Lil Scrappy Joined ‘Love & Hip Hop’ So He Didn’t Have To Rely On Music Career: ‘F**k That Rap Sh*t’
While Lil Scrappy has become well-known on the ‘Love & Hip Hop Atlanta‘ series, the cast member was first famous for his reputable and successful rap career. However, in a recent interview he admits that he joined the franchise back in 2012 so that he wouldn’t have to rely on his music career to survive. Now, he’s seven seasons in with the franchise.
Speaking with the hosts of Revolt TV’s ‘Big Facts Podcast,’ Scrappy says he weighed the pros and cons of joining and decided to opt in. “I thought about, I was like, ‘Sh*t, I ain’t even got a rap career right now, so, you know what I’m saying, I don’t even give a f**k.’ … When I say I’m connected with the god that created me, like, he put something in me. He was just, like [Big] Bank said man, ‘Just keep that sh*t gangster, be yourself, my n***a.’”
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When speaking of the pros of being on the show, he says it’s good for marketing and publicity, but also the cons had him doing “some clown sh*t” too. He later adds that messing around in the streets and even waiting on his music to bring in a check isn’t reliable. He says, “the TV sh*t comes fast and bigger than that other sh*t, so I’m like, f**k that rap sh*t.” When asked if he had to do it all over again, would he opt for reality TV, Scrappy says, “Hell yeah. You gotta use it for what it’s worth. It’s a 24-hour commercial.”
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