2 Chainz

After churning out single after single and clinching guest spots on Nicki Minaj’s and Kanye West’s heavy hitting singles last year, 2 Chainz quickly became a household name. Even your baby cousin was singing about big booty hoes on his 7th birthday...

Long before he went by 2 Chainz, he answered to Tity Boi, as half of the duo Playaz Circle. The rap set had a hit with the Lil Wayne-featured 'Duffle Bag Boy' in 2007. Not only can 2 Chainz be spotted in the single’s video rocking the sensible number of two chains, but on the 'Duffle Bag Boy' single cover he’s proudly wearing not three, not four, but two chains...

As a former basketball player for Alabama State’s Division I basketball team, Chainz comes in size extra large. He’s 6 feet 5 inches tall, which tells us he’s fit to outlast any Lil’ rappers that might try to cross his path. Come to think of it, even big rappers aren’t all that big, at least height-wise...

The video for 'I’m Different' would not be half as enjoyable as it is if 2 Chainz had worn anything but the Adidas tracksuit and gorilla sneakers he donned. Remember Kanye West's lines on 'N----s in Paris': "Got my n----s in Paris and they going gorillas, huh...

There was a time when Gucci Mane put out a most forgettable mixtape with Kreayshawn’s sidekick (Who?! Yeah, we forgot too), and we all skipped right over it for good reason. We trust 2 Chainz is sane and rich enough not to go the whole album’s length with Kreay, but we’ll give him a pound for his stacked work ethic...

He might be from the south and rapping about crack on occasion, but the similarities between 2 Chainz and an authentic trap music rapper end there. Despite that, he’s still got one of the more original and eerie crack-related samples we’ve heard in any rap song lately...

As if sneaking his way onto even your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper’s song wasn’t enough, 2 Chainz is now set to switch out his guest verse for a guest spot on, uh, where else (?) but CBS’ sitcom '2 Broke Girls.' No word yet on whether he’ll have any pull in getting them to change the show’s name to '2 Broke Girlz...

When he takes to the red carpet, 2 Chainz isn’t scared of landing on the “not” side of a hot or not fashion police list, as he aptly proved when he decided to ditch the corsage in favor of a whole lot of a flowers on this denim jacket...

The latest viral YouTube kid to get a record deal is Matt Toka, who might have green hair and a talent for snotty-nosed guitar playing but kind of sounds like an angry rapper sometimes. Still, was our next thought that his song was missing a certain something, like a guest verse from 2 Chainz...

Aside from his incredibly funny Instagram handle -- @hairweavekiller -- 2 Chainz uses his feed to entertain us with his love of fine dining. Most rappers post pictures of themselves holding a blunt in a giant cloud of smoke or a close-up of their racks on racks on racks...