The prospect of a retrospective collection wasn’t a natural fit for Chainz - by his own admission, he dislikes looking backwards. “It was for the people that had money, and wanted other people to know they could afford it.” And, most significantly for the artist, it’s the focus of a full-scale fashion collaboration with the denim brand True Religion, which inspired the title of his EP. That record has now been re-released as a tenth anniversary edition, complete with a duo of new songs.

“It was a hustler showing the rest of the world what we got on,” as he puts it now. In its celebration of the community around him, the record acted as a statement of intent for Chainz, and a template for the music he would go on to make over the next ten years. Realigion, the EP which marked his breakout as a solo artist upon its release a decade ago, and which featured guest spots from 90s stalwarts Raekwon and Jadakiss, alongside then-rising stars from Meek Mill to Big Sean.

That collaborative nature has been a running thread throughout his career since its beginning.

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