As of last week, it's been 19 years since T.I. released his debut album I'm Serious. In that time, T.I. has been through a bunch of different career phases: Hungry young gunslinger, dominant Southern overlord, crossover pop-rap star, label-boss mogul. Sometime in the last few years, T.I. slipped into wily elder-statesman mode so seamlessly that&...

T.I. and Young Thug are both vastly influential Atlanta rap hitmakers, but the two come from vastly different generations, and they have vastly different aesthetics. Still, Tip and Thug have always made a weird kind of sense together. Way back in 2014, they teamed up on "About The Money," a great single that helped propel…

It's crazy to think that the Southern drug-rap titans of the '00s are now getting their own nostalgia package tour, but it's happening. This spring's Feed The Streetz tour, which will hit big arenas across the US, isn't specifically being pitched as a nostalgia tour, and every rapper on the bill is still capable of…

“My intentions, I think, have been terribly misconstrued and misconceived"T.I.T.I. has defended the controversial comments he made over his daughter’s virginity, which resulted in a huge backlash online earlier this month. Speaking on the Ladies Like Us podcast, the US rapper opened up on being a parent and was asked whether he&am...

"Jesus is king and Trump is a jester."Kanye West‘s support for Donald Trump has been criticised by a preacher who held the rapper’s Sunday Service at his Atlantan megachurch. Pastor Jamal Bryant gave Kanye permission to host the event at the New Birth Missionary Baptist last month, which saw the likes of T.I. and 2 Chainz in ...