

By the time the late-album highlight "King Sh*t" rolls around with T.I. Hopefully, the Feds aren't watching, because the crack game is still everything to the man, as the earworm title track boasts "I can show you how to cook right, and what a million dollars look like" plus "Man, I got a car worth your budget" over a suitably scrappy Cool & Dre production. Good news for fans who stuck it out this long is that I Am is the moment when the skies clear, as the album comes on strong with a hard-hitting set of openers, and then, the high quality is maintained with a set of easy-flowing supportive songs that broaden the LP spectrum, all without leaving Gotti's comfort zone. His early work was indie to a fault, with long-players sounding patched together from mixtape numbers and other related whatnot, while his mainstream debut, 2012's Live from the Kitchen, suffered from its long birthing process, sounding patched together on the million-dollar level with too much input from the marketing department. Check them out below.Like so many rappers who play it street level and live and die by the mixtape game, Memphis man Yo Gotti has maintained an uneasy relationship with the official album.


To commemorate the occasion, Yo Gotti shared a video of their New Year’s Eve shenanigans to his Instagram account and bragged about his apparent “victory.” In the clip, he can be heard wishing Simmons a “Happy New Year” and telling her she “looks good.” He added in the caption: “Ain loss a crush since High School.” In a second post, Yo Gotti is photographed grabbing Simmons’ rear, making it crystal clear they’re more than friends (finally).

The following month, the budding couple enjoyed a trip to Dubai where they rode camels and ATVs in the desert. Rumors the two had finally linked up started swirling in September when they celebrated Simmons’ 35th birthday together in Miami. The caption on the post says it all: “You are all I need and more.” View this post on InstagramĪ post shared by Angela Renee Simmons Gotti has been carrying a torch for Angela Simmons since at least 2015 when he released “Down In The DMs.” As he raps in the song: “And I just followed Angela (Simmons) / Boy, I got a crush on Angela Simmons/ They like, ‘Damn, Gotti, you bold’ (bold)/ F–k it, I’m gon’ let the world know (goals).” In one of the photos, Yo Gotti holds an umbrella for Simmons to shield her from the rain. On Saturday (December 31), Simmons shared a series of Instagram photos to her account showing the couple celebrating New Year’s Eve.ĭressed to the nines in all black and dripping with diamonds, they drank champagne and posed with a black Rolls-Royce. Now, it looks like the Collective Music Group founder can finally celebrate-the two are officially an item. Yo Gotti has tried for years to woo Angela Simmons into his arms, but she repeatedly rebuffed his advances.
