Logic and his father continue to rebuild their once strained relationship, and the rap superstar has now vowed to look out for the 69-year-old by signing him to his record label.
During a recent stop on the Maryland rapper’s College Park tour, which he posted to Instagram on Saturday (June 10), he stopped his show to give fans a peek into the complicated relationship with his father (real name Robert Bryson Hall).
“Why do you always ask me for money,” Logic recalled asking his father. “And you know what he says? ‘I don’t know.’ I think it’s just the fact that I’m financially insecure because I want to leave a legacy for your little brother. So I said, ‘You know what dad, I’m gonna do an album with you. I’m going to teach you about Black ownership and what it means to run a business.”
Logic then proceeded to bring his dad on stage and let him know that he will surround him with all of his resources to be financially secure before having him sign a record deal to Bobby Boy Records.
“Dad I want to make sure that you’re safe,” he continued. “And we make this album, that you are protected, and you have the greatest lawyers in the fucking business, and I want to sign my father at 69-yeaars-old to Bobby Boy Records right now. And give him what he always wanted.”
Upon signing the contract, both men embraced, prompting his father to say “I love this boy.” He then when on to recite a slightly amended version of the intro from “Homicide,” Logic’s 2019 collaboration with Eminem. “I knew he was going to be a star… when he came out of my balls, n-gga!” After which Logic performed the track.
Logic and his father weren’t always in such a good space. Last month, while on comedian Andrew Santino’s Whiskey Ginger podcast, the rapper recalled an instance where his dad asked him for a whopping $1million upon seeing him for the first time in a while.
His father’s request caused a rift that led them not to speak for some time again…
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