Jeezy

As Jeezy noted before playing “And Then What” during his NPR Tiny Desk debut, he goes by a lot of names. There’s Jizzle, which he started going by around 2010. There’s also Bling (favored by the Fort Lauderdale crowd) and the two-for-one deal of Snow and Jeezy the Snowman. The most recent addition he tacked onto the list is the title of New York Times Bestseller. The rapper released his first book, Adversity for Sale, last year, but the lessons written in his memoir were in his music first. “I’m gonna take y’all…

Things are getting tense between Jeannie Mai and Jeezy since the “Put On” rapper filed for divorce in September: She’s citing an infidelity section in their pre-nup and he’s accusing her of gatekeeping their daughter.The TV host and music star took subtle swipes at each other this week in court documents filed hours apart on Thursday in Fulton County Superior Court in Georgia. More than two months after filing for divorce, Jeezy (real name Jay Wayne Jenkins) filed a motion for a temporary hearing regarding custody of…

Jeannie Mai Jenkins and Jeezy are teaching their baby girl about her mixed roots at an early age. Jenkins, one of the Emmy-winning co-hosts of “The Real,” chatted earlier this week with Jennifer Hudson about how much her life has changed since the daytime series was canceled in April 2022. Before “The Real,” Jenkins said she thought she would never remarry, let alone have a family.“Now I’m a mom, I got married, I fell in love,” she said on the “Jennifer Hudson Show” on Tuesday. “You just never know what happens. The best…

A fatal backstage shooting at a 2014 show in Mountain View featuring Jeezy on the lineup is not the responsibility of Live Nation, a California Court of Appeal ruling from this week states.Per multiple reports, including this one from Billboard, the Tuesday ruling was in connection with a wrongful death lawsuit initially brought against the company by the family of the victim in the shooting, Eric Johnson Jr. The show took place in August 2014 and was headlined by Wiz Khalifa, while Jeezy was also on the lineup.…

The Snowman stops by to debate B. Dot on the best rap remix to come from the South—Migos Ft. Drake "Versace", Rick Ross Ft. Jay-Z "Hustlin", Unk Ft. Andre 3000 & Jim Jones "Walk It Out", + more—ultimately crowning a winner. Jeezy also recalls hearing the beat to "Go Crazy" on a T.I. mixtape and taking it for himself! RIP Takeoff The Snowman stops by to debate B. Dot on the best rap remix to come from the South—Migos Ft. Drake "Versace", Rick Ross Ft. Jay-Z "Hustlin", Unk Ft. Andre 3000 & Jim Jones "Walk It…

Jeezy has opened up about his past issues with Quality Control co-founder Kevin “Coach K” Lee, who also used to be his manager.On the latest episode of Drink Champs, Jeezy spoke about his falling out with Coach K when they parted ways in 2007. “Communication is key,” he said when asked about the situation at the 58-minute mark of the interview, as seen above. “When money is at play and there’s not the right type of communication, the lines seem to get blurred. And this is another thing I wanna say, and this is for if…

Jeezy says Nas helped inspire him to squash his beef with Freddie Gibbs.In an interview with Billboard, the rapper credited Nas with allowing him to move on from his issues with Gibbs, with whom he publicly reconciled earlier this year. “When I realized that most of the time people act out, you don’t have to match energy and engage or react—because, at the end of the day, especially with the Freddie shit, it was just bad communication,” he said, echoing comments Gibbs made himself in interviews promoting his new album, …

Jeezy reconnects with foe-turned-friend DJ Drama.At midnight the frequent collaborators came through with Snofall, the latest installment in Drama’s Gangsta Grillz series. The hip-hop veterans announced the effort on social media this month, shortly after unleashing their joint record “I Ain’t Gon Hold Ya.”Jeezy discussed Snofall during a Thursday appearance on the Breakfast Club, saying he approached it without any expectations. “If you’re doing it for the No. 1 record...it’s just different. You know what I mean?” he…

Jeezy has opened up about his reconciliation with Freddie Gibbs and suggested they “needed” to have their initial falling out.“The way I look at it, like, you know if I got an issue or if I feel a way about someone I’ma feel it,” he said at the 12:50 point when asked about his past issues with Gibbs. “But when I seen him it was just like, it was love because I never really had a problem with Gibbs. I always told him, ‘Bro you’re gonna be big. … You know, I don’t want to hold you back.’ But I just think at times, when we…

Jeezy has finally addressed the unaired episode of The Shop featuring Kanye West.The Atlanta rapper was tapped to appear on the series alongside footwear designer Salehe Bembury and Ye. The episode was filmed amid mounting controversy over Ye’s antisemitic comments, his “white lives matter” T-shirt unveiled during Paris Fashion Week, and other social media antics.Shortly after filming wrapped, Maverick Carter announced his SpringHill Company was shelving the episode for good, citing Ye’s decision to use the platform to…