Jeezy is speaking candidly about the personal growth that came following his divorce from TV personality Jeannie Mai.
During a recent interview with Bishop T.D. Jakes, the Atlanta rap icon opened up about the lessons he’s gained while navigating the highly public split.
The rapper, born Jay Jenkins, filed for divorce in September 2023 after two years of marriage. While the breakup sparked headlines, Jeezy says he has no regrets when it came to the marriage.
When asked what he learned from the relationship, he says, “I learned that I was a great husband. I got a beautiful daughter out of the saturation. I learned a lot about myself. There’s things that I need to continue to work on.”
Jeezy explained that the process pushed him toward self-reflection and emotional accountability—areas he admits he hadn’t fully engaged with earlier in life. “I was selfish in my prior life, and I think just going forward in life- it just taught me how to give someone else grace and actually listen to understand rather than just to listen to reply.”
He continues, “when you’re sharing a life with someone- this is a partnership. I never had to compromise. It taught me a lot about what compromise is like.”
Mai also reflected on the divorce. She says it was a “wake up call.”
Posting to her YouTube channel on Friday (Dec. 5), Mai expresses, “divorce is a word you never imagine attached to your name,” Mai said in the video. “Not because you’re special, but because you think you know how to save something before it breaks.”
“As a divorcee, you’re always seeing people say what the things that warn you before a divorce happens are,” Mai added. “The one thing I can tell you is that nobody tells you that it’s both earth-shattering and a wake-up call. It’s because the life that you pictured disappears. And the future you actually need starts calling out to you.”
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