JEEZY SAYS HIS HIGH-END ATLANTA RESTAURANT WENT DOWNHILL AFTER HE ANNOUNCED HE OWNED IT

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Jeezy's Atlanta Restaurant Went Downhill After Announcing He Owned It

Jeezy discussed the luxury restaurant he once owned that went downhill after he announced he owned it during a radio interview.

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Rapper Jeezy performs during The Shhh Show at Buckhead Theatre on June 20, 2023 in Atlanta. (Photo: Prince Williams/WireImage)

Rapper Jeezy says the luxury restaurant he once owned went downhill after he announced he owned it during a radio interview.

Jeezy, promoting his new book, Adversity For Sale: Ya Gotta Believe, appeared on The Daily Cannon Morning Show, where he recalled the Atlanta high-end steakhouse he owned called American Cut.

“PROBABLY ONE OF THE NICEST STEAKHOUSES THERE,” JEEZY TOLD NICK CANNON. “IT HAD THREE STORIES, BEAUTIFUL. IT WAS LIKE MY BEST-KEPT SECRET.”

“I remember when Nas was on tour and he stopped by and he was like ‘Yo, you own this? This is crazy,’” he continued.

The “Thug Motivation” rapper initially kept his ownership of American Cut private. But he let the cat out of the bag when he appeared on a local radio station.




That’s when things went left, according to Jeezy, and the community turned his luxury eatery into a local hangout spot.

“I WENT BACK THERE YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS FREAKNIK,” HE SAID.

“It started going down. You go over there to eat and you start seeing cats you used to hustle with. And I’m like, ‘Oh my God.’ You go up the stairs and they’re trying to smoke weed and I’m like, ‘Man, what we doing?’”



Those who watched the clip expressed their disappointment in Jeezy’s peers ruining a lucrative business venture that would’ve helped strengthen Atlanta’s local economy and add Black ownership to the luxury restaurant market.

“SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA KEEP CERTAIN THINGS A SECRET,” ONE PERSON WROTE IN RESPONSE.

“They bogus for ruining that man restaurant. Who tf would go into any restaurant, and flame up a blunt?”
“Hard pill to swallow but not everyone deserves to be in your life,” added someone else.

“NONE OF THESE PPL HAD HIS BEST INTEREST AT HEART. LIVING OFF “YOU USED TO BE THIS WAY” NAH GET OUTTA HERE WITH THAT.”

 

[850credit]

Never even heard of it

 

[lightbright]

 

[Dr. Truth]

LOL man 98% of restaurants fail . He needs to realize opening a restaurant is a bad move. Even famous James beard chefs go belly up

 

[woodchuck]

I didn't know he owned that. Never been, but I've heard of it. It's funny, but when they thought Dwhite owned it, they acted accordingly. Then they find out Jeezy owned it, and sadly, they acted accordingly. Trifling ass bitches.

 

[ViCiouS]

 

[Walter Panov]

Hire security. Problem solved. It didn't fail because he announced it was his. It failed because of bad management.

 

[xxironxx]

 

[yaBoi]

same thing i said about moneybag yo's restaurant

https://www.cache42memphis.com/

i would have never told people who owns it


because niggas...

 

[Cannibal]

Hire security. Problem solved. It didn't fail because he announced it was his. It failed because of bad management.

You can't secure certain things bruh. If you get a folks coming into your establishment reeking of weed, you can't kick 'em out. If someone pulls up to the valet with their music blastin, what cha gonna do? Folks in the restaurant talking loud and acting like they ain't got home training can't do shit about that either, you can ask them to be quiet, sure, but that's even gonna create a scene. What about them folks that come in and be like "yall didn't cook this right, can you take this off of the bill?" and its half eaten. Mofos parking lot pimpin. Bruh, you know how we do. I'm specifically speaking about that element he described in his interview. Once all that shit happens, reviews go into the trash, clientele changes, its a wrap. Pack up, start over, keep yo mouth closed.

 

[woodchuck]

You can't secure certain things bruh. If you get a folks coming into your establishment reeking of weed, you can't kick 'em out. If someone pulls up to the valet with their music blastin, what cha gonna do? Folks in the restaurant talking loud and acting like they ain't got home training can't do shit about that either, you can ask them to be quiet, sure, but that's even gonna create a scene. What about them folks that come in and be like "yall didn't cook this right, can you take this off of the bill?" and its half eaten. Mofos parking lot pimpin. Bruh, you know how we do. I'm specifically speaking about that element he described in his interview. Once all that shit happens, reviews go into the trash, clientele changes, its a wrap. Pack up, start over, keep yo mouth closed.

And like I said before, they didn't do that shit when they thought it was white owned.

 

[tallblacknyc]

And like I said before, they didn't do that shit when they thought it was white owned.

I’m also going to have to throw in Jeezy character in the rap game caters to a certain demographic. Well that demographic came out and thought they were supporting him.. Mr 17.5 does not like the crowd he caters to in rap at his food establishment

 

[jasonblacc]

This might not be a black issue but a Jezzy issue. There are plenty of known black-owned restaurants where people act accordingly. It might people thought because it's Jezzy could have a “trap or die” sessions in his spot

 

[yaBoi]

I’m also going to have to throw in Jeezy character in the rap game caters to a certain demographic. Well that demographic came out and thought they were supporting him.. Mr 17.5 does not like the crowd he caters to in rap at his food establishment

double edged sword

 

[ShortyCumStain]

I’m also going to have to throw in Jeezy character in the rap game caters to a certain demographic. Well that demographic came out and thought they were supporting him.. Mr 17.5 does not like the crowd he caters to in rap at his food establishment

Same thing I was thinkin'. It's da same crowd he proudly catered to and made money off of.

 

[tallblacknyc]

This might not be a black issue but a Jezzy issue. There are plenty of known black-owned restaurants where people act accordingly. It might people thought because it's Jezzy could have a “trap or die” sessions in his spot

They was like get me some steaks hey hey hey hey we do it for the trappers

 

[ZuluSam]

Sometimes you have to keep your ownership a secret. If you do have a certain clientele you don't want, you do what it takes to IMMEDIATELY weed them out.

I had a buddy who has a cool bar.....too many knuckle heads heading in too early in the evening....nicca would throw on Steely Dan and the Eagles.

Pooof, they gone.

And that is why dress codes ain't always racist, but designed to tailor a clientele. See: Turkey Leg Hut......niccas in here swore it was fucked up, but bitches twerking half nekkid in front of families....nahhhhh, beat it.

 

[woodchuck]

This might not be a black issue but a Jezzy issue. There are plenty of known black-owned restaurants where people act accordingly. It might people thought because it's Jezzy could have a “trap or die” sessions in his spot

Great point.

 

[yaBoi]

Sometimes you have to keep your ownership a secret. If you do have a certain clientele you don't want, you do what it takes to IMMEDIATELY weed them out.

I had a buddy who has a cool bar.....too many knuckle heads heading in too early in the evening....nicca would throw on Steely Dan and the Eagles.

Pooof, they gone.

And that is why dress codes ain't always racist, but designed to tailor a clientele. See: Turkey Leg Hut......niccas in here swore it was fucked up, but bitches twerking half nekkid in front of families....nahhhhh, beat it.

LOL

 

[Cannibal]

Everybody up in that bitch asking for their steaks to be well done and shit. You know how we do. Asking for the AC to be turned down, you know how we do. Barely tipping and shit cause they brought the water without enough ice cubes. You know how we do.

 

[ZuluSam]

LOL

Regardless on that opinion, they do a BOOMING business. They saw it taking a hit due to the class of customer and took immediate measures to fix that issue.

 

[Deezz]

Hard to own a business w/ Yelp and Google reviews out there.

You start getting too many negative reviews and people avoid the business like the plague.

Restaurants fail so much anyway, don't need the help of a bunch of disrespectful niggas to help bring you down.

 

[850credit]

This is the opposite of what happened to Justin's. Everyone knew from the start who owned it. It was so cool to have a place where Black people could dress up, go out and enjoy a night out to ourselves. Once a shooting or two in the parking lot started happening it got a bad reputation and wasn't long until it was gone.

 

[sammyjax]

He should've been able to see that coming and keep tf silent.

 

[Walter Panov]

You can't secure certain things bruh. If you get a folks coming into your establishment reeking of weed, you can't kick 'em out. If someone pulls up to the valet with their music blastin, what cha gonna do? Folks in the restaurant talking loud and acting like they ain't got home training can't do shit about that either, you can ask them to be quiet, sure, but that's even gonna create a scene. What about them folks that come in and be like "yall didn't cook this right, can you take this off of the bill?" and its half eaten. Mofos parking lot pimpin. Bruh, you know how we do. I'm specifically speaking about that element he described in his interview. Once all that shit happens, reviews go into the trash, clientele changes, its a wrap. Pack up, start over, keep yo mouth closed.

I lost brain cells reading this stupid shit.

 

[ZuluSam]

You can't secure certain things bruh. If you get a folks coming into your establishment reeking of weed, you can't kick 'em out. If someone pulls up to the valet with their music blastin, what cha gonna do? Folks in the restaurant talking loud and acting like they ain't got home training can't do shit about that either, you can ask them to be quiet, sure, but that's even gonna create a scene. What about them folks that come in and be like "yall didn't cook this right, can you take this off of the bill?" and its half eaten. Mofos parking lot pimpin. Bruh, you know how we do. I'm specifically speaking about that element he described in his interview. Once all that shit happens, reviews go into the trash, clientele changes, its a wrap. Pack up, start over, keep yo mouth closed.

Actually you can. Certain of us will complain to high heavens and say it is racist, but you can do it.

First: dress code

Second: minimum bill per person.....Steak 48 put a $100 minimum per person

Third: create a place in the restaurant and kind of isolate them there

Fourth: twenty buck minimum valet

True pros and managers know other more or less subtle methods.

 

[34real]

If you can never tell em and there was another rapper that said the samething about no one knowing he owned such and such cause if they did it would hurt his business and that was in the 1990's

I want to say it was E40 when he owned a fat burger and he said there was two mistakes one is of him not being there personally everyday to make sure everything was running smooth and the fact that people knew he owned it which was an issue in itself.

 

[A to Dah K]

same thing i said about moneybag yo's restaurant

https://www.cache42memphis.com/

i would have never told people who owns it


because niggas...

Gotti shit got shot up

 

[Mrfreddygoodbud]

This is the opposite of what happened to Justin's. Everyone knew from the start who owned it. It was so cool to have a place where Black people could dress up, go out and enjoy a night out to ourselves. Once a shooting or two in the parking lot started happening it got a bad reputation and wasn't long until it was gone.

man since the ol glory hip hop days, they been using orchestrated shootouts to demonize us..

its always been against cac occupation law, to prevent three or more of us from congregating in public...

especially the Gods aka the Pure American Bruhs..

 

[yaBoi]

Gotti shit got shot up

Yup..a few times...his mom runs the place..it stayed classy for about a year before it went down hill. Its still open though

 

[Cannibal]

I lost brain cells reading this stupid shit.

Sure you did, and it closed. So then there's that for the reasons he stated, not me.

 

[Cannibal]

Actually you can. Certain of us will complain to high heavens and say it is racist, but you can do it.

First: dress code

Second: minimum bill per person.....Steak 48 put a $100 minimum per person

Third: create a place in the restaurant and kind of isolate them there

Fourth: twenty buck minimum valet

True pros and managers know other more or less subtle methods.

Bruh, we got money... The days of pricing low budget folks out is gone.

 

[Deezz]

This is the opposite of what happened to Justin's. Everyone knew from the start who owned it. It was so cool to have a place where Black people could dress up, go out and enjoy a night out to ourselves. Once a shooting or two in the parking lot started happening it got a bad reputation and wasn't long until it was gone.

Man... I used to love going to Justin's back in the day and loved it!

Met so much vagina in that place.

Good times.....

 

[slowmotion]

No need to speak on it. If the money was already rolling in.

 

[ZuluSam]

Bruh, we got money... The days of pricing low budget folks out is gone.

Nicca please. Talk to some owners. You’d be surprised at how many groups of four go take up a table for two hours spending 25 dollars each. No tip.