The Atlanta rapper recently sat down with hosts Gillie Da King and Wallo on the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast.

During the interview, he spoke about not buying material items like jewelry and cars for himself. Instead, he treats himself to a new property on each of his birthdays — something that he says creates generational wealth.

“Every big check I ever got, I bought property. Every time I had a birthday, I buy property,” he said. “I don’t buy chains, watches, cars, none of that — I buy property.”

If you recall, Jeezy mentioned during a Verzuz with Gucci Mane that he owns “half of Atlanta.”

During the first few minutes of the episode, while discussing his new stage name Big Snow, cohost Gillie chimed in and shared that the “Way Too Gone” artist went from a “motherf**king trap king to rap king.” And added that now he’s a “motherf**king real estate king.”

Jeezy credited his dear friend and business partner Solo for helping expand his perspective on the value of money.

“I was with my team. One of my great confidants, and friend, and business partner — Solo is what we call him — [ended] up being one of my closest friends, my realtor, and he just gave me the game,” the 45-year-old said.

He trusted his team and together they bought some land and buildings at the beginning of his real estate journey.

But while he was touring, Jeezy was unable to stay close to his investments. Upon returning, and sitting down with his real estate, the rapper learned how much the value of his properties had grown.

“He broke out the business and he was like, ‘Yeah, you know this building you bought for such-and-such is worth this now. And this land you bought for that is worth this now.’ I’m looking and I’m like, ‘Damn! Like we didn’t do anything.’ He was like, ‘That’s what I’m trying to tell you, that’s what real estate is.’ And from that day forward, I was stuck,” he explained.

After realizing his major return, he decided to devote “every big check” and “birthday” to buying another property.

Although he’s had one of the best and longest rap careers in the game, Jeezy has always admired businessmen and hoped to become a confident one himself.

“I think a lot of people didn’t understand that music was my talent but business is my passion. I always wanted to be a businessman,” Jeezy shared. “I wanted to run the company. I wanted to walk in the room and people be like ‘Yo, look at his portfolio.'”

He added that once he got a great understanding of real estate investing, he wanted to share it with his peers in rap. He divulged that he couldn’t understand why rappers were still selling drugs in the streets when they could be earning more money in an “easy” and legal way.

“You ask some of my people you might know like the Lakes, the DJ Dramas — I gave them all the game, all the connects, all the people — because they’re getting real money and they’re doing real things,” he said. “And they’re going to turn their artists on and people they know.”

“For me, it’s like, ‘I can’t buy all the property so let’s do it together!’” he said.