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When did Yayo ever lie?
"if I ran G-Unit, I would've signed J.Cole, Danny Brown, etc"

Ain't nobody signing to G-Unit in the 2010s, and especially not because of Yayo

When did Yayo ever lie?
He’s a jayceon stan don’t bother
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"if I ran G-Unit, I would've signed J.Cole, Danny Brown, etc"
Ain't nobody signing to G-Unit in the 2010s, and especially not because of Yayo![]()
"if I ran G-Unit, I would've signed J.Cole, Danny Brown, etc"
Ain't nobody signing to G-Unit in the 2010s, and especially not because of Yayo![]()
"if I ran G-Unit, I would've signed J.Cole, Danny Brown, etc"
Ain't nobody signing to G-Unit in the 2010s, and especially not because of Yayo![]()
Except he's not lying. Danny Brown was running with Yayo at the start of his career, and said himself that Yayo brought him to 50, and 50 refused to sign him because Danny was rocking skinny jeans
Sha Money XL told me once that he brought you to 50 Cent before you signed with Roc Nation. What do you remember about first meeting him?
I didn't meet 50 when Sha was trying to introduce me, but there's a crazy story. I was unsigned and my name was starting to get around the industry. I took a meeting with Paul Rosenberg and a meeting with Mark Pitts, but my stuff hadn't got to Jay Z yet. Nobody was making a move. "Lights Please" and "Lost Ones" were making their rounds, but it wasn't no real action yet. I ended up in Connecticut at 50's crib and he wasn't home that night but people was still in his crib.
Were Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks around?
Yayo, Sha Money and a couple other people were there, but Banks wasn't that night. Yayo was going nuts, like, "Son!" When I see Tony Yayo today we still talk about that. It was a crazy night. After that, Sha Money was trying to fukk with me heavy. He was like "Son, look, I'm playing 50 your shyt." Supposedly the story is that he played 50 my shyt and 50 wasn't sure. Like, "don't know, man. Is he one of these skinny jeans nikkas?" He couldn't see it, but it was a good time in my life. It was brand new, fresh. Being in that crib was amazing.
Fast forward five years and you feature 50 on "New York Times", off of Truly Yours 3. How did that track come about?
I made that song and didn't write the hook, I just did the melody. On the original reference I'm humming the melody, but all I did was steal a 50 Cent melody some shyt I would hear 50 singing. I had that song for a year before the album came out. I was like, "Damn, I'd love to get 50 or Nas on this." Nas was my original plan but he didn't get the verse done in time. So we had this other kid from Queens named Bas.
Wow, reuniting 50 and Nas could've been huge.
Exactly. For hip-hop, period. But really for New York. I wanted that to be a real New York record. This down South nikka coming and putting on for the city because I have a connection. So 50 came to the studio in L.A. to lay the verse and he heard the melody and he was like, "I could tell you was thinking about me when you were doing that melody." He wrote that shyt in five minutes, maybe. It was crazy to see that melody that was in my head come to life with the actual person who I wanted to do it. He gave us three hours worth of game that night, just talking.
Were both Nas and 50 aware that they'd both be on the same record?
Yeah. I told 50 that night he laid the hook, "I just want to let you know I want to put Nas on this." He was like, "Yeah that's cool." Then I hit Nas and told him I got this joint with 50 on it, and he was like "Cool." Nobody had a problem with it. I think that they saw the moment was going to be big. I wish he couldâve gotten that verse done, but my nikka Bas is on that, so itâs all good.
Danny Brown would have been a legit pickup for yayo. Yayo did a whole tape with him, hawaiian snow. 50 didnt like Browns image though. Now J Cole, yeah that doesnt make as much sense.
Yeppp Vlad was ALWAYS in the mix. He was at the offices with his camera movin and shakin a lot. He did a few interviews in the office with Banks and Yayo I believe. I never sat down with him.
I just tweeted the nikka to try and lock that in. Lets see what happens
Yeah I know about the collab tape.
It makes zero sense for either of them to sign to G-Unit when they just got dropped from Interscope and were in decline, over Hov's brand new label at the time.
Yayo talking crazy if he thinks he could've secured either of them with his A&R skills. Where was his A&R skills his own career?![]()
you've been proven wrong here and above.
Playing someone your music isn't equivalent to wanting to get signed by them lmao. You clearly don't know any artists.
Aint nobody wanted to sign to the G-Unit label when it was dying, and no one did outside Kidd Kidd![]()
You're clearly an idiot all these artists had no buzz or brand at the time of course they wanted to sign to an established label. J Cole literally says no one was interested in him and you think he wouldn't sign to 50 at the time moron?![]()
Shawty lo and ot genesis signed.Playing someone your music isn't equivalent to wanting to get signed by them lmao. You clearly don't know any artists.
Aint nobody wanted to sign to the G-Unit label when it was dying, and no one did outside Kidd Kidd![]()