Maybach Music's Pill Goes Yard, "I'm The Cure For Rap Cancer"

Maybach Music Group's Pill recently opened up about the origins of his rap alias and how it is ultimately inspired by his past football career in high school.

According to Pill, he was given the nickname based off his performance playing football.

"Pill came from football actually," he revealed in an interview. "That's the nickname for the pill. In one game, a JV game, I showed up, caught a couple touchdowns, I ran one back -- I caught like 10 passes. I showed my a** that game. So they started calling me Pill Pill. And when I started taking music more seriously, I called myself Pill. I cut it short, and I said I'm the cure for rap cancer." (Generation Next)

Last March, Pill talked about joining rap star Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group.

"It's an honor being part of MMG," Pill said in a video. "Seeing what Ross did with his movement. I said, 'It's only right that I make that next step.' ... I remember listening to all of [Ross'] sh*t and being like, 'Man how the f*ck does he pick those beats?' I don't got that formula and it's only right that you put Pill with the formula and let my formula combine with it. Then we'll go on and take it to the sky. There's no time to waste." (Dre Films)

Outside of sports and music, Pill recently revealed his involvement in an upcoming film called 96 Minutes.

"I play a character by the name of Rodger." Pill says. "I actually got a real role that I auditioned for. I'm always working. I make sure I'm always doing something to elevate myself or prepare myself for superstardom." The Aimee Lagos directed film, which debuted at this years SXSW festival, follows the lives of four young people who crash into each other for one pivotal moment and is inspired by true events. '96 Minutes' stars Evan Ross as "Dre," Brittany Snow as "Carley," Christian Serratos as "Lena," and J. Michael Trautmann as "Kevin." There's no set date yet for the film's nationwide debut, but till then, check out the trailer. (The Juice)

A week prior, G.O.O.D. Music rapper CyHi Da Prynce said he recruited Pill to act in an upcoming film called Allies.

"I'm secretly shooting a movie to [my mixtape] with a major production company so you will see it and it's incredible," CyHi revealed in an interview. "It's going to be a short film directed and wrote by CyHi. The main guys in the film are me, Pill and Alley Boy. So they will be the three actors in the film, so look forward to it guys." (VIBE)