@2Chainz Covers Fader

The homie 2Chainz covers Fader #80 which hits newsstands this week. Check the cover story by Noz here. Below is one excerpt from the article, as 2Chainz speaks on humility and Def Jam:

He’s tight lipped about this summer’s debut album, as he is about a lot of things. He even asks me to leave the studio when he previews some tracks from it. Here’s what we do know: it’s scheduled to be released in August. He’s waiting to see what Def Jam, the same label that bungled Playaz Circle, can do for him now that he’s a star. The decision to sign with them was at least partially driven by spite. “I had a lot of leverage with them, and it felt good to come back in there and say, Hmm…you listening this time?” he says. “They answer the phone calls now.” The ability to say I told you so isn’t just central to 2 Chainz’ worldview, it seems to be the primary fuel for his grind. “If you dogged out the intern, you’re gonna feel funny once he becomes the CEO,” he says. “So I carry that with me. I say what’s up to the parking attendant on the way to a meeting. In Atlanta, a parking attendant [will one day] own a club. And he’ll charge your ass 400 dollars to walk in the mother-fucker.” For him, humility is strategic. “A lot of people didn’t 
see my vision, didn’t rock with me. They walked past me and didn’t speak, but I’d be like a female if I held grudges,” he says. “My revenge is them asking me to do a song. I charge the dog 
shit out of them.”