So in the same spirit in which Chainz venerates Wayne let us ourselves as Lil Wayne fans venerate Chainz by bumping the shit out of one of the duo's biggest collaborations, 'Rich as Fuck,' a song that will go off in any public setting, largely thanks to 2 Chainz's immaculate hook. He quips 'I booked studio with the trap money / Lil Wayne used to come get the bags from me' on opener 'Saturday Night.' He talks about 'bumpin' that Weezy hard' on 'Good Drank.' And on '4AM' he both mentions listening to Tha Carter and points out that he's in a rap group with the 'best rapper that's alive.' They are also mutual fans, and in the first four songs of Pretty Girls Like Trap Music, 2 Chainz shouts out his friend no fewer than four times. Since then-a decade ago!-the two have remained friends and collaborators, and the catalog of just their tracks together in that time period would put most artists to shame. One person who believed in Tity Boi, though, was Lil Wayne, who helped the rapper land the biggest hit of his career to date with Playaz Circle's 'Duffle Bag Boy' in 2007. Before 2 Chainz was in the running for the title of Best Rapper Alive, he was a journeyman artist in Atlanta, the kind of guy who might have ended up as a colorful character in the city's rap history rather than one of the central figures. People didn't always believe in 2 Chainz. 2 Chainz is one of our greatest living rappers.

Today is a national holiday, for it is upon this day that the artist formerly known as Tity Boi has shared with the world his latest masterpiece, Pretty Girls Like Trap Music. 2 Chainz – I Am Not a Human Being 2, 2013

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