Earlier this month, Ludacris revealed during an interview that he receives a percentage of the profits from 2 Chainz’s solo projects, adding that he still collaborated with Chainz and that he was proud of him.
While 2 Chainz didn’t take offense to the statements, it appears that some around him did.
“I mean it didn’t bother me, but I think it bothered people around me,” said 2 Chainz in an interview with Power 105.1’s Breakfast Club.
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2 Chainz admitted that he had to pay money to leave Ludacris’ Disturbing Tha Peace label, where he record as Tity Boi from 2002-2010. “For the most part, people probably want me to say or do something negative, so I don’t. Truth of the matter is, I been wanting to leave the label, when I left, I guess they knew or had some type of vision that I wasn’t gonna stop there, because I was turnt up when I left and I told them, so yeah I had to pay to leave.:
2 Chainz said the deal will work in his favor. “I don’t even know who else is on the roster of DTP, but the amount of money that I paid them is not gonna balance out my trajectory.”
2 Chainz then specified that he paid $100,000 to get off the label, and that, ultimately, his experience on DTP was a learning experience. “I learned a lot from the previous situation I was in. It is what it is. I learned it a long time ago when dealing with that situation that there’s really no such thing as loyalty out here.”
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In the end, Chainz holds no ill will towards Luda. “For me, I don’t have anything negative to say. …Actually, [Ludacris] was the first person to give me a bank account. I didn’t even have a bank account. I just had shoeboxes of money.”
During his time on DTP, Chainz released two albums as a member of Playaz Circle, 2007’s Supply & Demand and 2009’s Flight 360: The Takeoff.
Watch the interview below:
