A Rapper, a basketball player, a media personality, he’s what you call “the power house of talent”. Call him “Tity Boi” or call him “2 Chainz”, he is counted amongst the most popular and the most successful rappers of our time. He has been a part of the famous duo, “Playaz Circle”, with Earl “Dolla Boy” Conyers.
Personal Details
Full Name: | Tauheed Epps |
Stage Name: | 2 Chainz |
Gender: | Male |
Birthday: | September 12, 1977 |
Place Of Origin: | College Park, Georgia, U.S. |
Age: | 43 years old |
Height: | 6 feet 6 inches |
Weight: | 88 kilos |
Nationality: | American |
Sexual orientation: | Straight |
Status: | Married |
Wife: | Kesha Ward |
Profession: | Rapper |
Total Net Worth: | $6 million |
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Early life of 2 Chainz
Born on September 12, 1977, in College Park, Georgia, U.S. Tauheed Epps AKA 2 Chainz was primarily brought up by his mother, since his father was arrested quite frequently and put into jail. Talking about the same, he said, “The fact that my mom raised me, used to bother my pop. He didn’t know a woman could raise a man. And they’d have differences of opinions all the time. My pops used to tell me things from prison and as soon as he hung up my mom would say, ‘don’t listen to him.’ ” He went to the ‘North Clayton High School’. He was an amazingly good basketball player in high school and also scored second position during his graduation. He was merely 15 years of age when he was arrested for peddling marijuana and cocaine.
Personal life of 2 Chainz
Chainz has had quite a different vision for love, which can be clearly seen in his love life too. His first daughter named “Heaven” was born on July 26, 2008. His second daughter was born on October 20, 2012 and was named “Harmony”. His third child (a boy) was born on October 14, 2015 and was named “Halo”. Finally in the year 2018, he tied a knot with his lady love and girlfriend for more than 10 years, Kesha Ward.
Appearance of 2 Chainz
Epps is 6 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 88 kilos. He has dark brown eyes and black hair. He turned 43 in the year 2020.
Career of 2 Chainz
In 1997, Epps formed a band along with his childhood friend Earl Conyers. The band was called “Playaz Circle” and meant “Preparing Legal Assets for Years from A to Z”. Epps named himself “Tity Boi” while Earl named himself “Dolla Boy”. In 2002, he released his album “United We Stand, United We Fall”. After its release the duo met “Ludacris” who went on to almost become a part of them and recorded several songs for them in his studio.
After Ludacris rises to heights of success, he asked the *Playaz Circle” duo to join him. He even created a label for himself by the name “Disturbing Tha Peace”. Post that they released several albums and singles like “Supply & Demand”, “Duffle Bag Boy”, “Flight 360: The Takeoff”, “Big Dawg”. Epps started facing a lot of criticism for his name “Tity Boi” and had to change it to “2 Chainz”. He then released some singles like “T.R.U. REALigion” and also featured in songs of different artists like “Mercy” of Kanye West.
Accolades
He won the BET Awards twice. In 2013, he was presented the award in the category “Best Collaboration”, for “Fuckin’ Problems”, which he shared with A$AP Rocky, Drake and Kendrick Lamar. In 2017, he was presented the award in the category “Best Collaboration”, for “No Problem” which he shared with Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne. He has been the winner of the “BET Hip Hop Awards” 5 times. In 2012, he was presented the award in the categories, “Reese’s Perfect Combo Award (Best Collabo, Duo or Group)”, “Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse”, “People’s Champ Award”, “Rookie of the Year”, for “Mercy” and “No Lie” respectively. In 2013, he was presented the award in the category, “Reese’s Perfect Combo Award (Best Collabo, Duo or Group)”, for “Fuckin’ Problems”, which he shared with A$AP Rocky, Drake and Kendrick Lamar. He was presented with the Grammy Awards in 2017, in the category “Best Rap Performance”, for “No Problem” which he shared with Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne.
Net worth of 2 Chainz
He has a net worth of $6 Million, given his successful music albums and hit singles that have been chartBusters.
End Note
Epps has always accepted and celebrated the fact that he was raised by a single parent since his father was usually in jail. Talking about the same he said, “To me, I’m the epitome of what a ghetto child is: I was raised by a single parent; I stayed in apartments my whole life; I don’t think I’ve ever cut the grass.” He is someone who teaches you to be aware, if you’re educated, otherwise the education goes in vain. He asserted, “I encourage everyone to pay attention to the issues that matter to you, from jobs and the economy, to education and our schools, to criminal justice reform. Whatever it is that you care about, make sure you use your voice.”
If you want to learn self confidence and self love, Epps is the guy. He said, “I don’t care what anybody else is wearing. I feel like they’re all waiting to see what I have on. If you really want to know the truth, that’s what I think. They’re waiting to see what I’mma do next.” He never accepts failures, rather keeps striving until the victory is achieved. “My whole story is just about me having a second chance.”
Talking about his career choices, its ups and downs and everything he regrets about, the rapper asserted, “The independent route was the best move for me. But I think I’ve maximized everything I could do independently. I’ve done everything out of the mixtape market. I think getting the big machine behind you is the next stage when you’ve maximized the independent level.”