Jadakiss recently appeared on the ‘I AM ATHLETE’ podcast and was asked about his famous signature laugh that he usually features at the beginning of his verses on songs.
The rapper revealed the origin of the laugh, saying it was a way to clear his voice before knocking out verses. “My engineer, I think he’s from Croatia. Ruff Ryders introduced us to him, and he worked with us for years.” He continued, “I was recording some verses and my voice is so raspy sometimes, I’m clogged up, I would do that as a tension breaker to clear my throat and my voice before I’m about to do the verse.”
Jada noted the laugh was supposed to be a one-time thing, but the engineer said it sounded good. The rapper said he “never intended on him keeping it.” From there, Jada said, “So I do it, I get out to come hear the verse and he kept it! I’m like, ‘What’s that?’ ‘Nah, you gotta leave that.’ I’m like, ‘iight.’ So then I just started doing it and people started loving it!”
The artist spoke on how the laugh ended up being his stamp, saying, “Aunties coming up to me in the morning, ‘Hey, ain’t you that boy who make that sound?’ Then it just became my signature trademark.” Watch above.
source: I AM ATHLETE
