{"id":482873,"date":"2019-03-01T07:33:28","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T14:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=801924"},"modified":"2019-03-01T07:33:28","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T14:33:28","slug":"watch-2-chainz-perform-operatic-forgiven-on-fallon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/watch-2-chainz-perform-operatic-forgiven-on-fallon\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch 2 Chainz Perform Operatic \u2018Forgiven\u2019 on \u2018Fallon\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-01-at-9.05.52-AM.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/2-chainz\/\" id=\"auto-tag_2-chainz\" data-tag=\"2-chainz\">2 Chainz<\/a> performed a dramatic version of \u201cForgiven\u201d on Thursday\u2019s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/tonight-show\/\" id=\"auto-tag_tonight-show\" data-tag=\"tonight-show\">Tonight Show<\/a><\/em>, recruiting a string section, children\u2019s choir and the operatic voice of R&amp;B singer Marsha Ambrosius.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Throughout the song, the rapper lamented an adolescence in which his \u201cdreams [turned] to nightmares.\u201d \u201cI stayed in the Creek, junkies used to preach\/In the dope game, tryna reach my peak and go undefeated,\u201d he rhymes. \u201cI pleaded with the judge, this my first offense\/High school b-ball, I\u2019m tryna get a scholarship<\/span><span class=\"s2\">\/<\/span><span class=\"s1\">On a bumpy road like an ATV, EBT.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Over the airy strings and choir, he ended the performance with a warning to young fans: \u201cIf you\u2019re doing something make your parents have to bury you, you may wanna slow down.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cForgiven\u201d is the opener from 2 Chainz\u2019s just-released fifth LP, <em>Rap or Go to the League<\/em>, for which NBA star LeBron James <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/2-chainz-lebron-james-new-album-rap-or-go-to-the-league-796388\/\">served as A&amp;R<\/a>. The album features <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/2-chainz-rap-or-go-to-the-league-album-track-list-kendrick-lamar-ariana-grande-801821\/\">several major cameos<\/a>, including spots from Kendrick Lamar, Ariana Grande, Chance the Rapper, Lil Wayne, Ty Dolla Sign, Travis Scott, Young Thug, Kodak Black, E-40 and Francis and the Lights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/2-chainz-forgiven-tonight-show-fallon-801924\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 Chainz performed a dramatic version of \u201cForgiven\u201d on Thursday\u2019s Tonight Show, recruiting a string section, children\u2019s choir and the operatic voice of R&amp;B singer Marsha Ambrosius. Throughout the song, the rapper lamented an adolescence in which his \u201cdreams [turned] to nightmares.\u201d \u201cI stayed in the Creek, junkies used to preach\/In the dope game, tryna [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-482873","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 18:37:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}