Freddie Gibbs Discusses Cold Day In Hell Delay

Life can change a lot over a year and a half. On a cold December night in 2009, I met up with Freddie Gibbs to hit Reggie’s Rock Club for a Bun B & Cool Kids holiday concert. Upon entering the venue, I introduced Fred to every rapper, promoter, producer and Chicago industry type in the building. Some gave him the time of day – others didn’t. The then-unknown Gibbs watched the show in relative anonymity, with only a few of those in attendance coming up to give him dap. Hard to imagine, right? A few short months later, his entire life would change.

In June of 2011, it would be hard for Gibbs to walk through that same club, let alone stand in the crowd and take in a show. Gibbs is now rocking bigger audiences and selling out larger venues. Those same bouncers who wouldn’t let him backstage would now gladly lift up the velvet ropes to usher him in, and those same sleepy head industry types are now begging to be down. Life’s a funny thing. Hip-Hop is even funnier.

In the 18 months since that night at Reggie’s, Freddie has graced the cover of XXL, dropped a retail album, modeled for LRG and inked a high profile record deal with everyone’s favorite snowman, Young Jeezy. So yeah, shit done changed. On the eve of his 29th birthday, I caught up with Gangsta Gibbs, who was in Hawaii celebrating the occasion, and we discussed his deal with Jeezy and his upcoming mixtape Cold Day In Hell.

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