Young Jeezy Exits Boyz N Da Hood, Lil' Wayne Joins, T.I. Deny's Rumors

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Lil Wayne, President of Cash Money Records will join the Atlanta-based super-group along with existing members Big Duke, Big Gee, Jody Breeze, a representative for Universal Record confirmed. Blok, founder of Boyz N Da Hood and Blok Entertainment, confirmed the news of Lil’ Wayne’s inclusion, but stated that T.I. was in the group. Despite persistent rumors, Blok said there is no bad blood between Young Jeezy and the rest of the group.

“Jeezy only signed on for one album and that’s my whole campaign – it’s not a replacement it’s a continuance. We’re not beefing. All of us are brothers. That’s very important, it’s a continuance. This is the way it was set out to be when it first started,” said Blok. Blok also stated that the original roster of Boyz N Da Hood included T.I., Trick Daddy and Sean Paul of the YoungBloodz and the newer members replaced them. Young Jeezy has experienced solo success with his platinum-selling Def Jam release Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation. “I was a solo artist first. I'm definitely a boss. I always had a label. I always had a movement. The whole thing with Puff [Bad Boy Records], we sat down and worked it out. I already had my solo situation at Def Jam,” Jeezy said. “My album was set up to come out first, before I did the little situation [with Bad Boy]. But just me being a gangster and real about what I'm doing agreed to push my album back so I could get the Boyz N Da Hood project rolling. I just want the fans to know it ain’t me acting funny or nothing like that. It's just that I got a solo album out, so just like how I went on a Boyz N Da Hood promo run, I gotta do mine. Everything I do with them, I gotta do for myself.”

While Jeezy was a member of BNHD, he was also signed to Def Jam as a solo artist and had to promote both the group album and the Def Jam opus at the same time. Jeezy frequently missed promotion and marketing tours with Boyz N Da Hood, but continued to push both projects. The BNDH self-titled album hit stores on June 21, while Thug Motivation 101 was released on July 26.

T.I. has issued a statement denying that he is a new member of Boyz N Da Hood (BNDH). Representatives for Atlantic dismissed T.I.’s inclusion in the group and now T.I. himself has denied being a member of the group. “Contrary to rumors circulating around the Internet, I have not and will not be joining Boyz N Da Hood,” T.I. stated. “Although I am and have always been part of the movement, I am not a member of the group. This is just another case of 'Urban Legend'.” T.I., Young Jeezy and Lil’ Wayne will embark on a tour of the United States in November.