11/03/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/03/2026 17:58
"If I go in, if you, 2 Chainz, go in, you're going to have a completely different experience than if my mama go in... because they're not who other people think they are here," Lee explained. "Specifically, the experience was completely different once my face was shown. I send my mother-in-law to 10 different restaurants, couldn't eat nowhere. I go in, table ready right now. I don't ever want to put nobody in a situation that they get a different experience only because they not Keith Lee."
"I'm an entertainer, and obviously we get perks that other people don't get," 2 Chainz replied. "That's just period, my boy. I don't stand in line at the airport. I don't do none of that because I done worked my ass off to do this."
2 Chainz's response didn't go over too well with the general public. Some critics in the comment section called him "tone deaf" and "out of touch." After two days of backlash, the Grammy Award-winning rapper issued an apology to those who were offended by his comments. He also clarified that he did speak to Lee after the podcast wrapped and that there's no bad blood between them.
"I got a chance to speak to Keith after the podcast and it was all love," he wrote on X. "I know my words offended some people and I apologize for that. What I said and what I meant were two different things. I could've done a better job getting my point across. Toni"