Hit-Boy opened up about his frustrations with Kanye West in an interview with GQ. After noting Yeezy cut ties with him over producing for Beyoncé in an Instagram post on Wednesday (September 16), the Grammy Award-winning producer shared more about his fractured relationship with West.
“Honestly, bro there were points where I’ve been driven damn near crazy over this, man,” Hit-Boy told GQ. “Being in a position where I know how ill I am, but then people’s general perception after I stopped working with G.O.O.D. was that I wasn’t basically doing shit no more. It’s like every single year I’m catching big joints, I’m still doing shit.”
He continued, “But it’s not connecting as much because of the brand. You know what I’m saying? And also, when I was doing ‘Niggas in Paris’ and all these records, you never heard Kanye in no interview shouting me out.”
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Hit-Boy admitted the lack of recognition bothered him. He also felt it affected his career, detailing his feelings about fading into the background.
“I never had no [producer] tags, so people didn’t fully connect it,” he explained. “Even with a tag, people still might not connect the shit. So it’s just a crazy uphill battle, man. And I finally was able to shed some light on how I feel about it. I feel like most people would have been like, ‘Fuck Kanye, bitch ass n—-.’ But I tried to just put it in a way that people could digest it and understand where I’m coming from on an intelligent level.”
Although Hit-Boy hasn’t made beats for Yeezy in years, he hasn’t been cut off from the G.O.O.D. family completely. The hitmaker produced multiple tracks on Big Sean’s latest album Detroit 2, which dropped on September 4 and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Check out Hit-Boy’s work on songs such as “Why Would I Stop?” and “Respect It” below.
To be honest, I thought he intentionally took a backseat. It made no real sense him just collaborating with the dope Dom Kennedy, Quentin Miller etc.
hitboy is a bitch ass. foh overratted ass
his beats are dope..why you hatin?
My guy find the most dope, the most ill, the most universally loved rapper, or hell just universally recognized artist or anything and without fail every single time you will find someone who hates them in the comments. It’s just a fact of life at this point.
King’s Disease is dope as fuck. He should be proud of this one.
Fear of God he did for Conway the Machine is one of the dopest beats I heard in a few years. 101% Pureblood
Everybody knew about hit-boy, even back then. Stop looking to others for your perceived lack of success early on. The first words after the songwriters in the credits for N in Paris are “produced by hit-boy for hit-boy music inc.” He’s dope and successful, no need to be acting like a bitch. “He never mentioned me”, who cares? Mention yourself, let people know you did this and that. If they got the album and were like a large portion of hip hop fans they would have read that shit in the credits, especially if they liked the beats. I hate this era of people wanting everything done for them. Kanye made half of the Blueprint and was left off that Black Album tour (“not only did I not get a chance to spit it, Carleen told me I could buy 2 tickets”), and what he do? He turned himself into one of the greatest artists and producers ever.