2 Chainz: Daily Routine

Between gym sessions, clean eating, and late-night studio runs, 2 Chainz balances health, hustle, and heavy weed with Olympic-level discipline.

When you think about the lifestyle of a successful rapper, you’re probably imagining something straight out of a Bad Boy music video, circa-1997. You know, flashy cars and nightclubs, models and champagne. Maybe a yatch. You would figure that’s especially true for a rapper with a single like “Birthday Song” where the only thing he wishes for is a woman with an amply-shaped behind.

What you probably don’t imagine is a rapper who intermittent fasts, preaches the importance of staying hydrated and grows vegetables in his backyard.

When he’s not rapping in the studio, performing live on stage or sampling the “Most Expensivest Shit” with GQ, the Atlanta rapper, real name Tauheed Epps, is usually thinking about his diet. “My style of eating has changed, because in order to do what I do, you have to eat a certain way,” he told Hot 97. His 2013 album, B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time, even came with a cookbook, produced with his personal chef, Chef Aleem.