isn’t allowing anyone to take credit for his accomplishments in this rap game. It’s no secret that Freddie Gibbs and have had a bit of friction since the Gary rapper left CTE. Insisting, Freddie Gibbs has continued to insist there isn’t a problem between himself and Jeezy but that doesn’t mean he’s giving the trap pioneer any sort of credit for the trajectory of his career.
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A fan of both Jeezy and Freddie Gibbs recently tweeted out, “The greatest thing Jeezy ever did was thug motivation 101. The second greatest thing he ever did was give us @FreddieGibbs.” Though the fan was later bombarded with tweets demanding he delete the tweet, Freddie Gibbs clearly caught wind of the comment and chimed in himself.
“I gave us @FreddieGibbs,” he wrote.
Though it’s no shot at Jeezy, Freddie Gibbs overcame some major obstacles throughout his career — from getting dropped from Interscope to the charge in Austria that nearly put his career on hold indefinitely. Jeezy may have introduced Gibbs to a wider audience but the Bandana MC was already getting looks prior to that. He even appeared on the same XXL Freshmen Cover with , , , Jay Rock, and more in 2010 following the critically acclaimed mixtapes that he put out.
Peep Gibbs’ tweet below.