Juelz Santana’s getting back into the fold these days following his release from prison. Though he came home in 2020, he didn’t necessarily leap back into the limelight. Instead, he put his focus on building his business and creating quality music. We’re still waiting on his anticipated project, We In Motion with DJ Drama, which should be due out later this year. The project is expected to have a number of amazing features, such as Dej Loaf and Lil Durk, though he’s yet to confirm a release date.
Nonetheless, he’s back in the press with some insightful interviews where he’s provided gems about his history in the rap game. During our December interview with Juelz, he shared details behind Cam’ron’s “Bout It Bout It Pt. 2” music video and bringing BMF to Harlem, among other Dipset jewels. That was clearly the tip of the iceberg when it comes to anecdotes about his career. Most recently, he opened up about the time police raided his home in 2011.
Juelz Santana Lost 100 Songs During Raid
Santana sat down for an in-depth interview with Off The Porch where he opened up about the infamous raid on his New Jersey home over a decade ago. The drug-related bust landed him behind bars on multiple drug felony charges in 2011, though what people didn’t know was that police confiscated his hard drive. “The police took my hard drives. I had over 100 songs and they erased them,” Juelz said. “It was crazy. They raided my studio, they took my hard drive. When I got the hard drives back them shits was empty. Over 100 songs gone.”
Though he tried to re-record the songs, he said that he didn’t write anything down which made it even more difficult. Ultimately, it was this moment that left him feeling hopeless. “That discouraged me, that was around the time I shut down a lot,” he continued. “It was really discouraging because you know to lose that amount of records that I worked so hard on and was getting ready to put out. It was crazy.” Check out the full interview above and sound off with your thoughts in the comments.
