Young Jeezy
Young Jeezy
Jay Wayne Jenkins, better known by his stage name Young Jeezy, is an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. In 1998, he launched the label imprint CTE World. Aside from his solo career, Jeezy is the de facto leader of the southern hip hop group United Streets Dopeboyz of America, and is a former member of the Bad Boy Records' rap group Boyz n da Hood...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRapper
Date of Birth28 September 1977
CityColumbia, SC
CountryUnited States of America
When you're trying to bring the streets into rap to prove a point, then you already lost. You separate the two, and that ain't to be played with. You've got people that lost their lives and people that are doing real time. If we gon' make music, let's just make music.
Sam Jackson is like the Jeezy of Hollywood: He's for his people.
As long as I'm not selling out the people that ride or die with me, I'm glad I'm not an MC. I'm a motivational speaker. I'm not that rapper dude.
It's not the average people that come to my show.
A lot of people question how talented I am. But I'm a real dude and I know real things and I've seen real people get their head blown off.
People who work every day are kind of scared of things they don't understand.
Politics isn't only about government. Politics is about the people.
With rap, it's a funny thing. You can say things, and people can take 'em the way they wanna take 'em.
I ain't a rapper; I'm a motivational speaker. I don't do shows; I do seminars. I really talk to people.
A lot of things come with fame, whether it's losing friends or losing family. You still gotta stand up and be that guy even when you ain't having great things. Because you've gotta be the spokesperson for your people.
I think I got a lot of life skills; I got a lot of wisdom; I've seen a lot of bad things happen to a lot of good people.
I created my lane. No one can ever run my lane because it's mine. I'm the Michael Jackson of my lane. And you know, nobody was as great as Michael. I love Prince, but he's not Michael.
When you a ghetto star, when you a hood star, you gonna take care of your grandmother, your mother. When you on that next level, you gotta take care of the city, the streets.
I, and others like me - trap stars - we always considered ourselves Robin Hoods: we go out and get the money. Just think, if you was in the village and you a hunter, you take pride in going out to hunt the prey and bring it back for the village to eat. In our situation, we took pride in getting money so that the hood could eat.