Jeezy Clarifies Retirement Rumors, Talks Artists He's 'Put On' & More

Jeezy isn't done with music just yet.

The Snowman sat down with Charlamagne Tha God in his hometown of Hawkinsville, Georgia to take a retrospective look at his life as well as his decades-long music career and address a few rumors including those about his alleged retirement from music, and claims he's "never put anybody on musically."

"I never came out my mouth and said that I was going to retire, but I did say this is my last album on Def Jam," Jeezy told Charlamagne, referring to his 2019 album Thug Motivation 104: Trust the Process. "Like Kobe [Bryant], I stayed loyal. I was with Def Jam for damn near my whole career."

Leaving room for him to release new music, Jeezy went on to address another rumor, which is that he hasn't helped the careers of other artists/producers since he rose to fame.

"I've tried to put people on [like] everybody that was a part of my first project, they on," Jeezy said. "[DJ] Drama might beg to differ but that 'Gangsta Grillz' wasn't in the hood like that until Young was on that thing... He'd probably say something different but I know better because nobody else got their mixtape played in the club for five, six hours straight, word for word with the DJ drops. He knows that."

The 42-year-old rapper added, "People weren't a part of a project where they were getting platinum plaques that far out. Think about [Don] Cannon, that "Go Crazy" beat was a beat that he gave [T.I.] for a mixtape and when I heard it, I said, 'I want that beat.' ... Imagine me taking that beat, making "Go Crazy," and then putting [Jay-Z] on it. That's putting somebody on."

Jeezy went on to say that he helps artists and producers out of the goodness of his heart, not to lock them into a contract. "I'm not trying to bound these people in, I just want to make great music and history with them," he said.

Check out Jeezy's full interview with Charlamagne above.

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