Final month, Lil Tjay returned to the limelight when he launched his new album, 222. The Bronx rapper’s newest output options Summer season Walker, YoungBoy NBA, The Child Laroi, Polo G, and extra. He lately caught up with Billboard to debate his latest effort, performing alongside his “Gangsta Boo” collaborator Ice Spice and extra.
For Tjay, 222 comes after the Bronx rapper was shot seven instances final yr throughout a botched theft try. The near-fatal taking pictures left TJay with wounds to his lungs, neck and chest. In his tune “Beat The Odds,” he rapped concerning the ordeal saying, “Grateful for the s–t I bought ’trigger I come from a tough life/ Demons on my psychological, noticed some s–t I wanna archive/ Feds lookin’ out tryna deliver a n—a down/ Simply thinkin’ ’bout the likelihood, I frown.”
“I really feel like the very best I might really feel,” he shares with Billboard a yr after the incident. “My physique works superb, my thoughts is in an alright place and my music is doing effectively. The trajectory for the following 5 years is just up.” Tjay additionally notes his appreciation for all times now, after taking the little issues with no consideration.
“I take life a little bit bit extra severely now. I take my profession much more severely now. I really feel extra appreciative. After I was within the hospital, I keep in mind I awakened and couldn’t get out the mattress or nothing. I had a tube in my throat and couldn’t brush my enamel. It was for days, and the sum of money I might have paid in the event that they allowed me to brush my enamel is loopy.”
Elsewhere within the interview, Tjay shares his jubilation for his Bronx teammate and “Gangsta Boo” collaborator Ice Spice, with whom he shared the stage with at Sizzling 97’s Summerjam live performance in June.
“It’s loopy as a result of I used to be speculated to carry out however missed my set,” remembers TJay. “I used to be late. I used to be like, ‘Ice. Yo deliver me out.’ We had spoke about it earlier than that. I wasn’t positive, however I wound up simply doing it. It was turnt. I ain’t gon lie. It was lit.”
He provides: “It was a type of full circle moments, being that I met Ice earlier than who she is at present. To see the group go loopy for her for the primary time in particular person, it was lit.”
Watch Tjay’s full interview with Billboard Information.
