It was all perfect timing. By the grace of God, it happened one after the other. Now about two years ago when you were doing the Tidal B-Sides concert, there were rumors that Jay Z was going to reunite the Roc, especially after getting you on stage with Beanie. I mean it was definitely more, "This is beautiful. They reached out to me, just like they reached out to everybody else. We were just happy to be a part of it.
But you know, it was definitely a good time. It was great to rap with everybody and just have everybody together. I was actually signed last out of everybody from State Property. I had known Beans and everything, but I got locked up for possession with attempt to deliver. But arguably, you rose to become one of the most prominent members of State Property and just even as a signee of the Roc.
I treat people how I want to be treated and I respect everybody. Can you talk about a few of the causes you're supporting? In September of , I was diagnosed with end-stage renal failure. I had the pleasure of being one of the surrogates for Hillary Clinton during her campaign for presidency, and I just was going around different cities telling my story and telling people the importance of health care and having affordable health care.
I have to do dialysis three times a week, four hours a day. Health care is definitely very important. But you know, we with it! What are the next steps? Is there an album, is there a mixtape, a single? Me and my man Scholito started this company together like two, two-and-a-half years ago.
We dropped a mixtape together called The FreeMix , I think the summer before last. I mean in the music business, we should always think a year ahead anyway. Scholito is actually a producer too, so they produced, I think, three records on the first project together. I got some crazy features on my first project. This first project should be exciting for the fans. Starting with the Roc and coming back to the Roc, what do you think is the biggest blessing about this homecoming for you?
Just to be able to do it on a major platform. To be able to be successful in the way that I want to be, you definitely need the machine behind you. You just gotta be able to grind. So instead of me getting car services, cars pulling up to my house and my flights booked already, I might have to f--king get a rental and drive to North Carolina, book my own flights and take care of stuff on my own a little bit. It is what it is. You just gotta be up for the grind, man. I shot a documentary with this brother named Todd Reed , the executive producer for Al Jazeera America.
I invite everybody to come walk with us. Search term. Billboard Pro Subscribe Sign In. Top Artists. I Pray Allah forgives my son for all Of his sins and I pray that Allah grants him the highest level of paradise. Freeway, 42, is best known for being part of State Property, the prominent rap group in the early s that was part of the Roc-A-Fella Records label founded by Jay-Z. The news came days after his former fellow State Property member, Oschino Vasquez, known as Oschino, announced that he too had lost his son.
He released his most recent album, Think Free , under the Roc Nation label in Freeway was very public about being diagnosed with kidney failure in After four years of waiting, he received a successful kidney transplant last year, and has since become an advocate for Black people, men especially, to take care of their health.
Freeway and Oschino are considered legendary among hip-hop artists in the early s. Rogers, a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania and a community activist.
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