown, that I said, no,

[Jada]

man, you don't wanted your pops to

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

have your frame of mind.

[Jada]

Now back then with the money that was.

[2 Chainz]

You got to think about it. Yeah, it's like that, bro. What he can do.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Yeah, that crazy though. I can't do it.

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[2 Chainz]

My mama told me all the time, like, she don't know where I got this thinking from, like why I want a big house. She said, like when she was young, like people around her, like having wanting a trailer was like a thing. Your own trailer was a big thing.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

So for some mama, I'm not gonna lie, I need you here. Mama, come here for a sec, please. She gotta sit right there. Give her the. They want you out here closer to me. She'll be better. Right here's the only second mother we got. Allen Iverson's mother was the first one. Two James Margs, second mike.

[2 Chainz]

Baby, come on here, baby.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Mama got that shit on too. Let me tell you something.

[2 Chainz]

Mama got the full length. Hey, hey, hey, hey. My dog Nadine, you see her come in with the full length mink motherfucker. Now we gonna need a different color, the same length for her.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Yes, sir.

[2 Chainz]

Yes, sir. No problem.

[Jada]

You heard him.

[2 Chainz]

Now you don't lie to Women now he look good. Stand up.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

No, he don't. He's an honorable man.

[2 Chainz]

Mama, mama.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Say he got a big slother, the biggest in the game. Mama, mama. You go back how many years do you, how many years can you go back in your family? Like could you think as far as your grandfather to your great.

[2 Chainz]

Can you go to your great grandfather?

[2 Chainz's Mother]

I can go to my grandmother and grandfather.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

So you go back to your grandfather?

[2 Chainz's Mother]

Yeah, my grandfather.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Anybody thought like your son?

[2 Chainz's Mother]

No, no. He was different then. He's smart, he's caring, he's compassionate. And he being the only child and I really didn't want any children, to be honest. And then I thought, well, I want to see what my offspring would be like. So I did conceive and had him, didn't want anymore. And he's kind of been self sufficient even at birth, you know, he was no problems. He was the first kid to go to the all white private school in lagrange at the age of four on account of his birthday came in September and back then we went to school in August. But your birthday, your birthday came after registration. So we're trying to leave you behind. If we had left you there so we had to move you to the private school so you could stay ahead and he's been like as long as he had the good old boy guitar and the games, Pac man games that he had and his tricycle that he didn't want to give up or a bicycle, he didn't want that. And he had a father. His father was very nurturing and trainable. He, you know, taught him a lot at an early age, like trying to have him drive at. How were you driving over the projects, driving the car. And he's just been, he's smart. I love him.

[2 Chainz]

Okay, mom, we did. You did good.

[Jada]

You did.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Because I like, you know, when I look at guys like 2 Chainz and Kiss and me and stuff like that, yeah, we might have had great families, great upbringings or whatever the case, but there's something in the mentality of entrepreneurs, you know, go getters won't stop at nothing, you know, and we talking about this family lineage and you was right there. So I said, yo, let me ask it if. Because you know, they think I'm bugging out when I be like, yo, I could think back into my family as far as I could go, wasn't nobody really thinking like me, you know, so it was like, I'm trying to figure this out, like the DNA of an artist or something, right?

[2 Chainz]

Or it's Evolution, man. It's evolution. And it's inevitable for hopefully, your bloodline to grow into something. You know what I mean? And it takes your ancestors to build you up to that. But I think eventually, you give birth to something that breaks whatever curse that came before that, you know what I'm saying? That becomes the first entrepreneur. Well, I'm not the first entrepreneur, but the first maybe millionaire or whatever that is, you know, I think that's in everybody's family, man. Everybody. It was only a small amount of people that never struggled. Like, I just know we all were a part of the struggle. Like, I just know we all were. You know what I mean? And. But we're doing a great job of not letting. Not letting it happen again, like, moving forward. I know we all have kids that we just pour so much into, you know what I mean? Like, for a fact, everybody on here. You know what I'm saying? We just. Everybody know we care about our kids, brother. It's just like.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

So, Mama, what are you most proud of your son?

[2 Chainz's Mother]

The family man that he is.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

He's a good father.

[Jada]

Congratulations to your daughter, too. She just got accepted, right, too?

[2 Chainz]

Yeah, my daughter's headed to college. Yep. She on a senior trip right now, man, and I just need you to come home because they went to Mexico, and I did not want her to go to Mexico. I did not want her to go to Mexico. But, you know, sometimes the media be. Cause she having fun. She ain't thinking a bit about what's going on over. You know what I mean? But I'm just like. I'm just being that parent that's like, man, all right, you straight? Everything cool. But they having a good time. Then I got. I have a middle. I have three kids. My middle child is 13. She about to be in high school. And then, like, a lot of people know my son Halo. Cause we got a podcast together, and he's 10 years old, and that's who I'm. That's it, man. This is like my little. My little Brady Bunch for real.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

The little tribe. I'm the same way with my daughter. You know what I'm saying? Product I ain't plugging in. She got a podcast called as if y' all want to check her out on YouTube. But I'm the same way. And I've been, like, looking at the house. I've been thinking, like, ahead. I've been like, yo, one day this girl gonna get married. Like, she not gonna be here forever. You know what I'm saying? That's crazy. When you think about that, you know what I'm saying? Cause you like, yo, she gonna leave one day. Like, that shit crazy. Like, House won't be the same without House.

[2 Chainz]

Won't be the same without the kids. But, you know, I think we all. You know, you've heard that there's no manual to teach you how to be a parent, but I think we all did the best we could with what we had. And, you know, I know my mom did an amazing job with me being a single mother, coming from that household, you know what I'm saying? Being jointed by the hip. You know what I mean? You know what I'm saying? Just staying down. If she just knows that I'm an ambitious person, and I got that hustle, I got that grit, and it's just really unexplainable. It's like, for real, like, being, like. It's like being raised by wolves. Just know how to. I keep saying it. Just gotta know how to adapt, man. And I think that's one of my superpowers.

[Jada]

You doing a book tour for the book?

[2 Chainz]

Yeah, I'm doing a book tour. I've been in New York a couple of days, running around, dropping some gems about why now. You know what I'm saying? And what's the book about? You know what I mean? And even this right here, it's just, like. It's just another way for me to be creative, man. It almost feels like I'm dropping a. A project, right? But, like, even this cover, it's pastel art done by an artist I found. His name is Derrice Walker. He's an artist. He's like an independent artist. Not a part of the gallery, but I'm gonna plug him. Cause he a brother, and he got. So this a drawing of me. This is not a real picture. This a drawing.

[Jada]

That's fire.

[2 Chainz]

Yeah. I'm just. Everything I do, fire. Joe. Let me tell you what else fire. About this book. Let me tell you what else about.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Let me tell you what else.

[2 Chainz]

Let me tell you what else is fire. If you're not a reader, I understand it's a lot going on.

[Jada]

A lot of rappers can't read.

[2 Chainz]

Listen, listen, listen, listen, listen, listen, listen, listen. No, that's what I'm getting into. I did my audio book. In my words. It's fire. Let me tell you why it's fire. I'm finna kill you. The audiobook I got production. It's scoring. So when I'm reading certain parts of the book, huh? You get to hear the Scene in the background of the audio. I'm just over at the other station. I had to do Miss. I had to do Gayle King this morning, y'.

[2 Chainz's Mother]

All.

[2 Chainz]

You know I'm on platform. You know I'm Tony, right? I had to do stuff like that. Look, look, look, look, look. Old white lady say, I just listened to the audio. She said it's amazing.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

She said it's amazing, Joe. She said it had, like.

[2 Chainz]

She said it had noise and stuff going on. And that's just the mind. I have layers, I think, in layers. And so this book. The voice in my head is God is just me. My interpretation of you, of someone saying, something told me. It's right here. Something told me. Something told me to come to the joint and say, when I come to New York, I got to figure out a way to come rock with Joe and Jadaka. These my guys.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

I'll be honest with you. None of them other Gayle Kings and all of them don't matter. It's. Once you come on this couch, didn't matter. These other guys. Playing yourself. Would you waste some lifer like these people ain't got shit movement like us. We got the motion.

[2 Chainz]

You act like I didn't come here. You're like.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

You saying you are. Like I didn't tell you.

[2 Chainz]

You act like you said and I ain't tell. I told you where I was at.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

You know, that's what I'm here to talk irritate the competition.

[2 Chainz]

Oh, you doing that? Y' all New York, man.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Yeah, we on that, man. We. I mean, like, let me tell you something. We gotta do it. I do it all the time to you guys.

[2 Chainz]

Joeandjadashow.com we got new merch, fresh off the presses. Go get it.

[Jada]

Bam.

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[Joe Crack the Dawn]

It's my favorite right there. I need an extra large [e-mail]. go there, get it.

[Jada]

I was.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

How about that number one gas from the book.

[2 Chainz]

He.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

He.

[Jada]

He turned down hov. He wouldn't get his man, his DJ an extra flight. He turned a whole meeting down.

[2 Chainz]

That's not. That's not.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

That might have not been the right thing, man. Turning down off.

[2 Chainz]

That's not true, man. That's not real.

[Jada]

Everything happens for a reason.

[2 Chainz]

No, this is. I hate to quit bringing the man name up because I have other contexts and other things to talk about, but it is. But let me just talk about. Let me just tell you about this. There's a chapter in here called JD and Jay Z on three way. So I got a call one day, sorta.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

I read that.

[2 Chainz]

Yeah. So I got a call one day with JD on the phone, and I guess him and ho were about to do a partnership, right? All right. My man that I'm with right now in the corner right now, his name is Tech. His name used to be DJ Techniques, right? So when I first started piping up in the streets, Tech came to me and said, hey man, I think you're a star. I said, n, me too. You know what I'm saying? And he said, I feel like I can do whoopty whoopty woo with my resources and blah, blah, blah. And I said, man, if you can run that, if you can help me get that right there, then I'm locked in with you. And we shook hands. Fast forward like eight, nine months later. I'm piped up, I'm moving around. Okay, he's really not a DJ anymore because he's taking more of a management role, right? He's not a dj. And so when I get this call during the phone conversation, I'm just trying to. And I don't know why I can't even articulate this, that I wanted to bring him with me. They thinking it's a dj because I'm trying to say his name. But JD really don't even know who this is because it wasn't like he just tapped into Atlanta like that at the particular time. You know what I'm saying? It's like an Atlanta dj, you know what I mean? And so they like, bro, what do you probably. In retrospect, I probably sound crazy. I probably sound stupid saying I'm bringing my DJ to a me. Like, bro, you don't have no show. But I wasn't trying to do that. I was trying to bring my mans who had said, man, I see something in you. I had already seen some in me. But I just told you how arrogant I was. I used to be frustrated cause I'm like, why this ain't happening for me? You know what I mean? And it's really about you getting your internal team. Once you get a team together, things can flourish. So once I got my team, I started getting on everybody's radar. So when that call happened and whatever happened throughout the call and I didn't go, I talk about it in the book because people ask me, like, what the hell was the voice telling you to do? Then when big homie called, you know what I'm saying, when big homie called, and the thing I tell somebody, like, at that particular time, my moral compass just saying, I ain't want to lead dawg and say, I'm going to tell you about the meeting. I can't sit here and tell you I ain't want to fuck with dog or don't want to do business with dawg. I seen the track record. I'm not ignorant. I'm highly intellectual, actually. But during that particular time, my compass is saying. And so that's another reason why I tell DJs like Khaled or Drummer or him. You need to take the DJ shit off your name. Niggas think that's your first name, so take that off your name.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

No, I got a boy named Rich the Barber. Used to be a barber. He's rich as fuck right now, and we still call him Rich the Barber. But he be like, yo, I'm not the barber no more.

[2 Chainz]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But anyway, so that's the story. It was. No, it was not.

[Jada]

Like, it's a miscommunication. A mis. They received it. Yeah.

[2 Chainz]

Because I was excited. I was definitely excited about the call. And I was excited too, you know, but this is before, you know, the album. This is before all this stuff came. You know, I can't say everything that I done is right or wrong. This is just like part of. It's a part of my life. You know what I'm saying? And so. Yeah, yeah, but so I'm, you know, different. Yeah.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Obstacles to go through. And to me, even when you fall, it's just a lesson. You gotta look at the lesson. Everything don't go your way. You gotta look at the lesson. These lawyers right now, they killing me, Pete. These prices is all the way up yesterday price. And I'm just like, yo, Joe, it's temporary. Temporary. Keep. Keep your head up and keep it moving. Because certain things happen to you where you be like. At that moment, you could be frustrated, but then you just gotta look at it and be like, yo, this is a lesson. Everything's a lesson. So it's like. It is what it is. I wish you would have went to.

[2 Chainz]

But, you know, you never know, dog.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

How did the Kanye. The Kanye. Because to me, that was some of your worst. Not worst. Your best work with that whole good family. That. What happened.

[2 Chainz]

It be unking sometimes.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

No, no, I'm bugged out. I'm not. I'm not.

[2 Chainz]

I'm fried.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

But what I mean is, I love how you was going crazy on that Kanye work. When y' all put that album out together, you know you was going nuts on that joint right there. How did that whole thing come about with you? Like, y' all had like a superpower team push y'.

[2 Chainz's Mother]

All.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

All of y' all with me, Sean.

[2 Chainz]

Well, no, you ain't called me. I'm telling you, I'm so piped up. These folks calling me. You know what I'm saying? And they.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

You called, you said, yo, I want you to be a member of.

[2 Chainz]

I'm calling you. I want you. You know what I mean? I went through like a little. I wouldn't even call it a boot camp, like, you know what I'm saying? Homicide want somebody to record something now, and I'm fire like that. I call it Benny Hannes. I call it like, cooking in front of the little choo choo choo choo, doing shrimp in niggas mouths and shit. I do all that. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, I do. I do the whole heartbeat shit. I do. I cook. I love you. Know what I mean? So. So. So you want to tell me. You want to tell me, like, let's do a song in front of these people. Like, that's. Yeah, that's one of my. That's one of my things. I'm prepared. I'm bootstrapped and ready. So after I did that a few times and the stuff I'm doing high level, it's not like, you know what I'm saying? No, Boof I lay. It's real high level, you know what I mean? No cut on it. So after you do that a few times, man, you might get. You might get a few phone calls, Joe. That's all I can tell you. Joe, hey, your phone might start biting.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Joe, I sit here with this guy all the time. He top five, dead or alive.

[2 Chainz]

What you mean? Nasty, man.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

These guys, they be like, yo, can I get your number, Kiss? I need you on a song. Don't nobody ask me to be on a song. I' ma just say it'd be rich as. Excuse my language. That's all I ever do. Every time they come to him. Yo, Kiss, I want to do a song with you. I'll be like, yo, did you see the links? What do you want me to do?

[2 Chainz]

Like, no, no, no, no, no, no. Joe, you. Get out.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Joe.

[2 Chainz]

Joe, you. I'm tell you something, man. You. You. I'm gonna tell you this right here, man. You. I'm too much. Let me tell you something, man. You make wonderful songs, man. You're a Great song maker, bro. I'm gonna come when it comes to my top to bottom. Like a song, full song. You do that shit. That's like. That's what you like. You fire, bro.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Chase. Nobody gives me the.

[2 Chainz]

Yeah, yeah. No, you're a good song, man.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

You ain't gonna play yourself props every show, man. You know I'm at the Nick game with him every rapping. Yo, son, I need you on.

[2 Chainz]

No, but he like that, though.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Me like I'm chopped. Living.

[2 Chainz]

No, no

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

rags. His mouth, his. It's out the park.

[2 Chainz]

The bougie. That's your bougie uncle. No, no, no, no, no, man. You don't got bougie. You the bougie uncle.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Bring one more surprise guest. Got nothing to do with you. But I was coming up and I seen him and I said, your brother come through. My brother G Depp.

[2 Chainz]

Come.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Come here for a second. G Depp. The deputy call him Zone. G Dupp.

[2 Chainz]

Let's get Mom.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

All right.

[2 Chainz]

Thank you.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Thank you, Mama. Thank you, Mama. Thank you, Mama. Thank you, Mama.

[2 Chainz]

You look beautiful, baby. Thank you, baby. My mama said my momma be 76 this year. Might not be 76.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

76.

[2 Chainz]

She'll be 76 this year.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Let me give you another surprise. You go to Daniel lover. That fur on me, you pick out whatever you want. Get some shit. Make it touch the ground, Mama. Make sure the fur drag on the floor. It's on me.

[2 Chainz]

Oh, man, they cap in New York.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

That's no cat. Right after this, Mama. I don't play those games.

[2 Chainz]

Hold on.

[Jada]

I made it.

[2 Chainz]

I introduced them.

[Jada]

When he came in, I ended the.

[2 Chainz]

Yeah, changed the death. Hey, I'm telling you, man, it's real hip hop shit right there, bro.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

I told them a little while ago, there's no lean back if it's no G death.

[2 Chainz]

Okay?

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

When I was writing that verse, I was thinking G Depp the whole time, he had to take that from. His flow keep going like. I don't know how to explain it to you, but it kept coming like,

[2 Chainz]

which flow homie got?

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Yeah, he got rained. Which flow?

[Jada]

He got different.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

He had at the time was so on fire that he was just. He had like a continued. Like, I don't give a fuck about ultimate mishaps. We from the Bronx, New York. Shit, kiss, clapping, sparkly. See, that was that G Depp.

[2 Chainz]

Chop liver.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

No, no, no. I'm just saying that was that G Depp.

[2 Chainz]

That was that G Dip, man.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Yeah, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, at least in my mind, I thought I was Rapping like G D.

[Jada]

We was off Bad Boy already. And I was on the Cease album. And he got a song with him ceezing Buster.

[2 Chainz]

He was.

[Jada]

I'm like, who the hell they like? That's G Depp, man.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Wow, that's crazy, man.

[Jada]

The Rush, right? What's his name in that song?

[2 Chainz]

The song with More Dangerous. More Dangerous, yeah.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Crazy depth. You've been home close to what, a year now? Almost two years.

[Jada]

Make some noise for that.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Thank you, man. It's beautiful on this side, man.

[Jada]

No doubt.

[2 Chainz]

That's right.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Yeah, man. I seen you on a freestyle in YouTube. You was killing it up on that joint. You still got it, man. Thank you, brother.

[2 Chainz]

Appreciate it.

[Jada]

He told me you got a project with him and Black Rob that's coming out.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Oh, I gotta get on that.

[2 Chainz]

You should work everybody.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Nobody want me. You don't want one of them business. I lie to you. You don't front on Fat Joe. You tell the truth. It's okay. I'm trying to go, man.

[2 Chainz]

Fat Joe, man, he's scared to ask you. Bougie, man. Bougie, man.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Out of this range, you courtside.

[2 Chainz]

Everywhere you go. Who you enrich? You enrich the Bob,

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

yo, let me tell you something, yo. But gdap, man, we proud of you being home for two years, Definitely the world. Cause you. You and it. So you got cell phones in there when you was locked up, or you. Was it crazy when you came home? Because I knew when you first came home, I could tell what was moving out here. Or the way the shit was looking was, like, weird to you. Like, you. You was in jail how many years? Thirteen. You came out. It was modern technology. I could tell by watching you on the gram. I was like, oh, man, this guy, he gotta adjust. I said, he gonna get.

[Jada]

Usually anybody who's off the street foot.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

But it was.

[2 Chainz]

It was. You know, they had.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

We had the tablets in there, so we kind of.

[2 Chainz]

You know what I mean?

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

A little extremated. So like the. You know, the little icon movement and

[2 Chainz]

all of that, so. But it was definitely, definitely a culture

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

shot when I came home.

[2 Chainz]

Can't lie.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Things was different, right? Yeah. Everything was just so instant. You know what I mean?

[2 Chainz]

All right.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

I tell everybody. You know, before I left, you couldn't order from McDonald's and all that. Like, just, you know somebody, you know, that shit crazy. Now you watch tv, ring your bell and pass you. That sounds like what? You watch TV and the thing just says, if you want to order this right now, it could be a Big. This guy's wearing the shirt on City Lab. You don't want to order. I swear to God. It's like that on the TV. You order out the video game.

[Jada]

2K.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

You can order sneakers.

[Jada]

You can order.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

You can get the 2K.

[Jada]

Yeah, they got everything.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Two chains. Let me tell you something. The God in my head is an ill title.

[2 Chainz]

The voice in my head is God. Man, you been doing some Unk shit. You doing some real Unc shit I gotta throw.

[Jada]

Yeah,

[2 Chainz]

Man, your ass burnt, man. Hey, man. Hey, your hair burnt? Hey, Joe.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Hey.

[2 Chainz]

I ain't gonna lie. This like. This is Benny Hunter show. I'm this like, seeing you through the screen different like this, man. You burnt out for real, boy. Like, when I see it, I'm like, man, stop it. I'm like, yeah. I'm thinking. I ain't know. Oh, you thought I was this close to you? No. Something wrong. I'm looking at you, bro. You tripping.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Something where you worry?

[2 Chainz]

My head is gone. The voice of my head is gone.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

If you can read, it's a great read.

[2 Chainz]

You get audio?

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Audio 5.

[2 Chainz]

My audio gonna get a Emmy or something. A Grammy. Oh, they do Grammys for the audio?

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Yes. Oh, God.

[2 Chainz]

I'mma get it, bro. They do Grammys for the audio in. Look. Who got the last one, dawg? Who got the last one? Look, I see he Googling that shit.

[Jada]

Dalai Lama won the last autograph.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

That's you. Don't worry about. Yo, you got that. The Dalai Lama won it last. Really, man. Let me tell you something. The name of this book is the

[Jada]

Voice In My Head is God.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Thank God I ain't get a flag thrown on me. Yo, listen, thank you. Thank Mama for coming through. You know, that's the biggest. You know what I'm saying?

[Jada]

And thank Nadine. Thank the deputy.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

Damn. We had a whole list of others. This was crazy.

[Jada]

So y' all get the book.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

You gotta get the book. You know, I'm a big 2 Chainz fan regardless, you know what I'm saying? So all your albums, I get them. You know what I mean? I like a 2 Chainz album on the fucking airplane where I ain't got no distraction. I'm going to la. I play that shit. Then you know Natina's your number one fan. She was talking big like, yo, two team just dropped. You gotta get this. I'm like, yo, Natina, I'm gonna. Nah, you gotta like that.

[2 Chainz]

Yeah, Tina, for sure.

[Joe Crack the Dawn]

So she ended up. What was it? What was the shit today? We were singing there comes the time. There comes the time. Yo, this ain't that, that ain't this.

[Jada]

It's cracking. Kiss, make some noise for two chains. And I'm guessing.

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