Jazze Pha says a lot of people never knew he signed Jeezy before Def Jam. 👀🔥
He remembers Jeezy pulling up with copies of Come Shop With Me already packaged and ready, and says the authenticity is what really caught his attention. Jeezy already looked like somebody who had motion before the major-label machine got involved.
Jazze later helped bring Jeezy into the Def Jam conversation, and during the process Jim Jones randomly walked into L.A. Reid’s office, pointed at Jeezy and told him not to mess it up. 😭🔥
Sometimes the industry doesn’t create the movement — it just catches up to it.
Do you think Jeezy’s early grind is one of the best examples of building your name before the major deal? 👀
📺 Credit: Jazze Pha via expediTIously with Tip “T.I.” Harris