Joe and Jada - Fetty Wap talks ‘Zavier’ album, NEW chapter in career & music industry’s hard lessons

Episode Date: March 31, 2026

Fat Joe and Jadakiss sit down with Fetty Wap, who pulls up to Joe and Jada fresh out of a four-year bid with a new team and a new album ‘Zavier’ that dropped everywhere on March 27th. Fetty breaks down what it took to get his mind right and get back to the Fetty that took the world by storm with his debut album in 2015. Joe makes the case that Fetty is on the level of Nelly and 50 Cent and should be credited with creating his own wave of hip hop. Fetty plays two new records live on the show, including 'I Remember' featuring G Herbo, a raw look back at the come up, the money, and the people who weren't there when it mattered. Joe and Jada also get into the ugly side of the industry, artists getting locked into bad deals and accountants robbing them blind, and what every young artist needs to know before they sign anything. Joe and Jada is now STREAMING ON NETFLIX! All lines provided by Hard Rock Bet 4:30 Welcoming Fetty home 18:30 Fetty developing ‘Zavier’ during time away 30:30 Joe on the ugly side of the industry 36:00 Fetty plays “I Remember” & “Right Back To You” 43:00 Joe compares Fetty to 50 & NellySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Like, I'm in there, like, I was the fortune, you can win fresh. But it's just like, you know, certain people got this aspect of how. they view me because they hear the songs, but they don't know where I'm from. Yeah, yeah, what up, y'all? This Joe Crack, the Dawn.

It's your boy Jada. You know what it is, the Joe and Jada show. Every show legendary, every show iconic, crushing shit, pun intended. When you think of today's guests, you think of a motherfucking billboard crusher. You think of melodies. You think of

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and you come out and have such an impact, it's hard to hit another one out the park like my brother, Crackerson. You think of this guy, he's constantly smacking them out the park. I think of a great father. Think of somebody that was able to overcome adversity. You think of somebody that's able to,

about to do it again. You know what I mean? Being on top is always beautiful, being at the top of the mountain when you're able to fall off and get back to the top of the mountain your special individual. Ladies and gentlemen,

make some noise for my brother Fetty. Why? Yeah. It's dope, man. Welcome to the Joe and Jeter show. My brother was good. I'm easy on them, man.

Easy style. You already know, man. No doubt. I see you in there. Working now. getting your mind rising, you come home. He actually had a different kind of come home. I put him and Max B in the top come home.

Max B became French waited for him. I don't know how much of a pause it is. Sound like something. Come on. Release. Your pause is off. Come home, man. No, fucking Porsche.

You know, yeah, he had one of the best come homes. You know, my man. That's just saying, please. Because your mother and my mother said it over 40 billion times. Come on. I can never be a pause. Okay. But his release, we're going to get our Harvard jargon up.

His release from incarceration was one of the best and different and amazing that we've seen like Max B. where he actually went to see the lane. He went directly to the bag. Let me out. Let me go talk to these people to see how we're going to get back to the bridge. You know what I mean? Man, let me ask you something, man. So you go to jail, right?

I don't know what you want to do. Not that my head was talking. What happens with Fetty Watt, who has four number one hits? I'm not talking about Urban. I'm talking about number one out the park. Cindy Lauper. Fetty Watt, right? You name it.

four in a row, right? In your worst day, in a crackhead day, I used to tell Remy this all the time. So, you know, I mean, our crackhead day we'll get $5,000 a piece to perform forever. We do four, we make $20,000. You and your worst day for four number ones, in your worst, in the crackhead day,

it'll be $20,000 a show. You got four number ones. You do four, five of them a month. That's $100,000. That's a principal, sales. salary of a year. This is in the worst. And it's worst.

No, this is Cracket. Yeah, Crack. I could not understand for the life of me, how do you get into this trouble? Could you break that down to us? Why did that happen? What put you in that position? I mean, it's real simple, though. Like, it's simple.

As far as, like, how it would happen and how I got to that point, just doing too much with people. Like, the same go, like, I kept pouring out an empty cup, you know what I'm saying? Even though I kept filling the cup back up, it kept running empty until I could not fill a cup of them. You know what I'm saying? At a certain point, it was like, you know what? Like, I'm doing more than I can handle by myself. Feel me?

Like, I had to fire the management. I had to, I was just doing everything by myself. You know what I'm saying? Like, when it was coming, like, the book shows, like, I remember a couple, a few times people was reaching out to me through the DM. Like, yo, we've been heading up your manager. I don't have a manager. You know what I mean?

And I'm like, yeah, talk to me directly. So I got all these people calling me. I'm not knowing how to handle all this by myself. And I'm really booking every show by myself. So now I'm trying to figure out how to do it. I got to figure out how to do like the W-9s and all this type of thing like that. And I don't know nothing.

I'm like, Noah, like, it's too much for me. So it's like the only thing I know how to do other than music was us. So I'm like, I still got to feed the family. I still got to feed the kids. And it was like instead of me moving away from the pride and just asking for help, help. You know, I'm like, I'm just doing it by myself like I've been doing.

So when it came down to it, you know, certain things happened, certain people got caught up. My name got brought up and this will happen. That's always going to happen in hip-hop. People don't understand. Like, I try to tell them all the time, you in a club. I just told you about me getting arrested. I didn't even finish that story with Rebbe. I got arrested for no reason. They beat this guy up They locked me up

You old fat You robbed them This and this and that shit happened To be about ten times They kept They was coming up to me I'm rich And they were saying

Yeah you robbed them For the scittiest Chain never created Some way I'm like Yo bro this shit Don't even make sense You come into my album

release signing To lock me up To him by I stuck a guy up For a $300 chain All right So the point is

You're used to a lifestyle Are you out there you're making a bunch of money, but you're spending a bunch of money, and it got overwhelming to the point of where you was like, you was used to that money. So you said, yo,

let me go hustle and get that type of money right there. Right? So now, the new Feddy Bob that came home, you know, you got to adjust. That's a fair. So there's some times where we're doing great,

with a family. I tell the wife, you go get the burking, go get to this, go get to that. Then there's time she got to sip through a straw. And instead of noble, you got to go to the diner. I've had those times in my life where I got to adjust to say, all right, shit is slow right now.

Let's start eating some diner food. Todd shit, get back up. These are like the adjustments you got to make throughout your career because in this career shit, it's not guaranteed, but there is something guaranteed. You have four hits. you're a generational artists

there's people who grew up and started rapping just singing and rapping because of you there's people who looked up to you I feel like you birthed the whole genre of music I want you to know

yo it ain't so bad $20,000 a show or something like that if you get four them a month five of them a month I've been there before you know

and I got caught with taxes they took all my money millions of dollars and diggers just playing with. The same guys who spanned me 50,000 a show, they're like, yo, how many times you think people want to hear lean back? I got 12,000. Ah?

Romania, 12,000? Shit. Bangladesh. Yo, we got 12,000. Same guy been paying me 50,000 for 18 years. They play with you like that. But I had to say, all right, until I get another one, if we ain't go off crazy, and I get back my life.

And I got them all back. So when all the way up came out, I wouldn't even take their show. You know, Joe, we want to book the show. I'm like, you, sir, cannot book the show unless, guess what, guys, I'm charging $100,000. You pay $175 to $200 on purpose. No, that's not fair, Joe.

That's what it is for you. He played with me. He was booking me for $12,000 in the slums of Shaolin. You know, they played with me. I got them all back. to God, but you have to realize that, you know, I guess you did. How many years you did before?

And I seen you were in real jail. He wasn't in fair jails. Yeah, but he was in real jail. There's guys who go to fake jails, guys. Like, it's like, what are you talking about? My man, Boussi just pulled out of PC shit and something like this. The guy's fake jails.

Like, I don't mean it was, all jails is real. Whenever you go inside the jail is on you, me. I don't know of a fake jail. I've seen you in real. Tyler Perry. Nice guys. You can't fucking fake jail. Jail is real, don't.

Have you going to be? I know guys. Wherever you go. They call me from jail with cell phone, with champagne. Oh, you're talking about where Jacob did youelah went. This shit like that. They got kids. They got kids.

Yes. You wasn't in that. You was in jail. You was in jail. Yeah. And people don't realize how difficult it is to go in there as a rap star. What are you feeling when you're walking in them gates? I mean, you know, I started up in Brooklyn.

I was an MDC. So I was on. So you started your time there. You checked in MDC. No, I ain't checking no way. No, I ain't said like you gave. Hell, wow. You know what I'm saying?

Oh, so they locked you up and then you was there and you was fighting your case at an MDC. Oh, okay. Me, I had to get myself in. Like, okay, come do your time. Yeah, they came right. You, they came and got you so you stuck there. Yeah. Right?

You got a Chapo in there. You was in there when the Chapo was in there. No, Chapo was in... Chippo was in... They had him like a special thing. Well, I'm trying to obey. Yeah, I was in 43. I was in Forty-Nap.

I was in the main. I was in Jimpa. Yeah, that's what you spoke to me. Fuck all that. You'd have made the PC list, man. Boots you put out the PC list. You get exposed. You know, what was that like adjusting?

You know, what was that like, you know, going to jail and adjusting and the UFairn, you walk into the new jail? Yo, Fannie Bob, what's up, this, this, that? Like, the fair's a little bit different. So you kind of, like, you kind of gravitate to your hood. So, you like, you know, whatever. He was in the Jersey car.

Yeah, like, once people seem like, oh, no, he's just a regular, like, he broke from the hood. Like, he was one of us. I ain't going there on some like I'm this, this, me, who got what for sale? Let me get that. Let me get this, let me get that.

You got how much you got in your luck let me get that. You need some of your comments every list. I'm going to put some of my sense of money over there, some of your cash that. Like I just went in there moving around. Yeah, I mean? Like I just, you ain't got no choice about to adapt to it.

Is it out or just go to PC? I see him on heavy work. out to. Yeah, I was doing my name. Now, you came home. You came home. Boy, you had that. Just came home.

Diddy Bob, huh? I was mad little when I went in. Yeah. Yeah, I was mad little bit. But you was in there. You know, I told them outside, I said, yo, some guys going there, they get fat. Yeah.

How do you go to jail and get fat when everybody works out? Some people ain't got that motivation. You can get fat in the world. Is this? Is it? Not true. It's not true. No, not really.

It's not true. It's not true. It's not true. Because when you wake up in jail, the whole jail's working out. Like, there's no way to avoid it. Hey, basketball's here. Waste us here. Like, bro, for you to sit there for four years just eating your face out.

You know, like, you got to be a lazy motherfucker. I mean, but some people who can't come out, they sell-up. You know, you got the head of the Muslim car. He won't allow you to do nothing in the jail. Like, you can't get no money. You can't move around. You want to take your shot? Do you want to come over there sitting and say?

They can't go nowhere. So, you know what I mean? Like, because you really, you did this for protection. You ain't did this because you believe all right. You what I'm saying? It'd be like that. It'd be a lot of them in there. So, like, it'd be them type of motherfuckers

I can't come out they said. We're going to protect you and keep reading and shit like that. Yeah, you feel me? Like, they got to do like the cleaning. They'd be cleaning. Like, right down the table. I had Hong Kong Mongolian wipe my shit while I was gone. Big motherfucker.

Yo, wipe the shit down. I want that shit spotless, man. Yeah, but they, I mean, but you know, they still stand on business, though. Like, as far as, like, the real right ones, like, they still stand. They're not, just because I say that, because, you know, some people that's on the outside that I'd never been to jail might have something to say about that common. Yeah, I don't understand. You know what I'm saying?

Like, jail definitely made me realize, like, you know what I'm saying? Everything I was doing. Like, everything I was doing wrong about myself for the family, for the kids. You know what I mean? Like, I got a chance to sit back and reflect on everything I was doing. Like, like, I'm going in there thinking, like, man, I just, and spent this money on. I remember I brought a bro this.

I brought bro this. And I'm like, I'm like, I only did this for my daughter. I only did this for my son on their birthdays or whenever I was with him, it was never just, I'm outside, let me just buy them. You know what I mean?

Like, you know, ignorance shit like that, you feel me? Like that I was doing when I was younger. And now it was like, it just made me realize, like, you know, where like this time you come home, you know what I mean,

you owed him that time back. You owe him that time back. The same way you were spurzing on the gods and everybody robin Jane Doe, Like he's like, you know, all that type of shit. Like, I mean, let's take the babies. Let's go get some Chanel purse just for the girls, my daughters. Then a lot of guys disappoint you when you went and did your time.

Of course. You thought they would write you a letter or something like that? Of course they did. I had one of my guys, one of the most realest guys in the world. He got a murder case. All these guys used to think he was cool with, none of them showed up the court. None of them came around.

nobody visit him, nobody this and this and that. By a miracle of God, he beat the murder case he came out. He's hanging out with all these dudes. I'm like, you're my man. You're lying to yourself. They already proved to you. God put you in a position so they could prove to you if they real family, if they real friends are not.

What my man said? Who was that? Was that George Bush fool me once, huh? Shame on me. Fool me twice. you know, in my life I learned to not forgive those guys. It took me three times. I went rich, broke, rich, broke, rich,

till I finally saved. That was four. That was four? No, that was three. But it took me a long time to, you just learn from my experience. Those guys, they're no good. They're never going to turn around to be good.

They're never going to be loyal. You're wasting your time. That's a fact. Nah, get out new music. How was it in there? Was you able to think of songs? Was you able to think of shit? Because everybody I know, me,

I can't think of nothing. I didn't, my mind wasn't even on music while I was in. Yeah, I was in the whole, I was in the shoe for six and a half months. I was in a shoe for six and a half months. And that's when everything started coming to me. Like, that's when I really had that sit back time. Like, that's really around the time where it's crazy, because my first two years in,

I was so, like, how I could put this shit? Like, I was so much on go time with the guys. I wasn't even, like, thinking about music. Like, I'm, I'm, on five o'clock come. Once you hear that door unlocked, tie your boots. Like, it's none of that,

like, you don't have that luxury to just, like I said, unless you go to a different section of the jail, you feel? Like, so once you start coming down on levels, like, it was like, all right, whatever. And then, like, as soon as I got to, a good jail, like, where I could chill with the champagne and all that,

like that. Like, they locked me right, but I don't even make it there 20 days. That's when they, that's when they sent you home? No, they sent me to the shoe. Lock them back up. Yeah. So I went to, like, like, I got there, like, I was there for 20 days. They tried to say I escaped the camp. Let me so. I beat it, though. So, yeah, I beat it. But they still set me in there, like, like, all right, look,

you got, you got too much influence. You got too, like, You know what I mean? I hate that. Yeah, and that's how they get us. Like, that's how, especially like, I guess that's how they get us like. I hate that. I hate that. They hate it on you and they set an example on you.

Yeah. Just because of who your name is. And it ain't you as a person. They don't necessarily mean that you're like that. Or they play that game with everybody. Like, Remy, she was in the parole, right, on. TV with a family number one song in America this they would not let her go do a show and these bum-ass parole officers just like no this and and she's on like you see she's trying

to change her life yeah she's trying to be a boss she's trying to this she's on a TV show this that they fronted on her for like I think what was she had like three years of parole I went with her when they had an ankle bracelet on her. Three years later, like, you know, it was incredible, bro. But they were just abusing the power. So you came home. Is it a new style Fettie Wob or is it the classical Fettie Watt? You finished talking about jail?

Because I'm going to start asking about the album. Okay. Well, you don't want me to ask about the rap team. That 1800, Jaded kiss. He's talking about the new time. Don't bottle of 1800. How you pronounce it? Xavier.

Xavier. Xavier. No, Xavier. Xavier. Yeah, but just take the X out and put it to Jesus. Xavier. Yeah, Zemian. What was your age?

Oh, my man. You're petty bump. How do you come up with that? Xavier? Yeah, Zabia. So that's like, um, that's like my alter ego. So, like, when I started doing music before, like,

I, um, I used to do this thing like, Zoubiz. A lot of my oldest songs. Like, and it really came from, like, Gucci used to be on, like, Gucci Man Lafleur. So I'm like, I can't say Fettie Wop LaFleer.

Like, I was like, Zoo Vee, like, everybody called me Zoo. I mean, so it was like, just put it together. So it was like, at one point, I was changing my name anyway. So that was my name. It's Avid.

Oh, I get it. You know what I'm saying? That's fine. I get it. What's the sound? Yeah. Sound, right? Yeah. I'm curious.

What are you doing? Some new type shit, are you doing Fetti W? That's a little mixture of both. You know, it's just a more mature version of me. That's all, like a more mature version. Like, I'm still with me. Just, you know, I got a few different bops in there. I'm saying, like...

Let me tell you something. I tell you in your face, man. I always been a fan of you. I've always thought you was a great person. I know you're going to come with a hit record. And if you don't, You're talking to a guy I've been around 30-something years.

You got four number ones. You get yourself a book up. You get, all right. They're just telling you the truth. What I'm saying is facts. I respect that, though. You know what I'm saying? You get your money how it comes.

Even you're going to make a ton of money. You know, we're all looking for the hit record to make a ton of money. Or we take that slow good money, which is better than a lot, 99% of America's. No, I got a good team beyond me now. Like, I got a great

team behind me. Yeah, I see you got about 76 people with you over here. You've got white people in the entourage. Yeah, well, I'm doing like a documentary. Yeah, I'm doing a documentary. What's the documentary call? Where's it coming out?

I don't know yet. It's getting that footage, getting content. So it's just like, no, I'm just taking this I'm taking my craft serious this time. I mean, like, I already, I did what I did outside of it. I mean, nobody can't take that from me. I did my time.

I stood on my tent. Nobody can't take that from me. So it's like, all right, now I do something for Fetti. I mean, like, the same way I was confident and going to grab the, I mean, and hitting the kitchen and going outside, I had that confidence level. Like, this is what I do. Like, you know what I mean? Like, I know I can make this if I go on my mind.

I got that same confidence with the music there. Feel me? So that's how crazy that was. I don't think you even understand how crazy that was. No, I didn't. Yo. Because I don't look at myself or everybody else look at me. That's always been my problem.

Like, me as a person, like, I remember one time we had, came to, bro had invited me to his husband. I mean, we came out there to the Yonkers. And, like, everybody looking at me crazy because I went to the Chinese store. Like, I've been in, like, four chicken winged fresh. But it's just like, you know, certain people got this aspect of how they view me because they hear the songs,

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I'm sure you don't want to be with us? Not a problem. All right, here you go. I've had several artists. I spent millions of dollars on. that turned around and it's like, yo,

I don't think this working out. You sure you don't think this work? It ain't working out. I'm going to go do whatever.

Oh, damn. I don't think none of them ever popped off when they left. But the point is I never believed in holding people

against their will or because I signed a talented person. Hey, you got to take some credit because you signed it. Right?

But, you know, it's crazy. I see it all the time. I see it with I see men man handling

female artists that they signed them to y'all I don't care yo I saw it's like y'all all right you gave her you know gave her a shot

she blew up you made millions she don't want to be here let's move on work out some shit and keep it pushing you know what I'm saying so you know

that's something that's been the ugly in the hip-hop game somebody feel like they signed you man, he'll be a guy who signed you never seen you again. That's the fact.

And then you blow and they're like, yo, that's what they happened. Somebody wrote a hit hook for me. Right? Hit hook. I thought I was like, damn,

this thing about to be rich, right? Because I'm giving up the right publishing to them and everything. Yo, you wrote the worry this, this, this. Somebody's honey guys came up to me. He was like, yo, you know, I own the guy. You know, I own the guy. You know, I gave you.

He gave him 10 grand while he was drunk in the gambling spy. I own him. I diss, this, this. I'm like, yo, he got nothing. That's crazy. He's supposed to make millions of dollars. I swear to you, they kept coming up to me. Like, I said, yo, I worked with him.

I know, Ethan. I happen to know this one. I'm giving him the publishing. I don't have to say food in this one. Yo, you look at. I know. I know. I know.

I know. I'm not telling you. You, listen. But. It's the craziest shit I ever seen it by now. I'm happy for the guy This guy works hard.

He's a great guy. I'm like, all right, this guy going to be kicked up. He came out of woodworks. Oh, I own them. Yo, I hear. Octopus hands. And I'm like, you know,

and so what's so important is for artists out there to not be in the position that most people be in is you got to have to. What it is that you're not saying is we all, that's three up here, whoever's back there that's all this, you got to learn. We don't, we didn't come in and shit learning.

So the faster we know we getting done wrong, the faster you can get out of that situation, but it's to learn from there and then to educate those that's coming up because it's going to keep happening. As long as you don't have the night. They're looking for talented. Most important shit you need to do is get a lawyer. That's stupid.

Even sometimes the lawyers down with the label, then you get caught in the triple cross. So you got to learn as much as you can pray and surround yourself with some good people because they're going to keep doing it. That's the fucked up part of it. It's never going to stop. That's their job.

Yeah. That's fucked up. You know what I mean? man, I had a lawyer I really trust. I was with him for about 10, 15 years. He introduced me to the guy who lined me up for the tax case. I never trusted him again. I got rid of him.

I said, yo, this guy lined me up. I don't know. He got caught up in some shit and lined me up with the accountant, who I never seen again in my life, and didn't pay my bills, robbed me, and I went to the feds because of him. Man. So I got to agree with Kiss,

when he says sometimes you can't even trust your own lawyer. You know, some of these guys be connected. It's the craziest shit. Trust is a hard thing in life. It's crazy because I still trust. Me, I'm dumb enough to trust. I can't do that. I don't got to let me to do that thing.

I caught two accountants robbing me for millions of dollars. After I caught the Fed case, I caught another accountant that we treated like family stealing like $3 million from me. Like this shit is legendary. Like this shit... How many accounts get killed a year? How about they don't even go to jail, bro?

That's why I mean... You can't even sue them. You can't even is. In a couple of counting funerals. There is come, there's a car. A couple of counts got to get... That's a kid. You're just as crazy.

But I ain't lying. It's like a loophole with these accountants how they get away with this shit. You know what I'm saying? But you got a team. You're on the go. We got some new music. Oh, yeah.

Let's hear that shit. The single, White Roses, or there's something else? There's something else right here. No doubt. We get a special Joe and Jada. You know what I mean? That's obvious. You already know.

We get something special. Let's hear it. Freddie B'i. You might want to make this the next single. Whatever you play on here, because it's going to get duct taped to a rocket ship. It's out of it. It's that virul mania.

Yeah, baby. Okay, it's time for me to go. I won't let him play me. If I pop, I wouldn't show up. I don't think you crazy. See a butter knife and realize. I might cook up a baby. He was pushing bags up, but now we push up daisy.

I remember. Counting up a mill And my Mercedes I remember Having dreams About a mill And the Mercedes I remember

I was waiting For a plug Like a blessing I remember Them corner days On 12 and 22 I remember LB and beans

And fatty cash in the trap And I remember It was Perion that gave me my first strap I remember Me and Quadrie

when Slick Pete got back I remember Singing chill bro Big bro Bought to come back I remember Them dark days

When bitches didn't even noticed me. I remember when I popped out new whip, everybody noticed me. I remember niggins funny faces when they found out what I was singing. I remember feeling like A's that day he walked out the cleaners. I remember being young as hell feeling so insecure. I remember I was looking in the mirror then I started seeing more. I remember Montana bugs dicing fetic cash for the summer. I remember the day I fell in love it was with King. I remember choosing loyalty I could prove it. I remember I ain't. never made none of my niggas let none of my niggas spill useless i remember that is only me was the only one looking stupid i remember that first million dollar check had it in my hand i remember that the one i gave it to we probably never speak again and i remember by the defamation case i ain't even know about i remember if you let me how you say why you ain't throw it out i remember feeling exed out getting left out by the rest i remember feeling drained out nigger i ain't have nothing left i remember grabbing 30 bro

Bricks and I put that on my sit I remember feeling better now I got I got it on my chest N'i'i'n, you know my name No limit ain't shit change I was playing with them jeans wake before my fame Load up, cocky and bang I stayed silent was locked in with game I bought a brick for I bought me a chain

There's so many hits how the fuck I'm still saying Let's take a trip down memory lane Naga I remember G Phazzo died Lying in my bed I couldn't stop crying Remember my mom ain't let me outside But I snuck right back out on the nine Number 14 bought my first nine O last 38 ain't even shine

I ain't give a fuck though cause it was mad waiting on the fuck nita get out of the line Remember my first time going to slide? Yeah, I was scared but I hit the track. When I let off I close my eyes, open them shop out for more times and I remember the rap back flaming the weed up, trying relax. When I got rich start band straps, now I can't remember how many I f-yeah, all our rap is facts. All our rap is facts, I remember pouring up, place to act. Flying in the track, me Molly and Max, remember one something like 15 hacks.

Remember we bought that lack, broskey hit the rap that bitch all black, cause we were sliding and sliding and sliding Sliding the spot something, how about the back? Remember, I was having a guilt trip. Like, well, I gotta solve everybody problems. I still ain't here or shit. Niggas act like I ain't grow up, poor rats running all in my build. White folks gay, the whole hood,

hope. Remember, them, niggas almost killed. Streets fucked up, that's how it is. Looked up the gangsters since a kid. Remember, G. Gill first took his beat. Remember, all only goes to seed. Took it on drills to them bitches heat. I remember backing up pounds of meat.

Remember, I ran up my first M. Remember, I was fucked up like three years ago. Now I look at me, I'm him. I was fucked up like two years ago about a rari truck I'm true shit have it fast running 20 cash I'm trying to do it again now I spas now show my ass

he don't know my past I made something out of nothing they need no I was on my last Nick Oh I remember It's a Fettie Watt Yeah let's see the other one

That sounds like Fetty Watt to me. That voice we know on that radio. I was about to say that. That was crazy. That's like the outro. Oh, I did. Yeah, man.

Sounds like Fetti Wop to me. Yeah. You know that voice. Big soon. All right. Can you tell me what is new, baby? And I'm turning out and keep it rid of... It's a mile.

This is a fucking... That's a vibe right here. You know how to come out? Friday, March 27. March 27th, all platforms. Zavi year. We got to help them go back to the moon, you know what I mean?

Help them put that $100 million back in the bank account. Yeah, you already know, man. That's what we're on. How you're doing that, Fettie Bop, man? I believe in you, man. I know you got some more hits in there. If you so. You know, you got them voices, right?

kids grew up listening to your voice on the radio all day every 10 seconds. So if you put one out, it's going. I always say that about Nelly. I say it about 50 cents. There's certain big artists. And believe it or not, Fetty, you're on that level, is what I'm trying to tell you.

But you have four number one. I don't know if they broke down to you. Ford number one with Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake and all that, you got the number ones on that shit. These guys be fronting like they got a high record. They got the shit is just, you know, WPGI. I'll get what you're saying. Your shit is monstrous, right?

Disrespect of WPGI. We don't even know who the fuck is WPG. I'm just making it up. Yo, sound like D.C. That ain't D. No, I'm not fucking dissing D.C. Close to them. Call letter.

Listen, guys, guys, I don't mean. nothing. I don't mean none of that. What I'm saying is... I'm just apologizing before they can't listen for it. Because you didn't know. Centennati radio stations. WKRP in Cincinnati. Yo. My point is, no offense to anybody. You know what I'm saying? So I want to do is keep it clean.

Yeah, your man, you know, they know your voice. You play, Prime time. He's back, man. Safe to say he's back, man. That last song was incredible. Stay focused and put it out. You're going to get it. You're going to get it.

100 mil back. 200 mil back. Going for it. 200 mil back in the account. Then we're going to get you back on the couch. And you're going to take a shot. Oh, no. He said he's tired of that shit.

He didn't take him all fucking robber jeans. He's buying the robin jeans no more. We helped him get the 200 mil out of the year. He's going to go about to go back to. the billboards again. You know what I'm mean? I appreciate that. My, don't forget about me.

My dog's over there, man. Everything, man. Remember, I said it here first. Now, he definitely going to step to you when you got that 200. Like, y'all, kids put you in gay. Kiss put you on.

But, yeah, any plans for touring with this album? I mean, right now, you know, I'm still on. Still on. So you're on that, remy, where they don't want to let you go. Once they see, once they, once the FDOPC, they know you with the label, they know you.

The bracelet's coming off right back to the bridge. How much time do you got on papers? Five, five years. Five more? Yeah. Supervisor, you know what it is. Once they see how he moving, they're going to let him move, and they go get the 200 million.

I don't get. I don't really drink even though sorrisade him is the best room in the planet. Perfect. That's a 1500. I'm just the best tequila, right? They came to my house. piss test me three days in the row. They want this.

We're legal now. So they switch the rules of parole. Yeah? That's only in the state. No, hell no. Only in the state, in the state. But it's going to get better rules. The next thing is that nigger sniff hair on on that bitch and letting them come on, man.

Hell yeah. Diggas big getting high on that. You better not have no. They get him a chance. Your relationship with parole right now, you better never need parole. I'll tell you something. I'm never going to need parole. You don't never say never.

I'm never going to need parole. Never say never. I'm never going to need parole. You know why? I don't get high. I don't drink. I got nothing to do it. I got everything to do it.

Bernie Madoff and he get high. Three piss tests, clean. The guy tells me this guy was just randomly popping up in my house and walking through my house, by the way. I don't know if you know your house, it's not your house. They just violate you. Come see K.

Don't they walk. walking in my shit. Like, you know, oh, nice drinking. This nigga was on parole. I had a day party at Long Island City. They called him.

They heard this shit blasted. He had the, he had the Dukes of a hatchet- He had to run home. You're okay. They called him and told him. Yo, bring all your shit to the halfway house. You got to come.

Come in. My point is. Don't this parole. I sit down. I sit down. She looked like a nice lady And I'm pretty Like I'm a great negotiation

At all levels I'm up in there I say, man, how you doing it? You know, it's been like six months and realize

I don't get hired don't drink paying my bills and paying my business I might be your best client I'm telling you know I'm like absolutely not a fucking I'm not crossing in green

I'm not driving without a lot I'm the best guy you got Nothing Man this woman fuck with me so much man. Oh, man, I just ain't to understand it. I remember it was the last day.

I'm in Germany. And I call the woman and I'm like, yeah, miss, you know the show's going right. She told me, Carter, Jean. You know I can extend your parole? I said, for what?

I've been the nicest guy in the world. I don't do nothing wrong. I don't this or this and that. She told me that shit on that last day. Which wasn't true. Once you're gone, you're gone. But these people just fuck with me. I'm sorry, you're still on parole.

He does anything I say has nothing to do with Fannie Wapton's a great guy. Thank the Lord. He try to help. He try to get him off. He tried to get him in business. I say, is Jada Kiss is right by my side, my business partner.

He agrees with him. I want to get him off for roll, 200 mil back in the count. And anything is love. I like. We got that Patterson, New Jersey. Have you been back? Of course.

What kind of question is that? Maybe he's on parole in New York. They don't let him hang out of Jersey. They just... I'm going back to the hood, man. You're going back to... You're a Jersey parole? Yeah.

Man, I just... Ha! Yo, Jersey. Yeah. Nah, nah, no, fuck. This thing is crazy. You know, I live in Jersey. You know, I love New Jersey.

I love New Jersey. I'm just saying, hey. The gods, huh? This ain't... That ain't this. Cracking kiss. Make some noise for fatty walk, yeah. Yeah, I like that second

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