Cash Money “Felt Like Real Prison Plus Birdman Was Stingy Even To His Family Members” According To Mikkey Halsted

Chicago lyricist Mikkey Halsted recalled the time he spent as a signed rapper to Cash Money Records. Halsted speaks on the cons of being with the label, from Baby aka Birdman attempting to change him as a person to currently being owed money from the label.

“We didn’t see eye-to-eye creatively and he was trying to make me do something, be something that I wasn’t,” Mikkey Halsted said. “I was wearing Polo, they only wanted me to wear white t-shirts and Reeboks. It felt like real prison over there. I was trying to explain to him that a clean cut rapper will work. Where I’m from we do this, we do that, this is what we do. Why would you sign me if you want me to be like I’m from New Orleans? I can’t go home and be around my friends if I go and change and act like I’m from you guys, from y’all. And he was like, ‘You should go get tattoos on your neck,’ and I’m like, ‘Listen, fuck that, I’m not doing shit like that man.’”

According to Halsted, Birdman was very stingy when it came to money. He recalled Baby having thousands of dollars spread out on his bed and later demanding change back if he were to give a family member money for take-aways.

“I’ve seen Baby [Birdman] over there with $50,000-$100,000 spread out on the bed and people that’s in his own family are asking him to give them McDonald’s money,” the rapper said. “He would give somebody $10 and ask for change back. So, that’s the kind of person he was. It was just a lot of bad business man, that I’ve seen done and you know, it’s only so far as I can talk about it…until I get my money.”