



When coke rap classic TM 101 dropped on July 26, 2005, Young Jeezy lived up to the self-proclaimed title of being both your “favorite rapper’s favorite rapper” and your “favorite trapper’s favorite trapper.” As the last hurrahs of G-Unit/Dipset/Roc-A-Fella came and went in the mid-2000s, the epicenter of hip-hop shifted from New York to Atlanta. That would make me just like every other rapper.” I can’t talk to these people about Thug Motivation when we have fake money in the boxes. “I was like, ‘Go out to my trunk and get the rest,’” says the 37-year-old Jeezy, sitting in his Malibu mansion that overlooks the beach. Twenty minutes later, his people pulled up with four duffel bags and started pouring out $1.8 million in bills-$200,000 short of the $2 million required to fill up all the boxes.

With nearly $2 million in fake cash on hand for the shoot, Def Jam’s art team wondered how in the world they were supposed to get that much real cash to replace it. Jeezy realized the money on set wasn’t real, and to him, that meant the entire shoot was illegitimate. The setup was simple enough: Jeezy sitting in front of boxes of money stacked up like Legos. You may have to select a menu option or click a button.The cover shoot for Young Jeezy’s major label debut album, Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101, did not go as planned. Follow the instructions for disabling the ad blocker on the site you’re viewing.You may have more than one ad-blocker installed. You’ll usually find this icon in the upper right-hand corner of your screen. Click the icon of the ad-blocker extension installed on your browser.When it turns gray, click the refresh icon that has appeared next to it or click the button below to continue.Click on the large blue power icon at the top.Click the UBlock Origin icon in the browser extension area in the upper right-hand corner.It will turn gray and the text above will go from “ON” to “ OFF”. Click on the “ Ad-Blocking” button at the bottom.Click the Ghostery icon in the browser extension area in the upper right-hand corner.Switch off the toggle to turn it from “ Enabled on this site” to “ Disabled on this site”.Click the AdBlocker Ultimate icon in the browser extension area in the upper right-hand corner.“ Block ads on – This website” switch off the toggle to turn it from blue to gray.Click the AdBlock Plus icon in the browser extension area in the upper right-hand corner.Refresh the page or click the button below to continue.Under “ Pause on this site” click “ Always”.Click the AdBlock icon in the browser extension area in the upper right-hand corner.Adblock Adblock Plus Adblocker Ultimate Ghostery uBlock Origin Others
