Fabolous is all about his friends–including Shiggy–making their bread. The rapper cleared up an assumed incident between himself and the comedian during an interview with Ebro in The Morning after he was criticized for slamming Shiggy for demanding a check for promoted social posts.
Earlier this week, an exchange between Fab, Casanova and Shiggy about the matter was seen on Instagram Live after Shiggy explained why he doesn’t create “challenge” dances for free. In light of his new single “Choosy,” he asked his pal for a #ChoosyChallenge dance post to support it. Shiggy said he would be down to do it–but had to receive a check first.
Shiggy’s profile has skyrocketed since he created the #InMyFeelings challenge in 2018. The challenge helped boost Drake’s single and led to the comedian going on tour with him. He’s also found himself in some awkward situations with rappers nearly bullying him into providing his influence for their music. During Shiggy’s exchange with Casanova and Fab, it seemed that Shiggy’s request was frowned upon.
Speaking to Ebro, Laura Stylez and Peter Rosenberg, Fab says his criticism of Shiggy was a joke and he’s well aware that the comedian should receive a check for his services.
“It was all a play to play with Shiggy,” he said. “Shiggy is a joking person, so you joke back with him. So my joke to him was, this first time I’m seeing him, he was at my show, and just like, ‘Wow, look at Shiggy.’ So I hit Shiggy just because we was starting the challenge of it and just because I know him personally. We have a cool relationship. So I was just like, ‘Yo man, it’d be cool if you do something for the new joint, for ‘Choosy.” And he’s like, ‘Yeah, yeah, see if you get me a check or something.’ And even when he said it, I didn’t take no offense to it, because I even see now, social media and the social media influencers, record labels do that. But me personally, I don’t personally pay people, you know what I’m saying? I even told him like, ‘I’mma see if Def Jam can get you a check. Let me figure it out.'”
Shiggy hasn’t responded to the drama but he did say in his Instagram stories, “I didn’t change, I just learned my lesson.”
Check out the rest of Fab’s interview below.