Rapper 21 Savage admits he’s ‘scared of everyone’ after friend shooting

Rapper 21 Savage recently said he was “24/7 paranoid” due to past experiences, and said he’s “afraid of everyone” now.

During a recent appearance on DJ Akademiks’ Off the Record podcast, Atlanta rapper 21 Savage – whose real name is Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph – revealed that he lives in fear of everyone around him, as if he is being watched.

“I’m scared of everyone,” he said. “I ain’t f****** Rambo. I’m moving scared. Hell yeah, I’m scared. Scared n***** stay alive. ‘Cause I saw him…I got I saw my friend die, in the face, on my birthday, in the car too.

21 explained that he was in the passenger seat when a tragic incident occurred.

“It’s not like it’s like, oh, we’re just standing on the block and a drive-by happens. I’m talking from here, nigga. He’s in the driver’s seat, I’m on the type s*** passenger seat,” he said.

21 Savage continued, “So I know, n****, this shit gets nasty fast, like that, you know what I’m sayin’? So it’s like, I’m just paranoid always, 24/7, nigga I think someone is following me I spin the block several times before entering the house.

Later in the interview, 21 Savage spoke about Takeoff, one of three members of the rap group, Migos, who was shot and killed two weeks ago after an argument broke out during a game. of dice in a bowling alley in Houston. Another Migos member, Quavo, was also present during the incident but was not reportedly injured.

“I feel like it was a freak accident, one thousand percent,” the rapper said.

“It’s the worst,” he said. “I don’t know if it’s because I know him more than I know them, but this is one of them where it’s like, ‘Damn! Him?!’ Niggas say that every time, but it’s really one of them like, ‘Fuck! What the fuck?'”

He added that Takeoff was not a confrontational person. “He’s really quiet unless he knows you,” he said. “Very funny if he knows you.”

“He’s still exactly the same every time I see him,” 21 said. “He’ll smile and dope you and mind his own business.”

“A lot of people are going to learn from this and realize that a lot of bullshit isn’t worth it,” he said. “We have one life, there is no re-back,” he said. “It doesn’t last a thousand years.”

He added that “all the beef that exists is not worth it”.

“I’m not trying to argue,” he said. “I don’t want to do certain things that lead to fights. I’d rather be at home playing the game on Clubhouse with my kids.”

Newsweek has reached out to a rep for 21 Savage for comment.