BY MELISSA RUGGIERI

Almost five years after 2 Chainz dropped his mixtape, “TrapAVelli 2: The Residue,” the College Park native is readying the Aug. 13 release of “TrapAVelli Tre.”

The rapper’s last mixtape, “T.R.U. Jack City,” landed in January, and his last full-length album, “”B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time,” in 2013.

Take a listen to “Watch Out,” the first single from “TrapAVelli Tre,” below.

In other 2 Chainz news, apparently there is no love for him in the Las Vegas clubs.

After performing at the inaugural BET Players’ Awards in Vegas on Sunday (held by the National Basketball Players Association Awards), 2 Chainz apparently was denied entry for some party time, so he took to Instagram to express his confusion:

" Everytime I try to go out to a club in VEGAS they say that I'm banned ....I never get a reason ,I never have a understanding, jus NO he ain't allowed .this my 1st time ever putting my business in streets via social media . But this way may receive an explanation. I don't owe no casino .I don't need a marker ..."

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