Young Money rapper Lil Wayne is one artist featured on Yo Gotti’s “Errrbody (Remix),” but according to the Memphis, Tennessee lyricist, Lil Wayne was an artist he had in mind for the original version of “Errrbody.”
According to Yo Gotti, because of time constraints he had to put the record out without Lil Wayne, but did recruit both Weezy and Ludacris for the remixed version of the record. In regards to adding Luda to the record, Gotti says he wanted an artist fans wouldn’t expect and added that he’s never heard “a wack verse” from the Atlanta, Georgia rapper.
“Originally when I first done the record I heard Wayne on it,” Yo Gotti said during an interview with Hip Hop Since 1987. “So, I was thinking about putting him on the original version…I had to just put the record out. So, I always had Wayne in mind for the record. I know I wanted to do something different, man. I didn’t want to put nobody on there who everybody was expecting me to put on it. I wanted to put somebody on there I never worked with. For me to keep doing things that’s fresh, so that’s what made me reach out to Luda. And I’m a fan of Luda. I ain’t never heard a wack verse from Luda, period. So, I felt like—And I had Wayne verse first, so after I got Wayne’s verse I was like ‘Man, who gon’ deliver to the magnitude that Wayne [does]?’ So, I could’ve put a lot of people on it. But like I said, I ain’t never heard no verse with Ludacris that didn’t go crazy. So, that’s why I went with him.”
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Later in the interview, Yo Gotti was asked what he thinks is the biggest misconception about the rap game. He then went on to compare the music industry to the streets and explained that a lot of what is tolerated in the music business wouldn’t fly if it were to take place in the streets.
“What I had to learn in this music game is that a lot of things that mean something in the street don’t mean nothing to industry people,” he said. “And a lot of these fake ass rappers and shit. The things they [stand] on and the morals are way worser in the streets. Like the things you could lose your freedom for or the things that’ll put you in a bad space in the streets. Niggas get away with it every day in this music business. You know what I’m saying? So, being able to relate to that and to function in that was kinda hard.”
Yo Gotti’s interview with Hip Hop Since 1987 can be found below.
