Key Takeaways:

• G Herbo says he earned round half one million {dollars} after collaborating with Nicki Minaj on “Chi-Raq” in 2014.
• The Chicago rapper initially thought the supply was faux and almost handed on the chance.
• He says the expertise motivated him to hustle tougher and helped him acquire traction within the trade.

G Herbo made critical cash after working with Nicki Minaj on “music-nicki-minaj-f-lil-herb-chi-raq”>Chi-Raq.” On Wednesday (Oct. 8), throughout the “Club Shay Shay” podcast, the Chicago rapper revealed he “probably made half a million dollars” after their 2014 collaboration.

Explaining how the file got here collectively, Herbo admitted he initially turned down the supply as a result of he thought it was faux. “It wasn’t her on the phone. It was Safaree and them on the phone,” he instructed Shannon Sharpe. “So, when they hit us, it was like four in the morning,” the musician recalled, including that he was “in the studio high off lean and pills” on the time.

“I’m like, ‘Hell nah, that ain’t no f**king Nicki,’” the “Went Legit” artist went on to say. In his protection, he was simply beginning to blow up on the time, so individuals had been “calling and playing on the phone all the time.” Fortunately, Minaj’s staff known as again a number of days later and supplied to fly him out to Los Angeles.

From there, Herbo spent the day with Minaj, who had a studio setup with two cubicles, one thing he’d by no means seen earlier than. “That s**t just really inspired me, like it’s a lot of money. You gotta go get that s**t,” he mentioned. “After I did that [song], I probably made half a million dollars just grinding. I’m going to do shows, I’m doing s**t. I was young as hell.”

Herbo then defined he was “no older than 18,” so it was a extremely big search for him: “I really credit it to her.” Funnily sufficient, the Chicago rapper glided by Lil Herb again within the day. He beforehand mirrored on working with Minaj on “Just Bars”: “All the b**ches wanna f**kin’ lick me / ‘Cause I just left the Summer Jam with Nicki / And she just helped me book a couple shows.”

“Chi-Raq” was initially launched on Minaj’s SoundCloud earlier than lastly making its method to streaming providers in 2021 alongside Beam Me Up Scotty. Take a hearken to it beneath.