Rapper T.I. appeared to defend a white Oklahoma anchor woman who compared her Black co-host to a gorilla during a live broadcast. As we previously reported, after a segment about a gorilla at the Oklahoma City Zoo on Aug. 22, KOCO-TV anchor Alex Housden compared the animal to co-anchor Jason Hackett, saying: “Kind of looks like you,” the Charlotte […]
T.I. is expanding his social activism efforts by teaming with a task force who were tapped to help transform the Atlanta city jail. As noted by CNN, the Atlanta Detention Center experienced a decline in inmates along with an increase in operating costs, leading mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to sign new legislation about the future of the facility. “This […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Music artist T.I. is lending his voice to a project involving the late Martin Luther King Jr.’s home church in Atlanta. Ebenezer Baptist Church plans a three-day conference at the historic church in Atlanta to address mass incarcerations. The Rev. Raphael Warnock said in a statement that the End Mass Incarceration Conference […]
T.I. partnered with New Birth Missionary Baptist over the weekend to bail out 23 nonviolent offenders for the Easter holiday. The group of nonviolent, mostly “first-time” offenders were bailed out thanks to a partnership program with the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Georgia. “It’s almost like finally meeting the good Samaritan—somebody who you don’t […]
Shortly following Kodak Black’s disrespectful comments about Lauren London after Nipsey Hussle's death, the rapper’s artwork was removed from inside T.I.’s Trap Museum in Atlanta.
T.I. has called out Dallas rappers for not rallying together and supporting the Black woman who was brutally beaten by a white supremacist in a viral video that led to the man’s arrest. As we previously reported, the March 21 assault occurred after Austin Shuffield and L’daijohnique Lee got into a dispute in a parking lot in Deep Ellum, Texas. […]
Following the recent terror attack in New Zealand where a white male gunned down 50 people inside a Mosque, rapper T.I. hit up social media to call for a “wall built to protect us from” white supremacy. ‘I wonder How much more it takes for us to ask for a ban or get a wall built to protect US from these terrorists? […]
T.I. says the producers behind the controversial “Leaving Neverland” doc are out to “Destroy another strong black historical LEGEND.” The rapper has responded to the HBO documentary in which two men, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, claim Michael Jackson sexually abused them over a number of years when they were children. Veteran filmmaker Dan Reed, explores those claims over four hours, […]
T.I.‘s older sister, Precious Harris, passed away Feb. 22 after suffering an asthma attack on the road, causing her to lose control of the vehicle she was driving and crash the car. She died a week later from her injuries at age 66. Harris was reportedly surrounded by family with T.I. and Tiny halting production on their reality […]
T.I. and Tiny have shuttered production of their reality show, Friends & Family Hustle because the rapper’s sister (and cast member) was involved in a serious car crash. We’ve learned that last Wednesday, T.I. and Tiny halted production after learning that, Precious Harris, was injured badly earlier that morning. The incident also triggered an asthma attack for Precious. Here’s MORE via TMZ: […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper T.I. is paying a $300 fine after pleading no contest to violating a local law in Georgia that prohibits public cursing. The charge against the performer stems from a May incident at the gated community where he lives in the Atlanta suburb of Stockbridge. His spokesman, Steve Sadow, tells the Atlanta […]
Tameka ‘Tiny’ Harris and T.I. might be currently living apart but they want y’all to know that their marriage is stronger than ever. But for inquiring minds who want to know why your favorite hip-hop couple is living apart, T.I. broke it down on the most recent episode of their reality show, “Friends & Family Hustle.” While Tiny […]
