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Usher hosts 3rd annual World Leadership Conference
Usher’s non-profit organization, New Look Foundation, hosted their third annual World Leadership Conference at Emory University in Atlanta from June 19-23, 2012. The World Leadership Conference brings...
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Creed singer Scott Stapp says T.I. saved his life
T.I. is not just a rapper and a reality star, he is a hero. In his new memoir Sinner’s Creed, Scott Stapp, lead singer of the American rock band Creed talks about a dark time in his life that involved...
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T.I. to launch new ‘Give Like a King’ campaign to support homeless veterans
Rapper T.I. will announce the launch of his global “Give Like a King” campaign this Friday. The rapper, actor and reality TV star is returning to his Bankhead neighborhood in Georgia to unveil his new...
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T.I. on Justin Timberlake: ‘I think he’s one of the greatest to do it’
2012 was a strong year for rapper T.I. His legal problems are but a thing of the past. His reality TV show, The Family Hustle, continues to do well, wrapping up its second season, and he finally...
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Robin Thicke’s ‘Blurred Lines’ video banned from YouTube over nudity
NEW YORK (AP) — Robin Thicke’s new music video is too hot for YouTube. A representative for the R&B crooner said Monday that his unrated video for “Blurred Lines” was banned from the website. The...
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T.I., Pharrell to perform on ‘The Voice’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — NBC says it’s lining up musical artists including Rod Stewart to perform on “The Voice” in May. The network said Monday that Stewart, CeeLo Green, Lady Antebellum, Robin Thicke,...
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Robin Thicke’s ‘Blurred Lines’ tops Billboard charts; his first number 1 hit
Robin Thicke’s new single, “Blurred Lines,” featuring T.I. and Pharrell topped the Billboard Hot 100 today. This is the first time Thicke has hit No. 1 on the charts. The Pharrell produced track is...
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Robin Thicke’s ‘Blurred Lines’ called ‘rapey’
Robin Thicke’s hit song “Blurred Lines” has earned the no. 1 spot on Billboard‘s Hot 100 for the second week in a row — but the song’s lyrics and sexually-explicit music video have received some...
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Snoop Dogg and T.I. rally to end gun violence on ‘No Guns Allowed’ panel
Snoop Dogg and T.I. joined Fruitvale Station director Ryan Coogler and others on the “No Guns Allowed” panel Saturday to discuss ways of ending gun warfare for the 2013 BET Experience. The panelists...
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Robin Thicke’s ironic rise to pop stardom
It is without a doubt that Robin Thicke is currently blazing a musical trail, spearheaded by the international success of his number-one hit single, “Blurred Lines”. But is he blurring the lines...
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T.I. on Zimmerman verdict: ‘I would’ve been on trial’
T.I. is one of the few rappers who won’t bite his tongue when you ask him a question, especially when it involves his children. So when the “King of the South” was asked in a recent interview about...
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Rap imagery, Trayvon Martin and why Bill O’Reilly is half right
Is it me, or does it feel like open season on the black community? Just weeks after the George Zimmerman verdict wreaked emotional havoc, causing many African-Americans to question whether American...
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Yo Gotti on how Memphis’ Stax records influences his music
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B.o.B.: ‘I could say that I blew up Bruno Mars’
B.o.B , the 25-year-old, Atlanta-based hip-hop artist, drops his new album Underground Luxury next month. “I feel like everything I wanted to say I am saying,” he told theGrio. “A lot of the...
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T.I. to join Kevin Hart-Will Ferrell comedy ‘Get Hard’
Rapper T.I. hopes to show off his comedy chops in the the upcoming high-profile comedy Get Hard. The “What You Know” performer will be co-starring alongside A-List funnymen Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart....
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Rapper Kevin Gates remembers the late Doe B
Last December, the hip-hop community lost a rising star by the name of Doe B. Signed to T.I.‘s Grand Hustle label, Doe B, born Glenn Thomas, was killed during a shooting that took place near the campus...
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T.I. confronts reality star Apollo Nida over ‘snitch’ tweets
Last week it was reported Apollo Nida, husband of Real Housewives of Atlanta star Phaedra Parks, was facing serious jail time for multiple charges that included mail, wire, and bank fraud. Allegedly,...
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T.I. and Floyd Mayweather allegedly involved in Las Vegas brawl
Rapper T.I. and boxer Floyd Mayweather reportedly got into a fight at a Las Vegas fast food restaurant late Saturday night. The skirmish happened at a Fatburger where the Atlanta rapper approached...
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The top hip-hop dads in the music industry
Being a Hip-Hop Dad is no easy feat. Hip-Hop is inherently a youth-oriented culture with a rebellious streak. If you are a rapper, being a father can eventually become a conundrum, particularly if you...
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T.I. slanders Azealia Banks, threatens to ‘end’ her for clowning his wife
Rapper T.I. has proven that he gets very protective over his wife, Tiny — and things were no different Tuesday when rapper Azealia Banks had a few choice words. Just weeks after defending his wife in a...
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T.I. defends his protégé Iggy Azalea: ‘Racial stereotypes in rap is wack’
Multi-platinum selling and Grammy-nominated rapper T.I. is winning. Period. The new season of his VH1 reality show, T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle, premieres August 25. His highly anticipated ninth...
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T.I. slams Bill O’Reilly, defends Beyoncé’s ‘sexy’ image
Rapper T.I. is weighing on some of the hottest topics in the music industry. In an August 7 interview with Chris Witherspoon for MSNBC.com, T.I. addressed the ongoing feuding between female hip hop...
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T.I. compares ‘The Family Hustle’ to ‘The Cosby Show’
A new season of T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle kicks off tonight on VH1 at 9/8c. In the new season, T.I. ventures into new territory with his own cooking show. Tameka and her hair stylist,...
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Wendy Williams slams Tiny Harris’ eye color move, says it’s like ‘skin...
Wendy Williams isn’t feeling Tiny Harris’ recent eye color change. The talk show host said Monday the act itself is as bad as “people who bleach their skin.” Williams emphasized that while she was a...
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Tiny Harris slams eye color haters: ‘I don’t have low self-esteem’
Tameka ‘Tiny’ Harris is breaking her silence and defending her drastic change in eye color. Tiny spoke exclusively to People magazine and discussed her controversial decision to change her eye color...
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Celebrities react to grand jury’s decision not to indict Darren Wilson
A grand jury has decided not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown, the unarmed, black 18-year-old who was fatally shot in August. In the wake of this shocking...
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Azealia Banks calls T.I. a ‘shoe shining coon’ in radio interview
Rapper Azealia Banks completely let loose in a recent interview on Hot 97’s Ebro in the Morning. The 23-year-old Harlem native sat down for a 45-minute interview covering everything from her feud with...
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T.I defends Iggy Azalea against Q-Tip and Black Twitter responds
This weekend, Iggy Azalea insinuated on Twitter that Azalea Banks was unnecessarily trying to make her discussions about hip hop racial and political. Noting her lack of context for Banks’ stance,...
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Reports of shots fired at “day party” during CIAA weekend
People who were at party during “CIAA Weekend Takeover” have taken to social media to recount an alleged shooting. It is unknown if the party was an official event sanctioned by the CIAA (Central...
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Cops: 2 shot at TI, Young Jeezy party in NC club
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Two people were injured after being shot Saturday at a Charlotte nightclub where rappers T.I., Young Jeezy and Yo Gotti were advertised to appear, a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police...
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‘Blurred Lines’ lawsuit reveals how much Robin Thicke, Pharrell, and T.I....
The “Blurred Lines” lawsuit is still playing out in court after a copyright dispute between the family of deceased R&B singer Marvin Gaye and singer-songwriters Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke and...
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Marvin Gaye’s family attempts to stop ‘Blurred Lines’ distribution
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Marvin Gaye’s family wants to put a stop to “Blurred Lines.” Gaye’s children filed an injunction in court Tuesday to prevent the copying, distributing and performing of the hit song...
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T.I. weighs in on Ciara bringing her son around Russell Wilson, promptly clowned
T.I. has weighed in on the controversy surrounding Ciara’s decision to allow her son, Future Jr., around her current boyfriend, Russell Wilson. We don’t know why, either. “I’d go da F— OFF bro!!! S—...
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Rapper T.I. owes Uncle Sam $4.5 million, Feds issue a tax lien
The federal government has issued a lien on the property and assets of rapper T.I. because he reportedly owed them more than $4.5 million in unpaid taxes. The first lien was filed against T.I. along...
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Internet thinks police sketch of alleged child abductor looks like T.I.
A police sketch is making the rounds of the Internet after people realized that the suspect in the sketch is strikingly nearly identical to rapper T.I. The suspect is alleged to have tried to abduct a...
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T.I. explains why he’s parting ways with Iggy Azalea
It looks like T.I. isn’t on Iggy Azalea’s side anymore. In December, Azalea got hit with a hip hop history lesson from Q-Tip, and ever since, she’s had a bit of a weird year. But back in December, she...
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Iggy Azalea fires back at T.I. after he claims to have ended their business...
On Wednesday, rapper T.I. revealed in an interview that he and Iggy Azalea were parting ways and no longer had a good working relationship. “After the Q-Tip thing… After I kind of had smoothed it over,...
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T.I.’s criticism of social media activism misses the mark
T.I. is many things. He’s charismatic, talented, business-minded, charming and has a rather adorable family-oriented reality show. One thing he is not, however, is a role model for social media...
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T.I. on Hillary Clinton: ‘I can’t vote for the leader of the free world to be...
We knew when T.I. prefaced his statement with “Not to be sexist,” we knew he was undoubtedly about to say something pretty damn sexist. In an interview with DJ Whoo Kid, the rapper explained why he...
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Oprah tells T.I. to ‘hush’ after his sexist Clinton comments
Monday, rapper T.I. found himself in a world of hurt after making sexist comments about a woman’s inability to successfully serve as president. Now, one of the most powerful women in the world is...
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T.I. and Mekhi Phifer join cast of ‘Roots’ remake
A&E is planning to do a remake of the classic Roots series, and T.I., along with Mekhi Phifer, are already on board. T.I. will be playing a slave named Cyrus who joins the Union Army in their fight...
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Tameka ‘Tiny’ Cottle, 40, announces she’s pregnant with T.I.’s seventh child
Tameka ‘Tiny’ Cottle had one heck of a Christmas present to share with the world. In a video posted online, Cottle revealed that she was pregnant with her husband T.I.’s seventh child. “Merry Christmas...
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T.I. picked up the tab for single mothers at Walmart for the holidays
On Christmas Eve, T.I. walked into two different Georgia Walmarts and announced, “All the single mamas, raise your hand.” In a video posted to Youtube, T.I. explained that he wanted to pick up the tab...
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T.I. says Beyoncé ‘Formation’ backlash is ‘Un-American’
T.I. is totally here for Beyoncé, and he’s also here to support the message that she brought to her Super Bowl 50 halftime show performance. “It’s an attack on cops that attack our people,” he told TMZ...
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T.I. announces Las Vegas nightclub residency
T.I. is setting up camp in sin city. The rapper has just announced a monthly residency at Drai’s Nightclub at the Cromwell in Las Vegas. T.I. Disses Hillary Clinton’s Bid For President “Tip is an...
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T.I.’s angry message to Trump: ‘Fu** You, and Fu** what you stand for’
T.I. is sending a loud message to all of his fans not to vote for Donald Trump. In an angry Instagram video directed at the Republican frontrunner, T.I. introduces himself and then lets the real estate...
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T.I. and Tiny welcome third baby together, Tiny speaks out about early delivery
T.I. and his wife, Tameka “Tiny” Harris, have just welcomed their third child together into the world. Tiny announces pregnancy at 40 Their daughter was born Saturday, March 26, and the next day, Tiny...
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