Jeezy appeared on MSNBC to speak with the station’s resident hip hop head Ari Melber about politics and sounded off on how President Donald Trump is handling the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“For me, I’ve seen those type of people in my life. Trump, he’s one-of-a-kind, ’cause it takes a different type of leader to make things about him,” he says at the 5:30 mark. “I feel like a lot of times you see his ego. Right now, you know, it’s about the people. To me, you talking about ‘Make America Great.’ We gon’ make America greater than it’s ever been with or without him. He gotta understand that. We are the people. You are one person and we get it. But this is not about you right now. We all in this together. You know, all of us. We have to make this about us, not about [Trump].”

Melber also asks Jeezy about what it meant to be shouted out by former President Barack Obama. “Everything man,” he responds. “Coming from where I came from. My trials and tribes. My humble beginnings. Not only because of who he is but the way he did it. That let me know, at one of those correspondents dinners, that let me know that he heard my message.”

Jeezy released his new album, Twenty/20 Pyrex Vision, on March 27. 

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He’s known as a social commentator of the culture, so MSNBC invited Joe Budden to their studio for a candid interview about music, diversity, politics, therapy, and much, much more. The podcast host chatted with Ari Melber for nearly a half an hour, and while there was a myriad of topics discussed, right out of the gate they spent quite some time analyzing Drake.

Recently, Budden and his The Joe Budden Podcast co-hosts spoke at length about Drake’s filmed Rap Radar interview, a rare appearance for OVO’s head honcho. Ari wanted to chat about Drake lamenting that he doesn’t get recognition as an accomplished black artist and he played the clip back for Budden.

“Sometimes I don’t feel celebrated when I know somebody else would be celebrated for those accomplishments,” Drake said in his interview. “I don’t feel like people say when Drake is the artist of the decade, I don’t think anybody says ‘Wow, a black artist is the artist of the decade.” After the clip ended, Budden said, “That might of been one of the first times I heard him refer to himself that way. Like, as a black artist, but he’s right.”

“He’ll never be on the outside looking in, so who are we to say how he feels, how he should feel, but I think that many entertainers and athletes and just people in our industry move around with that chip on their shoulder,” Budden continued. “And they carry it. And they protect it. And I think we got a rare chance to see that in Drake. Somebody who’s piled up so many wins that I guess we feel like that shouldn’t be there.”

Budden thought it was good to see the superstar rapper “humanize himself” in such a manner on that platform. Check out what else Budden had to say about the Toronto rapper below.

It’s a hard question, but we know in our hearts there is only one answer. Yes, “Heat” is 50 Cent’s best song. Between the insane instrumental from Dr. Dre, the cinematic intro skit, catchy yet chilling chorus, and the cold-hearted charisma of hip-hop’s beloved antihero, the Get Rich Or Die Tryin centerpiece has withstood the test of time. And aside from being immensely listenable, Fif’s “Heat” has also provided many quotables by which one might choose to live by. “It’s hot out this bitch, that’s a good enough reason” being one of them. “I do what I wanna do, I don’t care if I get caught,” being another.

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Sometimes, the wisdom of 50 Cent finds itself cited in unexpected places. In the midst of Donald Trump’s ongoing Impeachment trial, MSNBC anchor Ari Melber (noted hip-hop fan) drew upon Fif’s “Heat” to draw parallels between the rapper as the President of the United States. In the face of Trump’s brazen denial of any wrongdoing, Melber provides a G-Unit approved explanation: “the argument he presents is vintage 50 Cent. “I’ll do what I want, I don’t care if I get caught. The D.A. can play this tape in court.”

After explaining “slant rhymes” to his co-hosts, Melba explains that there is a “gangster thuggishness to that attitude. It’s not just hiding what you did, it’s actually that extra bravado.” It didn’t take long for Fif to catch wind of the comparison, taking to IG to voice his opinion. “Yeah, Ari Melber Trump on some real gangsta shit,” he writes, leaving us to infer his tone. “He gonna do it his way.”