Posted by Kodak Black was released from prison on January 20 after receiving a presidential pardon from Donald Trump.
To welcome him home, his friend Lil Yachty took to Instagram on Tuesday (February 9) to share a video gifting the Florida native $50,000 in cash. The two rappers linked up at a gas station in the company of Ferraris, with Yachty also blasting his J. Cole-approved unreleased song through the speakers.
“I got something for you though brother,” Yachty said. “That’s that welcome home gift. Good 50 piece for him.”
Embracing Yachty with a brief thanks, Kodak responded, “Mos’ def, you know I appreciate it.”
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Two weeks before Trump’s pardon, Lil Yachty advocated for Kodak’s release by tweeting the president an explanation of why he should be allowed out of prison early.
“Hey @realDonaldTrump my friend @KodakBlack1k deserves to be commuted,” he wrote on Twitter. “The system punished him way to hard for a paperwork crime #freekodak.”
Hey @realDonaldTrump my friend @KodakBlack1k deserves to be commuted. The system punished him way to hard for a paperwork crime #freekodak
— concrete boy boat (@lilyachty) January 4, 2021
Yachty and Kodak’s relationship has certainly changed a lot over the last few years. In 2017, Kodak stated he doesn’t listen to Yachty’s music because he doesn’t drop any knowledge in his lyrics.
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“I don’t even listen to Uzi,” he rapped in a freestyle at the time. “These n-ggas dick in the booty/They confusing the community/I don’t even listen to Yachty/They don’t be droppin’ no knowledge/I ain’t dissin’, I got my own followin’.”
The pair went on to collaborate on “Make a Hit” off Kodak’s Bill Israel album, which was released last November.