Young Jeezy to release New Album in October

By: Yves Erwin Salomon

Young Jeezy is hard at work on the follow-up to his platinum debut, Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101. The rapper told MTV.com, "October, that's all I can say. I'mma keep it real low-key. The name of the album is The Inspiration: Thug Motivation 102."

Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States and solidified Jeezy's status as a major player. But if you ask Young Jeezy, he sees himself more as a motivational speaker than as a rapper, and he thinks people relate to him because he's real: "I mean, I think it's 'cause I'm real, you know what I mean? I ain't really no rapper like that. I'mma real dude, so I think at the end of the day, a lot of people can speak good about me, and my street credibility is where it's supposed to be."