Two Chainz and Lil Wayne have a long-standing relationship that began in an unexpected way.
During their recent appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Chainz and Wayne shared the story of how their professional partnership first began.
“Once we linked up, we were friends from there,” Lil Wayne explained.
“Just the same type of attitude, cool, but I didn’t know he rapped at the time,” he added.
Their work relationship didn’t start with music even though they first met in an Atlanta studio, but rather with marijuana, also known as weed.
“Wayne wanted cannabis,” 2 Chainz revealed, which Weezy elaborated on, “And so every time I would go to Atlanta and I wanted to speak about that one thing, I would always call this guy,” referring to 2 Chainz.
Eventually, 2 Chainz informed Wayne about his rapping skills by playing him the track “Duffle Bag Boy.”
“The moment he said he rapped and the moment I heard it, we got to the studio, and I did this hook for the song, ‘Duffle Bag Boy.’ And the rest is history,” he explained.
The duo maintained their friendship and are close to releasing the follow-up to their 2016 collaboration album ColleGrove, called Welcome 2 ColleGrove, which is set for release on November 17.
“Me and Wayne’s album drops next month. This is a full circle moment,” 2 Chainz announced during an interview. ”It was built on a relationship. Wayne at the time was the hottest artist in the world. He could’ve charged me eight million, but he didn’t.”
