![]() KHALED: I feel it because everybody got their own story and their own grind. ![]() MONEYBAGG YO: Damn, you took all the words out my mouth, Khaled. You know I’m here and I’m special.” I felt like you was like, “You know what? I’m here to stay.” This is my new chapter to show you where I’m about to go. And I always say, “Consistency is key.” But this album, I felt like it was everything you was doing, but it’s like, “All right, guys, I’m going to give you this. First of all, you put out many projects and you’ve been so consistent. You’ve got to force it on them, make them believe in you and just keep doing you, because you’re the only one that can see where you want to go. Everybody don’t see your vision, they don’t get where you’re going. MONEYBAGG YO: It’s exactly how I feel, bro. I always tell everybody, “Hard work pays off.” You know what I’m saying? When you work hard and don’t complain, and you just go for it and go get it, dreams come true. KHALED: Before we talk about the album and the hit records, I want to talk about your hustle and grind. MONEYBAGG YO: I swear, it’s the beginning right here. And the thing is that you’re just getting started. I always seen that you had the ambition to be where you at now. I say, “Yo, Moneybagg pulled up on me one time at the Apollo in New York City.” And that’s the first time I really got to chop it up with you face to face. Not just on the number one album, but on everything. After years of releasing a slew of mixtapes and albums, A Gangsta’s Pain serves as the rapper’s first number one album, and, as he puts the finishing touches on the Deluxe Edition, Moneybagg hopped on a call with DJ Khaled to discuss working with Pharrell, the joys of flipping samples, and why a number one album is just the beginning. The Memphis-born rapper cites the aforementioned artists, along with Boosie, Juvenile, and Yo Gotti, as his primary inspirations for his gritty yet infectious wordplay. ![]() Tank by Heron Preston for Calvin Klein.įuture has “Codeine Crazy,” Lil Wayne has “Me and My Drank,” and now, Moneybagg Yo has “Wockesha.” As the hit single from his latest album A Gangsta’s Pain, “Wockesha” samples the classic song “One More Chance” by The Notorious B.I.G, as Moneybagg waxes poetic about his love of lean.
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