People basing what they do in they life off of your opinion. Friends you knew for life, even your own family. It all change, it all get wiped away,” he soberly acknowledges. “Once people see you in that light… It don’t matter if they knew you since you were born. In an attempt to avoid awkward conversations with family and friends, he started pretending to be asleep to duck phone calls and avoided going outside.
With his profile growing back at home, Veeze noticed that people began treating him like he had superpowers, and could maybe put them on too. Every song that people may consider a leak, I know that it’s out.” Veeze says he’s not very concerned about them: “No songs that I ever cared about got leaked. The slow drip of new Veeze music since 2019 has made him a steady target for leakers - online, his songs are as coveted as imported snacks and sodas. Those looking hard enough could make a solid EP out of his show-stealing features on songs from Pooh Shiesty (“ Making A Mess”), Lil Baby (“ U-Digg”), and Lil Yachty (“ Fight Night Round 3,” “ Run Down”). Since then, he’s irregularly dropped music of his own, explaining that he wanted to avoid oversaturating himself and avoid putting out what he considered “weak shit.” He dropped “ Law N Order” the following year, a blistering song sampling the theme from the ubiquitous legal drama it blew up so fast that it seemed like he was just one more song away from breaking through the regional glass ceiling. “You know every story got two sides, nigga / I got puff balls on the AR like Rah Digga,” he snarled on “ Wilt.” What he lacked in songwriting, he made up for tenfold with sharp, tightly-written verses. His debut mixtape Navy Wavy arrived later that year, delivering on the promise of his first singles with writing that uncovered an endless Rolodex of references and a grisly sense of humor.
Judging by the unpacked suitcases lying around - and the plastic wrap still peeling off of the arcade cab’s buttons - Veeze hasn’t had time for rest lately. Upstairs, you’ll find an unframed one-of-one painting of an inebriated Krusty the Clown rocking a Chanel hoodie. It feels like a trendy consignment store and a house all at once.
There are about a dozen meticulously cared-for rugs spread around the first floor of his house, including a custom-made one of the Monopoly Man-styled Veeze from the cover art of his recent single “ GOMD.” Also lying around: an assortment of blunt-filled ashtrays, a bunch of skateboard decks, a Supreme lawn chair, a few more blunt-filled rolling trays, and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time arcade cabinet in pristine condition. The interior of Veeze's house resembles the prototypical Airbnb, down to the dark grey wood laminate floors and beige-white walls. He doesn’t have much attachment to the city (“I just be working now, it ain’t the same as living in Detroit”), but for now, this is where the 29-year-old rapper can catch his breath and refocus in between trips to Los Angeles, New York, and Detroit. For the better part of a year now, he’s lived in a quiet suburb about 30 minutes outside of Atlanta, a move he says was to get away from “all things tied to streets and crime” to focus on music.
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