How is 2 chainz

Story , for Def Jam. 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 , and easily reached platinum status. The year was major for 2 Chainz. 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.

Following later announcements that 2 Chainz had been working on new material with Pharrell Williams and Drake , a sequel, B. II: Me Time , arrived in September In , 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. By the end of the busy year, he had dropped a handful of additional mixtapes and debuted the Drake -assisted single "Big Amount.

The EP proved to be a sleeper, entering the Billboard charts two years later. Early saw 2 Chainz team up with Ariana Grande for the single "Rule the World", which appeared on the full-length Rap or Go to the League , which arrived later that March. The mixtape included both individual performances and collaborations between 2 Chainz and the core artists on the label. Before was up, he released his sixth studio album So Help Me God , preceded by lead single "Money Maker" in August of -- its projected September release date was delayed by sample clearance issues.

AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. Blues Classical Country. Electronic Folk International. Jazz Latin New Age. Aggressive Bittersweet Druggy. After hearing of their situation, Ludacris requested of Epps that the duo join his newly formed record label Disturbing tha Peace , a subsidiary of Def Jam Recordings.

Epps agreed to sign, although Conyers did not officially join the label until his ill mother regained her health, a year after the initial signing. The lead single and their debut single, " Duffle Bag Boy ", became an urban hit single. The duo released their second studio album, Flight The Takeoff , in Shortly afterward, Epps left Disturbing tha Peace, a move he claimed was in order to advance his career.

Although Ludacris was initially reluctant to allow Epps to leave the label, as he felt Epps could still prove financially successful, he eventually accepted the decision. Throughout Epps' early career, critics and fans alike speculated the pseudonym "Tity Boi" was meant to be derogatory towards women, although he repeatedly denied such accusations. In early , Epps decided to change his stage name to 2 Chainz, as he perceived it to be more "family-friendly".

Following the name change, Epps released a mixtape entitled T. On 24 March , Epps announced his debut studio album, Based on a T. Story originally titled T. The album's lead single, "No Lie" featuring Drake , was released on 8 May Based on a T.

Story debuted at 1 on the Billboard , selling , copies in its first week. The album was met with mixed reviews, earning a score of 55 on Metacritic. As of 23 September , the album has sold , copies in the United States.

After the release of Based on a T. Story , 2 Chainz was brought to a great prominence. He facilitated his first worldwide tour, selling out most dates, earned The Source magazine's "Man of the Year", released a collaborative endeavor with Adidas and later Beats by Dre, and was nominated for three Grammy Awards, including Best Rap Album. In late , Epps stated once he completed the B.

In November , he revealed he had already recorded three songs for his second studio album. The album's estimated release date was April He also appeared as himself in the second season episode 16 of the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls , where he travels on the same private planes as the two main characters.

On 23 May , he announced that his second studio album would be released on 10 September The song features Pharrell Williams and was recorded on the night of the Grammy Awards. On 15 June, Epps announced the title of his second album would be B. II: Me Time. The album was released through Def Jam Recordings on 10 September Upon the album's release, it was met with generally positive reviews from music critics.

On 23 October , Epps revealed that he had begun working on his third studio album immediately following the release of B. He also stated that he had the first single from his third album ready for release. Due to Lil Wayne's ongoing lawsuit with his label Cash Money Records , only 2 Chainz was credited as the primary artist when the album was released on 4 March In May , 2 Chainz appeared on The View , where he said fans should expect "growth and maturation" on the album.

The album's initial release date was 7 April , but it was revealed on 29 March that the album had been pushed back. It was eventually released on 16 June to widespread acclaim from critics. It debuted at 2 on the Billboard with , album-equivalent units, of which 57, were pure album sales. On February 19, , Epps announced his new album, Rap or Go to the League , was set to be released later that year, but it was pushed back and finally released in Epps has two daughters: Heaven and Harmony.