8 Things We Learned From The Breakfast Club Troy Ave Interview [PHOTOS]

Even with the current state of New York Hip-Hop scene, Troy Ave was able to build enough momentum to land a spot on the recent 2014 XXL magazine Freshman cover. The Brooklynite stopped by The Breakfast Club to discuss his come up and more.

With a formal introduction to his BSB Rap collective, Troy Ave seems to pushing forward with further carving out his own lane. DJ Envy, Angela Yee and Charlamagne Tha God got down to brass tacks with questions regarding 50 Cent, Rick Ross, ultimately signing a major recording deal and more.

So we present the top 8 things we learned from The Breakfast Club Troy Ave interview. Hearing tell the story about calling Chance The Rapper a weirdo to his face was our favorite moment, let us know which was yours in the comments section below.

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Even though they don’t have beef, Troy Ave felt that calling Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo hype men was wack.

Social Skills

In a previous Breakfast Club interview, the reigning XXL Magazine editor in chief mentioned that he was the least social rapper at the Freshman cover shoot. Troy attributes that to being a New Yorker and not being too friendly while out of town.

Weirdo Swag

Troy added that when he saw Chance The Rapper walking by at the Freshman 2014 shoot, he pointed him out to his friends as “yo here’s the weirdo ni*** right here”.

Def Jam

Troy was never signed to Def Jam but through a production deal founded by former boxing promoter Butch Lewis.

Fast Food Hustles

At one point Troy worked at a Wendy’s and stuffed chicken nuggets in his pants as his treats when he was hustling in the wee hours.

Slices

Troy also had a job at Domino’s Pizza. At the time he was fighting a gun charge and his lawyer advised him to start working a regular 9 to 5 job to serve as proof that he was a tax paying citizen.

Ransom

Contrary to internet belief, Troy Ave and Ransom do not have beef. Troy put up a 50k bet about having the best album of the year. Ransom replied but Troy was really challenging his platinum peers.

Rozay

According to Troy Ricky has suggested putting together a situation together for a deal.