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T.I. Says He Began Reading The Newspaper Before Kindergarten

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It isn’t uncommon for T.I. to make declarations about his skills and talents, and he’s delivered a story about his childhood that caused a conversation. Tip has dubbed himself the King of the South, and recently, Georgia’s Royal Highness revealed he was working on his final solo album, Kill the King. While fans await its release, T.I. has been a regular on the comedy circuit, trying out new material to audiences who are used to hearing him belt out his hits.

Recently, T.I. caught up with Uptown Comedy Corner, and during the chat, he spoke about his development as a child. According to him, his talents were revealed at a young age. “Everybody knew I was smart when I started reading before I went to kindergarten,” said Tip. “Don’t nobody know how I learned how to read or who taught me how to read.” The host was surprised. “Nobody. I just remember being passed the newspaper, asked to read. You know what I mean? And that was kinda like—my grandmama, to impress her friend, call me. ‘Tip! C’mere! Read this!’ You know what I’m sayin’?”

T.I. Is Serious About Comedy Career

Not everyone believed T.I.’s story regarding his reading skills, but the Rap icon isn’t a stranger to critics. When he announced he was venturing into stand-up comedy, people quickly hopped online with questions. Soon, videos of Tip on stage cracking jokes make their way to social media. Veteran comedian Godfrey headlined a show where T.I. also performed but admitted he didn’t watch the rapper’s set. T.I. was said to have gone up after Godfrey, and because he headlined, Godfrey said he didn’t stick around. He also questioned the seriousness of the rapper’s interest in comedy.

Meanwhile, T.I. was made aware of Godfrey’s comments and issued a clap back on Instagram. “Bro, I’m not your opponent. You been talking about how long you been doing this and for somebody to come on after you headlining,” said Tip. He added, “You know how many of these comedians there is out there rapping right now? You know how many comedians there is doing rap? I’ve been rapping since I was eight years old, bruh. It took me probably 20 years to God damn get where I wanted to be.” Check out T.I. with Uptown Comedy Corner above.

Top 5 Iconic Movies In Honor Of Hip-Hop’s 50th Anniversary

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Hip-Hop is celebrating its 50th anniversary and SOHH is highlighting five movies that have impacted rap culture. The following movies include Boyz N The Hood, Friday, Belly, Paid In Full, and Hustle & Flow. Hip-Hop turns 50 and tributes to the genre will continue to happen throughout the year. SOHH, here are five movies that have […]

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T.I. “Gets Active” On New Song Featuring Kevin Gates

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T.I. shared a preview of his upcoming single, “Active” featuring Kevin Gates on his Instagram account. The song accompanied a video highlighting moments from the Legendz of the Streetz Tour. Beginning back in February, the tour included a handful of other hip-hop heavyweights like Jeezy, 2-Chainz, and Jadakiss. Its last stop will be at the Barclays on April 23rd. The post is captioned “Got active this weekend” followed by song details and a note about being in Vegas for a performance at Jimmy Kimmel’s Comedy Club.

The Instagram preview is the first release of the song since its premiere on Atlanta’s V-103 radio station. Produced by the “Back In Blood” beatmaker, Turn Me Up YC, “Active” might be on the Atlanta rapper’s final album, Kill The King. T.I. announced the album and his retirement at the end of the video for his last single, “What It’s Come To”. In a 2017 interview with The Breakfast Club, T.I. revealed that he would release three more albums before he puts the mic away for good. Since then, we got the albums Dime Trap and The L.I.B.R.A. which puts Kill The King on track to be the rapper’s big finale.

T.I. Previews New Song, “Active”

T.I., who’s been the topic of various controversies in recent months, says that his “King Of The South” moniker has put a target on his back. He revealed to TMZ that fellow Atlanta rapper Big Boi warned him about labeling himself The King. He cautioned, “Life is a game of chess, and the name of the game is called Kill The King. That’s what you are setting yourself up for.” Thus the ATL actor’s final album.

T.I. told The Breakfast Club that he’s ready to “get the hell outta here”. In an interview with the Big Facts Podcast, he admitted, “I just don’t care about the sh*t other motherf****** out here care about. When I went to prison and came home I learned what was important.” What do you think of TIP’s latest sounds? Do we want to hear more collaborations with Kevin Gates? Share your thoughts below!

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T.I. And Boosie Beef: A Timeline

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Get a comprehensive timeline of the ongoing beef between T.I. and Boosie. Including the events that triggered it, their social media exchanges, and their fans’ reactions.

Although, the hip-hop industry is no stranger to feuds and rivalries, the ongoing beef between T.I. and Boosie has been intense and dramatic. The two rappers have been exchanging insults and threats on social media. Meanwhile, their fans have been taking sides and joining the debate. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at the timeline of the two star’s feud. Ultimately, try to understand and pinpoint what caused such discord between the rappers and how it has evolved.

March 2020

The first time beef between T.I. and Boosie begin back in March 2020 when Boosie made headlines for commenting on Dwyane Wade’s transgender daughter. In an interview, Wade spoke about how he and his wife supported their daughter’s transition decision. However, Boosie disagreed with this and took to social media to express his opinion. He faced backlash for his comments, with many people accusing him of being transphobic.

T.I. was one of the people who took offense to Boosie’s comments, and he called him out on Instagram. In a video, T.I. told Boosie to mind his business and stop worrying about other people’s children.

May 2020:

Eventually, the beef between T.I. and Boosie continued to escalate in May 2020 when Boosie called TI a “snitch” on Instagram. The comment was about T.I.’s past legal troubles, which included a conviction for federal gun charges. T.I. did not take kindly to the insult and said that he was not afraid of Boosie and would defend his family at all costs.

July 2020:

Boosie was in utter disbelief and criticized T.I. for taking his daughter to a gynecologist to check if her hymen was still intact. Boosie, appalled, argued that T.I. was being too controlling and invasive and that he should respect his daughter’s privacy. T.I. defends his actions and claims he is a responsible parent and that Boosie should mind his own business.

October 2020:

Rapper Boosie Baddazz attends the game between the Brooklyn Nets and the a. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

The tension between the two rappers escalated in October 2020 when they crossed paths at a basketball game in Atlanta. T.I. approached Boosie and asked him why he had been talking about him on social media. Boosie denied the accusation, and the two had a heated exchange captured on camera. T.I. later posted a video on Instagram, calling Boosie a “bald-headed, homophobic, racist ass” and challenging him to a fight.

March 2022:

Rapper T.I. performs onstage during the Legendz Of The Streetz Tour Reloaded. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

The tension between T.I. and Boosie continued to escalate in March 2022. T.I. released a diss track called “Fck Boosie” in which he called out Boosie for his disrespect towards him and his family. Boosie responded with his own diss track, “TI Ain’t Sht,” in which he accused T.I. of being fake and not living up to his own principles.

May 2022:

The beef between T.I. and Boosie continued into May 2022. Boosie released another diss track called “TI Is a Snitch,” Boosie accuses T.I. of cooperating with the police in a previous legal case. T.I. responded by posting a series of videos on social media, denying the allegations and called Boosie a liar.

June 2022:

Although, T.I. and Boosie’s beef seemed to have calmed down. T.I. posted a message on social media, saying he was moving on from the beef. Ti implied that he had no interest in continuing the feud. Soon after, Boosie posted a statement, saying that he had no problem with T.I. and wished him all the best.

March 2023:

Fast forward to March 2023, and the beef between T.I. and Boosie reignited again. Boosie posted a series of tweets calling out T.I. for not standing up for him during a recent legal issue. T.I. responded on social media, saying that he had no obligation to defend Boosie and was tired of his constant disrespect.

The T.I. and Boosie beef has been an ongoing saga in the rap industry. Incidentally, the two artists exchanged insults and accusations over the past year. Nevertheless, it seemed that the feud had died at one point; it again flared up in March 2023. Whether this will lead to further diss tracks or a physical altercation remains to be seen, but one thing is sure – the beef between T.I. and Boosie shows no signs of ending anytime soon.

T.I., Moneybagg Yo, Soulja Boy & Lil Durk Introduce New Tobacco And Cannabis Line With Cignature

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Rap stars T.I., Moneybagg Yo, Soulja Boy, and Lil Durk have entered the cannabis industry.  Each rapper will get flavored hemp wraps from partnerships with tobacco company, Cignature. Star rappers T.I., Moneybagg Yo, Soulja Boy, and Lil Durk are the latest rappers to enter the legal cannabis industry through a partnership with tobacco company Cignature. The […]

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Boosie Badazz Reveals He Gets Paid $40K Per Podcast Appearance: ‘Way Safer Than Club Money’

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Boosie Badazz is on all of the podcasts. He is most notably seen on Vlad TV for what seems to be a residency. Turns out Boosie has a very good reason. Every time he is on a podcast, he pockets $40,000, and he says it is a way safer decision than hosting at the club.

Hopping on a live stream, Boosie revealed why he is so quick to be on a podcast.

“$30-40,000 to sit on a couch and talk? That’s way safer than that club with all them guns in that bitch,” Boosie said. “I’m in front of somebody who ain’t gon’ hurt me. I think y’all should be happy I’m doing podcasts. I’mma live long doing podcasts. Way less dangerous than doing podcasts.”

He added, “Would you rather do a show for 60 or podcast for 45? I made that decision the other day. I took the 45 over the 60.”

Boosie said taking the smaller bag also helps him in saving on expenses like flights and hotels.

In one of his most recent podcast appearances, Boosie revealed he once was planning a joint album with T.I., but is now nixing that, blasting The King of the South over a past case.

In a 2020 episode of his expediTIously podcast, self-proclaimed King Of The South T.I. admitted to snitching on a dead family member in order to get out of an illegal gun case.

T.I.’s cousin, Toot, was killed before the two could go to trial for a gun case caught in the early 2000s near ATL’s Lenox Mall, but Tip says Toot’s beyond-the-grave blessing made it ok to use his cousin and production collaborator a posthumous scapegoat.

“We caught those gun cases, Toot died. My lawyer said, ‘Well, you know, I could make everything go away if it was Toot’s, it was Tremel’s,’” he said. “After he had passed, I had a talk with him. Toot said, ‘I’ll take all the charges you got! If you can walk away free and put it on me, goddamn right! ‘Cause I’ll be damned if they gon’ come and muthafucking extradite me from here!’”

Returning to his online residency on VLAD TV, Boosie reflected on the moment and aired him out.

“With the T.I. situation, if he did that – you a fucking rat too,” Boosie said. “I don’t spare no muthafuckin’ body. Because if you doing anything wrong, you doing anything criminal and you cooperate with law enforcement to get you out of trouble – that means you’re cooperating. That means you’re a rat.”

Boosie added, “When I saw that, I think, ‘T.I. fucking lying.’ I think he went up there and just got to fucking talking. You think something happen at 17, 18 years old. You gon’ hold that in all them damn time? All this damn time for 20 some years, you gon’ hold that in? And it finally came out?”

If the story from Tip is true or false, Boosie will live like it’s a fact. Canceling the album. “My real fans like, ‘Boosie you the last one left. You cannot put this album out.’ My uncle, OG call me … ‘N*gga that album ain’t coming out.’”

You can hear it from Boosie below.

Thankfully, cooler heads prevailed between the two.

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Nelly Is Starting His Own Music Festival And Of Course It’s Named After One Of His Biggest Hits

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It seems like every star in music has their own music festival these days. J. Cole’s got Dreamville, Tyler The Creator’s got Flog Gnaw, and Usher has taken over the Lovers And Friends Fest. Well, another contender has thrown their name in the ring, and like Usher, he’s a millennial favorite who’s named his event after one of his biggest hits and stocked its lineup with a bunch of his contemporaries.

Nelly‘s Hot In Herre festival is aimed for June 24 at Toronto’s Downsview Park with a lineup consisting of millennial favorites like Akon, Chingy, Fat Joe, Ja Rule, Keri Hilson, Ne-Yo, Rick Ross, and T.I. Not bad for a one-day festival that isn’t in any of the booked artists’ usual stomping grounds. You’d think it’d be in St. Louis, right?

In the press release, Nelly sort of explains the location. “Toronto is one of my favorite cities to perform in, and the fact that I get to come back and bring all the people that came up with me in the industry means everything,” he says. “We have a lot of surprises in store for you, Toronto, and the Hot in Herre team can’t wait for this summer.”

General admission tickets are already online starting at $170. You can find more information on the official website.

Charleston White Trolls T.I.’s Paperwork Party In Atlanta

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YouTube personality Charleston White has made quite a name for himself and his unapologetic ways this past year. His brief bout with Soulja Boy made headlines in July 2022 after he allegedly maced Soulja’s 12-person team. The mace came back out last Friday, apparently, during Charleston’s latest visit to Atlanta. White pulled up to T.I.’s paperwork party prepared to troll after comments he made toward’s his son, 18-year-old King.

According to info from the TikTok clip, Charleston White was in town for his own event when he passed T.I.’s new Trap City Cafe. White and his friends can be heard taunting the rapper from their car as they pass. After spotting T.I. and his luxury car parked outside, a woman in the vehicle asked if she should call his attention. “If you want to… You’re ready to fight?” White asks her amidst their laughter. “S**t, I got my mace.” Later, he goes on to fake-praise the rapper for capitalizing off his ongoing snitching rumors, nicknaming him “Tippy” in the process.

Charleston White Stops By T.I.’s Trap City Cafe For Laughs

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Soon after, Charleston makes note of the droves of people lined up outside of T.I’s eatery and his adjacent Trap Music Museum. “That might hurt Boosie,” White says in regard to their current beef. The two southern legends were scheduled to release a collab album, which Boosie shelved after allegations that T.I. put a gun charge on his late cousin. The party he held Friday was his second attempt at maintaining his innocence. The King had recently shown proof of the false claims on Instagram after Boosie called him a rat during an interview with VladTV.

In light of this, Charleston White got thrown into T.I.’s line of fire after sparring with his son online. King called White a “b***h boy” and threatened violence toward the social commentator. In response, Charleston says King should be put in jail for threatening “a senior citizen.” T.I. almost immediately chimed in, resulting in a phone call between the two that didn’t go smoothly. “F*** you and that ugly a** 18-year old son of yours,” he told social media after their chat. He continued to show no fear toward Tip in a later interview with Dede McGuire. White tells the radio host “He ain’t never been to jail for killing nobody. I’m scared of ni**as that done killed people.”

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