Michelle and Craig sit down with Grammy Award-winning rapper, entrepreneur, and New York Times bestselling author 2 Chainz for a candid conversation about the experiences that made him who he is today.
2 Chainz opens up about growing up in Atlanta, being raised by his mother, and balancing school and basketball with the realities of his neighborhood. He reflects on being a gifted basketball player with college prospects while keeping “one foot in, one foot out”— and the moment he realized that if he wanted a different life, he would have to fully commit to it. He also shares how watching Lil Wayne’s discipline on tour changed the way he approached his own career, why he’s learned to trust the voice in his head, and how those lessons inspired his bestselling memoir, The Voice in My Head Is God. Plus, he talks about marriage, fatherhood, fashion, raising kids who know what “no” feels like, and why failure can be one of life’s greatest teachers. And in one of the conversation’s most personal moments, 2 Chainz opens up about losing his father and shares the deeply personal story behind “Pops,” a song that allowed him to say some of the things he never got the chance to say while his father was alive.