It’s a bold assertion by Juicy J that he gets paid for the great majority of current rap songs.
The rapper made this assertion while speaking with Wiz Khalifa for LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s SpringHill channel.
He discussed how the group’s lasting legacy has turned into a sizable source of income for him.
“I feel like the new trends are the old trends because everybody’s sampling Three Six Mafia, so I’m already in. ‘Cause we started the trends,” he said when asked about hip-hop’s current evolution. On some real shit, [I receive clearance requests for] five to six samples a day. I get paid off of pretty much every song, like 90 percent of the songs that’s out right now.”
Juicy went on to say that he was thankful for the love he gets shown by younger artistes:
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“It’s a blessing. I love when people sample. I just approved. Every time I get that email, I approve. So I feel like I don’t really have to adapt to the trends ’cause all the music sounds like and has the flows of old Three Six Mafia days, which I love. So I just keep doing what I’ve been doing.”
Juicy J might have been exaggerating a little when it came to his numbers, but Three 6 Mafia had a major impact on today’s generations of younger hip-hop talents.
Artists such as Drake, Cardi B, Travis Scott, Offset, Big Sean, A$AP Rocky, ScHoolboy Q, and many more have sampled Three 6 Mafia in recent years.
The Oscar-winning trio is also responsible for Migos’ distinctive triplet flow. It’s also evident that Metro Boomin and Future’s song Like That effectively remade Three 6’s Gotta Touch ‘Em.
Juicy has stated in the past that Three 6 Mafia ought to rank among the best rap groups of all time because younger musicians are still sampling them.
The song not only peaked at No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 but became the genesis of the long-simmering feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake.
As for separating the group in 2021, Juicy J previously opened up about that and blamed drugs.
During an appearance on an episode of Spotify’s The Bridge: 50 Years of Hip Hop podcast, the rapper noted: “From heroin to meth to cocaine, all kinds of pills.” “A lot of drugs were consumed during the times we were together. When everybody was sober and shit, everybody’s on the same page. But when cocaine’s involved, you know things change. But I’m not pointing a figure at nobody; it happened.”
He added, “It’s the drugs; I can’t think of anything else. That was the main thing that was really screwing everything up. You know, people weren’t showing up at the studio, people weren’t handling the business; the business was crazy, and everything was folding. It’s just the drugs.”
