In 2016, after additional featured appearances, he released “Feel Like Cappin'” along with the album ColleGrove, a collaboration with Lil Wayne, although only 2 Chainz was credited due to label issues. The album featured the hits “Feds Watching” and “Where U Been.” 2 Chainz was also heard on singles from B.o.B (“Headband”), Major Lazer (“Bubble Butt”), and Juicy J (“Bandz a Make Her Dance”) that year. Following later announcements that 2 Chainz had been working on new material with Pharrell Williams and Drake, a sequel, B.O.A.T.S. Other guests included Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, and Mike Posner, while production was handled by the likes of the-Dream and Drumma Boy. The album featured three hits (“No Lie” featuring Drake, “Birthday Song” featuring Kanye West, and “I’m Different”) and hit number one on the album charts, reaching platinum status.
He featured on Kanye West’s “Mercy” and Nicki Minaj’s “Beez in the Trap,” then released his official debut, Based on a T.R.U. That same year he was featured on David Banner’s “Yao Ming” and Big K.R.I.T.’s “Money on the Floor.”
The 2Pac references continued with his 2009 mixtapes Trap-A-Velli and All Ice on Me, but 2010’s Me Against the World 2: Codeine Withdrawal hit his style on the nose with the last bit of its title, and when DJ Teknikz and DJ Frank White collected his best street tracks in 2011, the hard and hazy set of cuts was dubbed the Codeine Cowboy mixtape. With three platinum hits - “No Lie” featuring Drake, “Birthday Song” featuring Kanye West, and “I’m Different” - the album hit number one on the Billboard 200, and easily reached platinum status.īorn and raised in College Park, Georgia, he first went solo in 2007 with the mixtape Me Against the World. His breakout year was 2012, when he landed on Kanye West’s “Mercy” and Nicki Minaj’s “Beez in the Trap” before dropping his official debut, Based on a T.R.U. Epps launched a successful solo career in 2010, and began issuing a parade of Top 40 hits while becoming a go-to artist for guest verses.
2 Chainz is the stage name of Atlanta rapper Tauheed Epps, once known as Tity Boi in the Atlanta-based Playaz Circle.
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