Hitmaka demonstrated that lying can occasionally pay off by describing how he lied on The Breakfast Club to land a $500K job at a major label.
In an interview with Akademiks on Saturday, June 15, the Chicago-born producer, who was formerly known as Yung Berg, told a tale of how he conned his way into a sizable sum of money.
Speaking about his professional ascent, he stated, “Ryan Press, the head of Warner Chappell, is my mentor.” I told a complete untruth on The Breakfast Club. After I received these assignments, they allowed me to interview with The Breakfast Club.
I said, “Hey, I swear these labels are trying to hire me as an A&R too,” during the interview. They want to hire me as an A&R at these offices, not only because I’m producing these albums.
“Oh, really?,” exclaimed Charlamagne, as he proceeded to drizzle some sauce over it. My man Ryan hit me the following day and said, “Yo, you was serious about that?” Yeah, I say to myself. “Hey, when you get back to L.A.” he said. I would like to introduce you to Craig and Julie. You guys ought to have a meeting.
“I just told them the real shit,” he said in closing. I couldn’t be in a better place to have the guy who will be my heir. I’m on the ground, creating these records. You guys had faith in Irv Gotti, and you had faith in all these other people who had subsidiaries that were executives and producers simultaneously.
That’s the area I must occupy. After that, I was promoted to vice president of Atlantic Records’ A&R department. I believe my annual salary was close to half a million dollars.
Watch the video below, which starts at roughly 22:50.
Hitmaka, despite an alleged attempt at sabotage by a troubled rap entrepreneur, has grown to be a major voice in hip-hop.
The producer called the Bad Boy CEO “diabolical” and accused Diddy of attempting to ruin his career and steal his talent back in February.
The producer discussed his interactions with Puff throughout the years in an interview with The Joe Budden Podcast, implying that the troubled record executive harbors animosity toward him.
Hitmaka started off by explaining that Diddy had requested him to collaborate on his highly anticipated R&B project, The Love Album: Off the Grid, but that things had rapidly gotten ugly when the billionaire from Harlem objected to the beats he had sent in.
“Puff hit me and said, ‘Hey, I’m working on an R&B album, and I need you, you’re the one.'” I think we should do everything together, and it’s going to be London on Da Track, you and me. Send me some joints, he thought back.
“I send him ten clips, it’s insane stuff. “I want that [Yung] Berg shit, stop trying to be me,” he slapped me back. You seem to be attempting to carry out my duties, n-gga. Please send me some other garbage.
“So I didn’t send him anything,” he said. I said, “Fuck it.” The next thing I knew, the n-gga was reading my files, contacting everyone I worked with, and taking me out of the picture.
“He then summoned Cardiak to his home and said, ‘You must be one of The Hitmen.'” Then, Eric Bellinger and muthafuckin’ Puff are singing songs together in the Bahamas.
