Snacking on a po’ boy, Rob49 can’t contain his excitement. He’s feeling optimistic about the upward trajectory of his sixth project in four years, 4 God II. “It’s lit man. We’re top 10 on the charts, right now and we’ll just keep going up—and I’m about to drop a deluxe, so we’ll possibly go number one.”

The last six months were full of career highlights, so hi...