Funk Flex is to blame for J.I.D’s “retirement” from freestyles, according to him.
The Atlanta rapper took part in Flex’s freestyle series on Hot 97 shortly after joining J. Cole’s Dreamville label in 2017. He rapped for almost six minutes over Screwball’s “F.A.Y.B.A.N.” and Biggie’s “Who Shot Ya?”
But J.I.D claims that Flex didn’t respond in the way he had hoped. The Spillage Village MC revealed that spitting for Flex was a “childhood dream” in a new interview with the Rap Radar Podcast. However, the DJ’s reserved response made the MC “a little sad,” and as a result, he decided to stop performing freestyles entirely.
“That was a good time. Funk ain’t even understand what was going on,” he said. “He was kerfuffled, I was giving him something and he ain’t even get it. We might go back one day. I silently retired away from the freestyles because I was mad at Flex because he didn’t respond the way I wanted to.”
He continued: “It was like a childhood dream to get the bomb and I ain’t get the bomb or none of the hype, so I was a little upset. But I think I’m gonna get back into the freestyle world just because it’s another part of the art, it’s another notch on your tool belt.”
J.I.D also discussed his future project DiCaprio 3, which he previously revealed will be a Gangsta Grillz and DJ Drama collaboration, similar to DiCaprio 2 from 2018.
But this time, he intends to emulate one particular Gangsta Grillz great and rap over tracks created by other musicians.
