In recent times, increasingly of hip-hop’s vanguard artists, reaching the nostalgic memoir portion of their careers, have revealed that they confronted sexual abuse of their pasts. Common, Jim Jones, Kevin Gates, and extra have come out with their realizations that they weren’t prepared for among the sexual encounters that had been compelled onto them in childhood and publicly reckoned with the consequences that might have on their mature relationships.
Jeezy has added himself to that checklist, detailing how his trauma affected him in an hour-long interview with Nia Lengthy about his new album, I Might Forgive… But I Don’t Forget. “I feel the primary [example of trauma] was being left with a babysitter that was a girl that was older than me,” he admits within the video, “And her, you recognize, touching me and doing issues to me that don’t usually occur to children… I used to be launched to intercourse at a really younger age.”
He additionally talks about his latest divorce from Jeannie Mai after the delivery of their child together, saying, “I can let you know that this has not been a simple journey. I can let you know that I’m saddened. I can let you know that I’m upset. I can let you know that I’m uneasy, proper? However, once more, God has put me on a distinct path, and that path goes to ivolve for me to deal with myself and to like myself and to be in the most effective scenario that I can thrive as somebody who’s been via the entire issues that I’ve been via.”
Nonetheless, he denies that infidelity performs a component, quoting, “Actual n****s don’t cheat,” from the refrain of his new monitor “Don’t Cheat.”
You may watch the total interview above.
