flipside Young Jeezy responds to Jody Breeze
8 // OZONE MAG
< Young Jeezy
apparently wasn’t
feeling some of
Jody Breeze’s comments
about him in
the last issue. Jeezy
called in to tell his
side of the story:
On some real shit, I
read how that little
nigga was talkin’
about me in the magazine. But I had a buzz before I was even attached
to that shit. Basically, I was paid to be a part of the group because
of my street cred, cause I’m real with this shit. I ain’t no fuckin’
rapper, so the rappers need to shut the fuck up. After all that shit I did
for a nigga, ain’t no nigga finna get in no magazine and try to slick talk
me. It was a business venture, one album only. Niggas know what my
money was like before Boyz N Da Hood. I’m a businessman. I got my
own label and a label situation at Def Jam, so my shit was successful
before and after that group shit, feel me? I mean, it’s not a problem
with the rest of the niggas in the group. It was just business. I’m just
saying, watch your mouth when you talk about me. I been a star. Nobody
knows these rap niggas. These niggas are rappers, real talk. I
ain’t sayin’ that cause I got beef with them, I’m just saying that I’m a
grown ass man. If a nigga gonna be up under me and I’m doing shit,
don’t be talking slick about me in a magazine. When’s the last time
that nigga did a show? Who books this nigga? Man, I been on the
road every day for damn near two years. So it ain’t no problem, but tell
niggas to watch their mouth.
Do you feel like you participated equally in Boyz N Da Hood as the
rest of the group members?
I had a situation first. Everybody knew that. I don’t have to answer to
no artist. Me and Puff are bosses, understand what I’m saying? I’m a
boss, I’m not no artist. I got a group, I got a movement, I got a following.
I don’t have to explain nothing to no artist. The bosses, me and
Puff, agreed. I ain’t have to push my album back for this shit, but I did
that to be a part of the group. If I go out on promo tour for two months
with Boyz N Da Hood, you think I’m not gonna go on promo tour for
my album too? I don’t know. It ain’t no beef or nothing like that, but if
you wanna see me, see me in the streets. If anybody wants to talk to
me, you ain’t gotta run to no magazine and make me look no certain
way. This is what I do. My project went platinum because I put in work.
I can’t tell niggas what to do with their shit, but look at the numbers.
The proof is in the numbers, feel me?
Did they tell you when they decided to replace you with Lil Wayne?
Niggas ain’t tell me, but I don’t care, cause I’m good. They probably
couldn’t reach me. I was probably on the road, doing too many shows.
I don’t give a fuck about that. It was a one album deal. What, I’m supposed
to be mad? I’m good. I wish niggas the best of luck, especially
Duke and Gee cause those are my niggas. I fucks with them. But, at
the time, you gotta understand that niggas are gonna feel the way they
wanna feel. Niggas talking that shit about “Jeezy wanna be a star,” and
“Jeezy wanna be in the limelight and be seen,” but it is what it is.
From the outside looking in, it seemed like you and Jody came up
together. You both hooked up with Jazze around the same time.
I feel like dude is a little brother to me. He still cool, cause he don’t
want this. This ain’t me getting mad or nothing, I’m just speaking my
piece. Life is too good for me right now. I ain’t mad about nothing. I’m
good on that, I just wanted everybody know that it wasn’t me leaving
the group mad, like, fuck niggas or whatever. It was a business
deal, one album. We understood. Everybody knew, and everybody
was cool with that. As long as the two bosses understand, I don’t need
to talk to no artist.
The Boyz N Da Hood situation wasn’t beneficial enough for you
financially to do a second album?
I got my group USDA. I always had USDA. I been doing my own
shows before Boyz N Da Hood jumped off. It was a business venture.
They’re talking about, I wasn’t with them on the road. But I knew what
it was. Nigga, you supposed to be with me. Like I said, it is what it is.
Fuck it. I ain’t mad, just keep my name out your mouth. I’m a grown
ass man. I ain’t finna do no rappin’ or none of that beef shit. I don’t do
all that shit. If you gonna envy a nigga, envy from across the street.
What if you and Jody just have a conversation and work it out?
Conversation? The nigga is in a magazine talkin’ about me. What am
I supposed to do? I’m good. He said what he said, I said what I said.
On another note, I heard your baby’s mother is taking you to court,
saying that you’re only paying $178/month in child support.
I really don’t wanna talk about that. All I’m gonna say is that I love
my son very much, and my son is very well taken care of. I’m a hood
nigga, so I got hood issues. My baby mama wants more money, so I’m
gonna give it to her. But I want my visitation rights. That’s it, in a nutshell.
The press takes it and makes it into a big thing, but it’s nothing.
We doing what normal people do. She wants more money and I want
visitation rights, so that’s why we’re going to court, like normal people.
That’s what you have to do. You’ve been to court, haven’t you?
I’m making more money than I used to make when I got assigned
that $178/month, because back then I didn’t have a job. But I don’t
want no muthafucker to misunderstand: my son is extra spoiled. So
muthafuckers shouldn’t be talking about what I ain’t doing. My child is
straight. His mother is straight, and she’s gonna be straighter. I can’t
knock her for that. That’s what women do. I love my son very much,
so he gets whatever he needs. All I want is my visitation rights and
we’re straight. I’m in a bigger tax bracket now, so I gotta make sure
the number is right. But if she throws out some astronomical number,
that’s something you gotta go to court about. You can’t just tell me to
give you such-and-such amount and I’m cool with it. I gotta make sure
he’s got some of it going to a college fund, taking care of his schooling,
and find out where the rest of the money is going.
More money, more problems?
Ain’t no problem to take care of my child. But it’s different now because
I’m somebody, so the things I do are made public. I really don’t
like my business being in the street like that. That’s my child, I love
my son. So whatever he needs, he’s gonna get it, trust me. We’re
everyday people, so we go through everyday shit. I don’t give a fuck
what nobody else thinks. My folks know what’s going on. Everybody
around me knows that my son is straight. It’s just court. Everybody’s
been to court before. But going back to that other shit, there ain’t no
beef. I wish Boyz N Da Hood the best of luck. I read the Jody Breeze
interview and I just didn’t appreciate what he said about me. After all I
did for a nigga, he makin’ it sound like I’m a fucked-up individual. Take
it like a man. Get your numbers up. Let’s get it. USDA coming soon,
Slick Pulla, BloodRaw coming soon.
- Julia Beverly (Photo: Eric Johnson)
2005
We’re guessing it’s all love these days, since Jody Breeze
made a guest appearance at Jeezy’s 10 Year Anniversary
concert to perform his memorable hook on “Dem Boyz”.
But back in 2005, the two Boyz N Da Hood members had
some words in OZONE, reprinted below.