“Those coasts help their own and they ride for their coasts and I respect that.
“I’m a gangsta and I’m a south ni**a,” he explains. But they never accomplished more than me, but I don’t get the gratitude for my accomplishments.”Īccording to Birdman, the fact that he’s a southern mogul, as opposed to being based on the west or east coasts, has played a part in him not receiving the same amount of flowers as others.
Let me finish my mission because they honor these dudes more than me and I know for a fact nare one of ’em outsold me, accomplished more than me, did more than me and I say that humbly with respect ’cause I respect all those dudes who did it before me. I would never speak down on no ni**a, that ain’t my thing, I ain’t come up like that, but I just look at it like maybe my mission ain’t finished. These ni**as did this shit before me, but they ain’t did more than me. Not to say these other dudes ain’t accomplish nothing ’cause we got great men did it before us, the Russell Simmons, all of ’em, the Jay-Zs. “When you’re speaking of music, I should be the forefront of it. “I ask myself those questions,” he says when asked why he’s not as revered as other CEOs in the game. Diddy Is On The Brink Of Repurchasing Sean John Out Of Bankruptcyĭespite Cash Money accounting for over one billion records sold and accrued hundreds of millions of dollars, Birdman still feels as though he doesn’t get the same amount of praise as his peers, who are often lauded for their contributions to hip-hop culture and their business acumen.