He owns “too many” properties spanning across the United States and recently entered the sports world, becoming a part owner of the D.C. The former college business major has investments across industries including food and beverage, gaming, restaurants and cryptocurrency. When he’s not calling the shots at CMG, Gotti finds other ways to build wealth and influence, expanding his entrepreneurial portfolio into uncharted territories. “I think he’s a needle in a haystack, he has mastered both of those things.” “It’s rare to find somebody who’s an amazing creative but also a great businessperson,” says Interscope CEO John Janick of Gotti. With his 10 signees, Gotti has established CMG as a formidable brand in the streets and on the charts, one with 50 Hot 100 hits and 12 top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 chart, with the label scoring its highest-charting projects within the past year to help kick off a new partnership with Interscope Records. Through his record label, Collective Music Group (CMG), the hip-hop mogul has achieved what most household-name rappers with imprints have not: breaking prominent underground names into a mainstream audience while continually shattering his own personal records. He has painstakingly built an enviable career as a rapper - five top 10 albums in the past 10 years alone - but that’s only half of his story. Surrounded by his chosen family, Yo Gotti has every reason to be satisfied. (“I tried everything in the world to get there,” he said in a mid-interview FaceTime call to Gotti.) Gotti got almost everyone to Miami, save for Detroit star 42 Dugg - stranded 660 miles away at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after missing his flight. (He eventually prevailed.)īay Area newcomer Mozzy coolly strolled around with a grateful smile after being surprised by Gotti with his own diamond-encrusted chain, interacting with a just-high-enough Moneybagg Yo, draped in Prada and Michael Kors, as recent R&B signee Lehla Samia quietly soaked in her moment. Nevertheless, spirits were celebratory all day: Boisterous Memphis standout Blac Youngsta paraded around with a British accent and dished out real estate advice, while Louisville rapper EST Gee, surrounded by a handful of concerned onlookers, was caught in a struggle between a stain removal pen and the smeared lunch leftovers on his pristine white pants. He is inching towards the end of a nine-hour shoot day spent wrangling his latest class of label signees amidst 50-plus entourage members - and a couple of AR-15-toting security guards. It’s too hard to separate culture because the internet is kinda pushing everything in the same little bubble.Leaning back in his leather seat, Gotti unleashes a jaw-cracking yawn. So the genre shit is gonna have to go out the window eventually. “When you think about where music is heading, everything is Instagram,” Vince said. “Everything looks the same, everything moves the same, everyone dresses the same, everyone talks the same.
The 28-year-old MC said genres should just be phased out entirely because rap culture is defined by the internet. I just wasn’t expecting a whole album of that shit.he’s too powerful and too strong and it made me feel like we need another n***a that’s as powerful and strong that’s gonna stay with this thing called hip-hop.”ĭrake’s latest work has certainly divided fans, and Joe Budden recently asked a similar question to Vince Staples: “You think Drake putting out a dance album gets us closer to the elimination of rap music as a whole?” … And so strong and so powerful he can change the dynamic of shit and any n***a who sees this, please, hip-hop, yo.hip-hop has changed so many n***as lives that was in the hood that gave them an out, and Drake can do that. He continued, “That album is not hip-hop. That’s what that album made me feel like, it made me feel like going to find me a raw new DMX, new Ja, new Jay, and serving n***as and fuckin’ bringing back great hip-hop.” … As long as I’m alive it could never be a demise of the hip-hop, I gotta get back in the game and find me a n***a, then. When asked if Honestly, Nevermind signifies the end of rap, Gotti said, “I hope not.
Let me stress that: Drake can do whatever he wants.” “Drake’s new album is not hip-hop,” Gotti said, “and he can do whatever he wants. co-founder caught up with TMZ while hailing a cab from Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday. While he emphasized his love for Drake and the fact that the 6 God can do as he pleases, he expressed concern about what Drizzy’s musical pivot means for rap. Irv Gotti is worried about the state of hip-hop after Drake’s new dance album Honestly, Nevermind.
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