Chinx Drugz on Stack Bundles’ Legacy and I’ll Take It From Here

Why not just get a nice 9-to-5 job and live a simple life then?
At one point, it was like that. That’s not what I want for myself. I like nice things. I like pretty girls. I like for my kids to have nice things. You can’t do that in America now with no fucking 9-to-5. You’re gonna have to do something illegal on the side. I sleep good at night. At one point, I didn’t. That had nothing to do with music. That was the streets. I don’t deal with the same demons I had a few years ago. Everything is pretty much level.

What kind of demons are we talking?
When you out in the streets doing fucked up shit, fucked up shit comes back to you. Like it’s fucked up to sell drugs to your neighbor’s mother. Like when you really think about it the shit– I’m not knocking those that don’t see that–but that’s the type of shit I was doing. I didn’t look at it like I was doing anything wrong to that lady. Her kids would be in the hallway and I’m doing that shit. That shit don’t balance out. For what? So I can get some sneakers and an outfit? Flash some money in front of some hoes? That kid is gonna remember his Moms was a crackhead. If you really think about it, it’s karma.

Was selling drugs to your neighbor’s mom the tipping point for you to leave hustling?
No, because I was doing that 100 miles per hour. Who gave a fuck? I didn’t care about nobody else’s. The turning point for me was when I got locked up for this shit and a couple of other things. Then I lost my best friend [Stack Bundles] while I was incarcerated. People don’t know what freedom is. Freedom is real. Jail is for suckers.

Where were you mentally after jail?
I did my whole bid. A little over four years. I didn’t want to do music no more. My homeboy [Stack] passed away when I was there. When I got home in 2008, the response that he had in the streets, he was like our 2Pac, our B.I.G. He was always one of my favorite rappers, so I just couldn’t let that shit die. All that work he put in. If you go back into Stack’s music, he made a lot of references towards me in his music and shouted me out. It’s almost like when I came out of jail, I had a fanbase just off of that. It was weird. They wanted me to follow in his footsteps. I could never fill Stack’s shoes. I can definitely carry the torch for him.

Did Stack ever give you any advice before he passed?
Nah. I wouldn’t say he ever gave me advice. The closest thing to that is we had an argument. We were both were still on the ground level working it. We needed a studio at the time and like, we didn’t have the money to do so. I had an idea like, “Listen we can go take this from him and rob him” and he was like, “No, bro. We’re not doing that.” I’m looking at him like, “We need this. This is for us.” I had an argument with him like, if you want something out here you gotta take it and he’s like, “Nah. I don’t want it that way.” That shit stuck with me forever.

You sound like you believe in karma. Ever worry about the past coming back to you?
Nah. I don’t ever worry. I have nothing crazy in my closet. I sleep well. We all sinners. We were born sinners at the end of the day. I’m straight. I’m just a young nigga from New York City, trying to get money and feed my family. Leave some type of legacy so people close to me can be like “Yo. That was a good dude.”

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