As Jeezy noted before playing “And Then What” during his NPR Tiny Desk debut, he goes by a lot of names. There’s Jizzle, which he started going by around 2010. There’s also Bling (favored by the Fort ...

Young Jeezy, also known simply as Jeezy, dominated the music world in the 2000s as one of the most popular rappers of his day. His raspy vocal style set him apart from other rappers at the time, which ...

The southern rap renaissance has several architects, but the story can’t be told without mentioning Jeezy, a dealer turned rapper who, along with producer Shawty Redd, innovated trap music and the ...

Atlanta rap star Jeezy on Thursday filed for divorce from his wife and TV host Jeannie Mai. The filing in Fulton County Superior Court says Jeezy, whose real name is Jay Jenkins, is already separated ...

How Does Jeezy Earn Money? Most of Jeezy’s earnings come from his rap career, which began in 2001 when he released an independent album called Thuggin’ Under the Influence (T.U.I.) under the name Lil ...

Seventeen years ago, Jeezy made one of the boldest claims in rap, uttering to anyone listening that he was the realest in the game. His street fame and ability to make hustler music led to universal ...

Imagine starting a lucrative new career and being so financially comfortable that you barely bother to keep up with the big paydays that you receive. According to Jeezy, that’s exactly what happened ...

ATLANTA — In the early aughts, Jeezy subsisted on a primary diet of Waffle House and Cristal champagne. It was the start of the Atlanta-based rapper’s career, and he began captivating the streets with ...

November is here and the rap game is kicking off the month with some hot new releases. This week, a respected Atlanta rapper is releasing an independent double album, a Queens, N.Y. spitter just ...

Jeezy, Common, Chika, and more discuss the entwined histories of rap and politics in the new trailer for Hip-Hop and the White House, an upcoming documentary premiering April 22 on Hulu. Directed by ...

ATLANTA – Atlanta rap star Jeezy on Thursday filed for divorce from his wife and TV host Jeannie Mai. The filing in Fulton County Superior Court says Jeezy, whose real name is Jay Jenkins, is already ...