"I just did one (track) with Young Jeezy last night," Lil Boosie said. "Me and Justin Bieber gonna do something, too. I know it's (going to be) a hit. I'm always excited about music. I'm like a music fiend. I know music from the '50s, '60s, '70s on up. I just want to work with everybody who's doing their thing right now."
Aside from his vast music repertoire, the rapper said that he also has written a book and has plans to make a film.
"I'm trying to get my own liquor, my own clothing line. … My own smell-good cologne. I'm just working, trying to take my success to another level," he said. "Everything has a time. You can have all this stuff, but everything got to be dropped at the right time."
The rapper said he has no plans to move back to his hometown, but he made it clear he wouldn't forget the city that gave him his start. He offered the example of the giveaways he helped with, like handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving, as one way Lil Boosie hopes to ensure Baton Rougeans don't forget him either.
"I'll always be a Baton Rouge humanitarian," he said. "I'll always take care of the city."
He has big plans. He hopes to put together a foundation for children of imprisoned parents and one for battered women that he plans to launch with his mother, Connie Hatch. And, he'll continue working with a foundation for those with diabetes, a condition that he has.
While in prison, the rapper spent 20 months in solitary confinement between his indictment for first-degree murder and his acquittal on that same charge. During those months, Lil Boosie said he only communicated with others during daily, 15-minute phone call period.
"It was messed up," he said. "That's all I can say. It was messed up."
The rapper remained in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola following a 2009 marijuana-related drug conviction. Now, Lil Boosie says he is drug-free, but said, he is in favor of legalizing marijuana.
"If Louisiana is in debt, you need to find something to get you out of debt," he said, getting heated during an otherwise calm interview. "I don't see why they wouldn't legalize marijuana, because people don't die off marijuana like they die off alcohol. ... You know how many people alcohol kills, but that's legal."
The rapper spent the afternoon doing interviews. He was relaxed and in a chatty mood, which meant the interviews all lasted a bit longer than scheduled, but few people seemed to mind. Lil Boosie, for one, is eager. He's eager to make music, eager to provide for his large family, eager to get back on top of the game.
"It's my time," he said. "I feel like it's my time, and I'm gonna make the most of it."
News Source: nola.com