Nearly six years ago, the City Girls made the jump from being an emerging Hip-Hop duo to chart-topping stars with the success of their debut album and their contributions to Drake’s “In My Feelings.” Since then, they’ve toured the world, picked up a few awards and topped the charts. With that said, everyone didn’t believe in their potential at first, even those working at their record label. During a recent interview with TDE’s Doechii, JT opened up about achieving success despite initial doubts from those working at their label.
“How do y’all navigate working with all men and it’s just y’all two?” Doechii asked.
“I’m going to be completely honest. We came in around the same time as Lil’ Baby and a lot of people on the label felt like we were trash and did not want us on their f*cking label. At first I was such a fan that I didn’t know. I was coming in excited, and then it was, like, ‘These girls really ain’t going to go that far.’ A lot of people felt like, why the fuck are they taking a chance on us or even putting us on a label that was so hot at the time,” JT answered.
Despite those who didn’t see their potential initially, JT didn’t take it personally. In fact, she occasionally has doubts about newer acts that Quality Control CEO Pierre Thomas signs now.
“We didn’t have to go hard because we was so good culturally and people was gravitating to us. They was from Atlanta, so they didn’t get the lingo yet,” she continued.
“I don’t take it personal because now that I’m a veteran, sometimes when P [Quality Control CEO Pierre Thomas] signs people, I be like, ‘What the fuck is that?'”
