Freddie Gibbs may be one of the most beloved street rappers of his generation, but he has mixed feelings about his music career.
In a candid talk to students at the University of California, Berkeley, Gangsta Gibbs admitted that he wishes he hadn’t committed himself to being a street rapper as it has brought him no shortage of headaches and no longer jibes with his current life as a family man.
“I’ma tell you the truth, man, I wish that I could get up and rap about some other shit. I wish that I would’ve made a career of rapping about some funny shit or girls or comedic or any fucking thing but this shit,” he said.
“Every day I think about that. I wish I had a rap career […] that was not gangsta. I don’t want this shit for myself. I don’t want this shit for my son. I rap about this shit because it consumed me, it’s where I’m from, it’s what I was doing on the daily for two decades.”
He added: “I don’t love it, I don’t love the streets. I don’t give a fuck about no street code, I don’t give a fuck about none of these n-ggas in the street. I don’t want y’all to think that I’m rapping about that shit ’cause I’m trying to glorify it; I’m really not.”
The 41-year-old even admitted that he feels “embarrassed” listening back to some of his old music: “I turn it off because I’m like, ‘Fuck, I don’t wanna talk about selling drugs.’ I can have that realization now because three children later, I’m a family man.”
Gibbs, who scored an early deal with Interscope before being dropped and later found success as an independent artist, also explained that pressure from both the industry and fans pushed him towards embracing his drug-dealing past in his music.
“This industry will chew you up and spit you out,” he continued. “For the early part of my career, I thought this is what I had to rap about to make money. Who wants to hear Freddie Gibbs rapping about going to college and getting a degree?
“My little brother’s a doctor. I don’t envy him because that’s my brother […] But I feel like he’s more of the shining star of our family than I am. I feel like I caught a lucky break [in music], to be honest.”
The Grammy-nominated rapper then opened about how “difficult” he finds the process of writing songs based on his real life due to the emotional toll it takes on him, as well as the fact that he has a young son who he doesn’t want to follow in his footsteps.
“I’ve really put my heart into this shit because I love rapping and I love making music, but a part of me every day wishes it was a different subject matter,” he said solemnly.
Gibbs’ candid monolog became even more emotional when he reflected on the “bullshit” that comes with being a gangsta rapper, despite its financial rewards.
“It’s also brought me a lot of pain, it’s brought me a lot of bullshit. The rap game has brought me just as many enemies as the streets,” he said.
“I’ve had to fight people doing this job, shoot at muthafuckas, n-ggas shooting at me. This is a dangerous muthafucking job […] You can really get lost in that side of it.”
Gibbs then began to tear up as he said: “I feel like a survivor of that shit,” before he ended his speech.
The honest and heartfelt comments come shortly after the release of Freddie Gibbs’ latest project You Only Die 1nce, which found him touching on similar subjects and sentiments.
“N-gga took loss after loss, friends leave when that check gone / Slept on, but a broken heart ain’t gon’ feed these kids / Yeah, I gotta have a talk with God ’bout all the things I did, yeah (Yeah) / Drugs, aggravated robbery / Hurtin’ on the inside and hidin’ behind this tough shit and this misogyny / See, the man in the mirror ain’t gon’ lie to me,” he rapped on “Cosmo Freestyle.”
The ESGN founder also mourned the deaths of Young Dolph, Rich Homie Quan and Nipsey Hussle on the closing track “On the Set,” revealing that the latter’s 2019 murder almost made him quit rap.
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Is somebody gonna tell him?
It’s only up to you and your creativity. If you’re a good rapper you can rap about anything. Or even just tackle the same shit from more “conscious rapper” perspective.
That part. Tribe, De La, J Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Outkast, and even Nas all had successful careers without having a whole catalogue of co-genocidal fantasies.
this dude really is a fool. hes not a gangster to begin with hes a good rapper and never needed to do all that but its too late now hes already washed
I’m happy to know he has realized this before it is too late, but if he carries on rapping about the same things, it shows that he is insincere or perhaps enslaved by the game. Similarly, Meek Mill came out crying about prison reform, but he continues to make music that helps to ensure that the CCA does not go out of business. When will we stop killing each other, when will we stop killing ourselves?
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Your right on this one, Greggie! Drake is super gay, weak, lame, likes it up the ass like a real f@g. Great observation. I see now why your great greg.
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come to toronto and show us what u can do on the street. how about just be the brave man cocksucker. you’re a worthless f8ggot no one cares a fucking thing about. you’re little and weak a f8ggot dude a reject homo 💯🚮
Fly your ass over to Vancouver, fuckboy. Go write the staff here another love letter.
just make your f8ggot rap with your own f8ggot people. we’re going shame all black folk out of the f8ggot game. do what you like with your f8ggot ass no talent clown folks. go suck more universal cock homo
Xxx Greggie’s left hand. 😘
enjoy that universal dick rammed up your worthless ass hoe 🚮- it’s on sight and we are waiting to see someone in our view💥💀
Tell me more about your fantasies, you’re getting me hot, Daddy.
you’re a parasite on black folks and that’s why rap is dead. you showed up. it’s really simple. soon it won’t even be greg around. it won’t be nothing no one cares. you all ruined rap. now we’re going to find you. and we’re going to put a bullet in your sellout dome
You know what’s ironic… Drake using bots, then complaining about bots. 🤣 120 shots in your rectum, just for a daily workout.
what’s ironic is they have to get cocksuckers from britain to write for this homo blog because nobody in this continent will take the job and only some white british f8ggot will do it. don’t get too smug out there mandem is on the prowl💀
I’m an overly sensitive little bitch who hasn’t stopped ranting about Kendrick beating my daddy Drake since the summer when the beef started. I spend my waking hours trolling my dislike for Kendrick on any article he’s mentioned because he hurt my little F@ggy feelings for saying such mean things about my daddy. I get my pussy hurt whenever you “Kendrick supporters” talk back to me and I have to go back and forth because I’m in my feelings like a woman. So I spend all this time using different names and upvoting myself because I’m a hypocrite loser who has no life outside of saying things about Kendrick Lamar on this website. My name is Great Greg, but you can call me Gay Greg…
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they just ram that universal dick right up your rear🤣 these cocksuckers are bought and paid for💯. just kill yourself💥💀
I’m an overly sensitive little bitch who hasn’t stopped ranting about Kendrick beating my daddy Drake since the summer when the beef started. I spend my waking hours trolling my dislike for Kendrick on any article he’s mentioned because he hurt my little F@ggy feelings for saying such mean things about my daddy. I get my pussy hurt whenever you “Kendrick supporters” talk back to me and I have to go back and forth because I’m in my feelings like a woman. So I spend all this time using different names and upvoting myself because I’m a hypocrite loser who has no life outside of saying things about Kendrick Lamar on this website. My name is Great Greg, but you can call me Gay Greg…
Dude, stfu. Great Greg is 10000x less annoying than his haters here.
Better late than never.
Just make the music you want to make Gibbs. Stop being insecure.
these white f8ggots that write the articles and fake comments talk real brave from britain where everyone’s a cocksucker it’s the law
You know who loves Britain? Drake.
that means watch your back it’s on sight scope can come out any moment red dot U yt f8ggots. Drake only support cultural mandem like back home not degenerate limey f8ggots that hate the black man for spite💯
when you have all these f8ggot brit pedos cheering on cocksuckers like Benderick taking money from these pedo at universal it’s no wonder black folks hate this cocksucker rap these f8ggot rappers they want to promote 24/7. all these clowns hyping this sht are white f8ggots waving that f8ggot flag they hate black folks🚮
Lol this guy’s dad was a cop