From his early days as an original member of Lil Wayne’s infant Young Money camp to officially joining the ranks of G-Unit, Kidd Kidd found himself earning significant buzz last year after that XXL Freshmen look.
“Man, I’ve been really working and hitting them streets,” Kidd said to HipHopDX over the phone. “It’s hard making the transition from being an average nigga to superstar. I got all the insight that needs to be done as far as music and how to put myself out there. I’m still a student of the game.”
A few weeks back, he dropped the TM88-produced “Count On My Hand” which came courtesy of G-Unit.
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“I’ve met TM88 a few times through Young Buck,” he explained of linking with the Atlantian. “The ‘Count On My Hand’ track was sent to me by G-Unit. I’m the type of dude who doesn’t sit on beats. I don’t have no tracks just laying around. Why? Because I make sure everything is done. I was out there in New York and we were going through tracks and I was like pull it up. This shit was hard.”
The connection to the house that 50 Cent built has worked for Kidd despite a rocky start. After riding with The Unit for years, and signing with the label in 2011, Kidd Kidd brought more controversy on himself when he was arrested last year before performing at the XXL Freshmen concert and later pled guilty to harassment. But he seems to be back on track.
“When I got with Fif, there was so much going on as far as me personally,” he said. “He was trying so much to keep my head on straight. I was stuck on all types of bullshit. People were getting killed every other day and it was too much chaos for me. I’m back good and back to work now. That’s one thing 50 always preached to me. Don’t just be an artist kid, be a boss. G-Unit forever.”
Expect “Count On My Hand” and last month’s release of “No Commercial” to be featured on his upcoming Peanut From Mazant EP. According to Kidd, he wants to bring back the real New Orleans way of doing things. For Peanut From Mazant, he also mentioned collaborating with Master P.
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“I feel like there’s no more real rap going on,” he said. “Everybody is rapping about a world they’re not actually living. Not to say that I can’t do it, but I’ve never been that type of nigga. I want people to know that I’m talking about is real cause I live by that.”
Kidd said that besides his own solo work, expect a new G-Unit album in the future.
“We got so much material together,” he explained. “That’s how we got The Lost Flash Drive. We do hella work and individually we work hard. When we’re in the studio together, we can knock out six or seven songs in one day.”
