--- title: Rapper 2 Chainz Wants to Be Mayor of College Park, Ga. description: Rapper, fierce debater, champion for felon voting rights, and, now perhaps, mayor? canonical: https://time.com/3686571/2-chainz-mayor-college-park/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-28T20:58:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T18:50:58.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Rapper 2 Chainz is Serious About Running for Mayor og:description: "I’m really gonna do this little mayor thing." og:url: https://time.com/3686571/2-chainz-mayor-college-park/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbfb0a133f4b03fd1/698688d055a85969c9a8019a/people-2-chainz_yang.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: 2 Chainz, Tauheed Epps og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rapper 2 Chainz is Serious About Running for Mayor twitter:description: "I’m really gonna do this little mayor thing." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbfb0a133f4b03fd1/698688d055a85969c9a8019a/people-2-chainz_yang.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Rapper 2 Chainz is Serious About Running for Mayor > Sponsored content. 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This Aug. 31, 2013 file photo shows 2 Chainz performing at the 2013 Budweiser Made in America Festival in Philadelphia, Pa. Charles Sykes—Invision/AP by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:50 PM UTCPublished: Jan 28, 2015 8:58 PM UTC Rapper Tauheed Epps, better known by his stage name 2 chainz, is apparently mulling a run for mayor of his hometown, College Park, Ga. In an interview with the [Atlanta _Journal Constitution_](http://music.blog.ajc.com/2015/01/26/2-chainz-wants-to-run-for-mayor-of-college-park/), Epps—whose hits include “[I Luv Dem Strippers](Rapper, fierce debater, champion for felon voting rights, and, now perhaps, mayor?)” and “[No Lie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQZMaG1eO74)”—Epps said that he was seriously considering a run. “I am looking forward to running at the end of this year or next year. \[I’m\] waiting to see if I meet all of the qualifications!” the Grammy-nominated artist told the paper_._ Interest in Epps’ political ambitions peaked earlier this week after he told [_XXL Magazine_](http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2015/01/2-chainz-wants-run-mayor-hometown/) about his potential run. “I’m supposed to be running for mayor in College Park. I got everybody wishing,” Epps said. “I’m really gonna do this little mayor thing in College Park. I’m just trying to make sure I have the right qualifications.” 2 chainz wouldn’t be the first rapper to dabble in local politics. In 2011, Luther Campbell, formerly known by his rap name “Uncle Luke” of the 2 Live Crew ran for mayor of [Miami-Dade County](http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2011-02-03/news/luke-for-mayor/) in South Florida. Campbell lost. Though Epp is known musically for [rhyming booty with itself](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y34jC4I1m70) and rapping about [selling crack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVjeKltMVJs) (though the author is particularly partial to the [line](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2QKlmMT8II) “Pull up to the scene with my roof gone/when I leave the scene bet your boo gone”), Epps knows about more than just money, women and clothes. The 37-year-old attended Alabama State University on a basketball scholarship and reportedly received high marks while he was there. Though a convicted felon, Epps is a champion for restoring [felons’ voting rights](http://respectmyvote.com/2012/05/2chainz/). He also recently made headway for going [toe-to-toe](http://time.com/3666960/2-chainz-nancy-grace-marijuana-legalization/) with HLN host Nancy Grace over the legalization of marijuana, and arguably, besting her in a fierce debate. If qualified to run for office, Epps could prove a worthy contender for incumbent College Park mayor Jack Longino. Longino, however, isn’t worried. The 20-year mayor told the [_Daily Beast_ ](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/27/2-chainz-for-mayor.html)recently he doesn’t believe Epps is a College Park resident. But if he does and decides to run, Longino said, “we’ll let the people decide.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3686571/2-chainz-mayor-college-park/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3686571/2-chainz-mayor-college-park/"},"headline":"Rapper 2 Chainz is Serious About Running for Mayor","datePublished":"2015-01-28T20:58:24.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T18:50:58.000Z","description":"2 chainz: rapper, fierce debater, champion for felon voting rights, and, now perhaps, mayor?","url":"https://time.com/3686571/2-chainz-mayor-college-park/","keywords":["atlanta","cities","Mayor"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbfb0a133f4b03fd1/698688d055a85969c9a8019a/people-2-chainz_yang.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbfb0a133f4b03fd1/698688d055a85969c9a8019a/people-2-chainz_yang.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2 Chainz, Tauheed Epps","caption":"2 Chainz, Tauheed Epps","creditText":"Charles Sykes—Invision/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3686571/2-chainz-mayor-college-park/","name":"Rapper 2 Chainz is Serious About Running for Mayor"}}]}] ```