The Breakfast Club Best of full interview: 2 Chainz Opens Up About Purpose, His Father & The Voice In His Head + more
Apr 9, 2026
2 Chainz, Atlanta rapper, author and entrepreneur, discusses his new book and the inner voice he calls God. He talks about his relationship with his father, caring for him in his final days, and a photo he believes proved a visit after death. He also covers trusting intuition, spiritual upbringing, reinvention in business, and his late-night creative routine.
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Write From Hard-Earned Experience
- Write when your life has given you wisdom because success without reflection is just noise.
- 2 Chainz decided to write The Voice in My Head after albums and films, intending the book to motivate his community with lived lessons on intuition and growth.
Staying With His Father Through The Final Days
- 2 Chainz moved his recently released father into his home, built a relationship, then stayed with him during his final hospital days.
- He describes repeatedly removing and reattaching restraints to prevent his father from pulling out a breathing tube before the nurses advised letting him go.
The Motion Snapshot Of His Father After Death
- While his wife was giving birth in 2015, 2 Chainz's home alarm sent motion snapshots and one image showed a figure he and friends identified as his father, three years after his death.
- He kept the photo private at first and later used it as personal proof that his father 'crossed over' after his son Halo's birth.
