Rick Ross recently joined Elliott Wilson and B. Dot for a new episode of Rap Radar to plug his latest album, Richer Than I’ve Ever Been. During the conversation, Ross talked about Freddie Gibbs and how they were ultimately able to mend their once-fractured relationship. Gibbs previously dissed the Maybach Music Group boss, claiming his music was filled with nothing but “bold-faced” lies.
But the two put their differences aside and Ross ended up contributing to “Scottie Beam” from Gibbs and The Alchemist’s Grammy Award-nominated Alfredo album. Gibbs also admitted to “fuckin’ up” by dissing Ross on the song “Vice Lord Poetry.” Ross evidently wants the same thing to happen with Gibbs and his former CTE World boss Jeezy. As Rozay told Rap Radar, he’s tried to get Gibbs to make peace with the rap heavyweight.
When B. Dot asked what his interactions with Freddie Gibbs are like, Ross replied without hesitation, “It’s him having to sit down with Jeezy and putting that in the past.”
He continued, “I’m not sure that it’s happened yet. But most definitely, That was a conversation I had with Freddie Gibbs, because once again, you gotta appreciate when a brother reach out to you and believe in your gift, brother. That’s what it’s about. As a boss, a CEO, you’re not obligated to owe nobody to sign nobody. Homie seen your vision, he believed in you. That’s what it came down to, that’s what I live by, and that was some of the advice I gave homie.”
Freddie Gibbs made some disparaging comments about Jeezy in June 2020 while speaking to Bootleg Kev. Although Gibbs admitted he still looks up to Jeezy, he essentially dissed his career.
“I take the adversity and use it as fuckin’ fuel,” he said.”The fact I can do that puts me above a lot of n-ggas. I wasn’t supposed to make it. In 2006, Interscope dropped me … Jeezy is musically irrelevant. Let’s be real, dawg. Did you listen to his last album? No you fuckin’ didn’t. He’s a legend but right now, you’re irrelevant.”
He then directly spoke to Jeezy, saying, “I love you, but what you want to fight? You can’t fight me, out rap me. Any nigga that can’t out rap me or beat me up, I don’t give a fuck about.”
Freddie Gibbs Says He's Down To Squash Jeezy Beef While Dismissing Akademiks Feud As 'Corny'
But in the ensuing months, Gibbs has become more open to putting their issues behind him. Speaking to Vulture in January, Gibbs admitted his “Real” diss track from the Madlib-produced Piñata album was spawned from hurt feelings and suggested he was willing to mend their rift.
“I was more hurt than anything,” he said. “That’s what it feel like when one of your favorite rappers gets at you like that. I think that he see where I’m at now, and then he looks back at that shit, and he regrets it. I don’t say I regret nothing. But it’s better ways I could have handled things with him, maybe talked it out and communicated better. Maybe it could have worked out.
“I don’t have beef with him like other people may. I think it was just two guys who didn’t communicate correctly. He had a vision, and I had my vision, and we just couldn’t come to a common agreement. I don’t hate the man or anything of that nature, not at all. At one point, I looked up to him. And I still respect everything that he did musically. I still listen to his music. So, like I said, man, maybe one day, who knows?”
Man I swear Gibbs look like he do a lot of powder lmao
“My name cocaine” -Freddie Gibbs
its just funny cause Gibbs was dissing Ross on songs calling him fake because Jeezy and Ross had beef. Now they friends. Industry is weird.
Shit just like real life. I see people who have problems, and then next minute they’re cool. Actual gangstas have stuff like this happen. Same thing with CEOs and shit at corporations. But for some of you, you think rappers are different. Unless somebody tried to kill you or something like that, all of this shit can be moved past at some point and should. For that reason alone, Jeezy and Gucci squashing beef is the shit that’s more surprising.
I was gonna ask that, I just see it as people growing up and maturing – most “beefs” stem from bad communication.
I mean have you ever gotten mad at somebody? Shit gets old after a while unless like I said, it’s some serious shit like that somebody tried to kill you or fucked with one of your kids or something. At the end of the day, you realize most things aren’t that serious as time goes on and you’re not in the moment anymore when you first got pissed off. My mom was talking about this with one of my nephews and one of my cousins, how they fight one minute and then are cool the next. Just young dudes who bump heads, and that shit just gets worked out eventually if it’s nothing serious past personalities not meshing.
This gonna end with gun shots
Ross couldnt even keep the beef out of his own camp. remember when Meek kicked Wale off MMG for not tweeting about his albun
Are you white?
What these men like Ross and Jeezy tend to realize as they progress in they career is that there is far more to gain with UNIFICATION and COLLABORATIONs rather than beefing. That beef shit is like fast food.. it good and his the spot for a minute…but then soon fizzles out and is bad for you. That UNIFICATION shit like FINE WINE…or the best MUTUAL FUND in the market. Overtime theres a shit load of Value and a whole lot of money to be made…… Appreciate Ross trying to unify the artist… Real Boss Sh*t… Lives by it dies by it.
Ross must have a album out
Gibbs hasn’t walked the walk and much as he has talked the talk. No hits and Alfredo was boring. No steam in his music since ESGN and BFK. Better make up with Jeezy and get a hit to save your u grateful azz.