Troy Ave on Snitching Claims: 'At What Point Is It Snitching If You Talking About Yourself?'

Troy Ave, who was given the Donkey of the Day title by Charlamagne tha God last week, made an appearance on the Breakfast Club Monday morning. During the 46-minute interview, Ave discussed his thoughts on how he's portrayed in the press and went deep on the lyrics to his recent "2 Legit 2 Quit" single.

"I ain't tripping," Ave said of the coverage surrounding his most recent Breakfast Club visit. "It all come with the territory. I always take lemons and make lemonade. I've been doing that damn near my whole life, so I definitely wasn't happy with it. But it was good because it showed me a lot. They say you gotta go through some shit to get to some shit. Sometimes certain moves that you make expose certain people."

As for whether or not he believes listeners "hate" him, Ave pointed out the counter-responses he's noticed on negative articles about him. "I wouldn't say, I don't think that people hate Troy Ave," he said around the 4:50 mark in the video up top. "You can see, like, if you just look on social media, you'll see more support if you take the time to look. Not the person who might write the article. They might be the actual person that gets seen but all under they comments, it'll be people that support Troy Ave. I think, I really think, man, listen: Why do they hate Jesus? Not comparing myself to God or anything . . . You know they gonna put 'Troy Ave Compares Himself to Jesus.'"

Ave also said the headline-making lyrics (and video) for "2 Legit 2 Quit," particularly the "middle finger from the stand" bit, follow the same writing approach he's always used. "I mean, if you talk about your life and everything you go through, I been doing that," he said around the 7:50 mark. "At what point is it snitching if you talking about yourself? You talking about your real life. I been doing it. I been talking about the same things over and over. Because this is more publicized, now you wanna say that's something?

The lyrics, he added, "sparked a debate":

Watch the full discussion up top. Charlamagne did not participate.