2 Chainz recently celebrated his birthday and bought himself what Jimmy Fallon called an “amazing” present.
The rapper appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon along with Lil Wayne on Friday as the pair promoted their new single “Presha” and upcoming joint album, Welcome 2 Collegrovethe long-awaited continuation of their collaboration from 2016.
Fallon asked 2 Chainz (born Tauheed Epps) how he celebrated his birthday last month — he turned 46 on Sept. 12 — and the rapper replied, “I bought a lawnmower and a strip club.”
When the host asked what made the “It’s a Vibe” singer buy the machine, he said that he always lived in apartments growing up, and when he became a rapper and “had money” he bought a house.
That house has a “pretty big yard,” he said, so he “always” hired people to help him maintain the property.
“So I pay people to do everything for me, like most rich people do. And then I woke up and said, ‘You know what? I’ve never cut grass before.’ And I felt like maybe I hadn’t crossed the threshold of manhood.”
He continued, “So I woke up and got a John Deere.”
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The story sent Fallon and Wayne (born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.) cracking up, leaving the “Uneasy” rapper, 42, speechless as he listened, with Fallon praising it as a “great story.”
2 Chainz made sure to add that the strip club he bought is up and running. “It’s called Candyland, it’s in Atlanta. Be sure to check us out,” he said, adding, “Needless to say, it’s for adults.”
2 Chainz and Lil Wayne stop by ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ to promote their new single, ‘Presha’.
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While on the show, the two rappers also spoke to Fallon about it Welcome 2 ColleGrove. They revealed that the inspiration behind the LP’s title was an ode to their upbringing.
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“I’m from College Park, [Georgia],” 2 Chainz said, and Wayne added, “And I’m from Hollygrove, [Louisiana].”
“We combined the names and it’s ColleGrove, so it’s like we’ve created our own universe, our own space,” 2 Chainz further explained of the album, which drops on November 17th.
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Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz appear together on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ on Friday.
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The pair also joked about how they first met, with Wayne revealing that 2 Chainz became his main source for marijuana when he was recording in Atlanta around 2007.
“Wayne wanted cannabis,” 2 Chainz said after Fallon asked for more details on how the rappers first became friends. – You made me go there – he told the host.
“I didn’t know you were going thereFallon replied.
Wayne said of his friend, “Every time I’d go to Atlanta and want to talk about that one thing, I’d always call that guy up and talk about it.”
“We went into the studio one day,” Wayne continued, adding that 2 Chainz ended up showing him some of his music — and “the rest is history.”
The pair have been close friends ever since, with Wayne even serving as best man at 2 Chainz’s wedding to Kesha Ward in 2018.
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