T.I. (On his prot?g?, rapper Young Dro): He's one of the most charismatic guys next to me you will find in the south. The best rapper next to me.
T.I. (about T.I. vs T.I.P.'s concept): Sometime people might see me act a certain way one time and another way one another time. They might not believe the same cat you see dressed so sharp and winning awards and speaking eloquently is the same cat you see fist-fighting with hoodlums outside a nightclub. This album will be an explanation of all of this.
T.I.: I have a philosophy that if it ain't broke, don't fix it... I just basically found out what people liked about me and found out a lot of different ways to give it to them.
T.I.'s new album T.I. vs T.I.P. has been confirmed to have sold over 234,000 copies on its first day of release, July 3, 2007.
T.I. won the award for the Best Dressed Man at the 2005 BET Awards.
T.I. is good friends with many rappers including Jay-Z, Diddy, Young Jeezy, Young Buck and B.G.
T.I. doesn't like champagne.
T.I. has had beef with rappers Lil' Flip and Ludacris.
T.I. has written lyrics for rappers Bow Wow, Diddy and Lil' Kim.
T.I. was one among the winners in the "2007 BET Awards," he was named best hip-hop artist.
T.I. is featured on the video game "Def Jam: Icon", which is a fighting game developed by EA Chicago.
T.I. released his second single "You Know What It Is" featuring Wyclef Jean on June 12th. The video is available for purchase on iTunes.
T.I. has a clothing line; AKOO (A King Of Oneself) launching later in 2007.
T.I.(about the Chaka Zulu incident): “They say it’s a fine line between brilliance and insanity,”
T.I. will be starring in an upcoming Ridley Scott film called American Gangster, a gangster flim with Oscar-winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, and fellow rappers Common & RZA about a police detective (Crowe) pursuing a Harlem drug lord (Washington) during the 1970s.
T.I.'s fifth highly anticipated album, T.I. vs T.I.P., is set for release on July 3, 2007.
T.I. has appeared in some recent 2007 Chevy commercials.
T.I.'s "Bring 'Em Out" song was used during the introductions to the starting lineups for the Miami Heat in their homegames in the 2006 NBA Finals versus the Dallas Mavericks.
Upon signing with Arista Records in 2001 he shortened his name to T.I. out of respect for label mate Q-Tip.
On his album "King", there are several tracks which have been disputed by the hip-hop community to be shots at rapper Lil' Flip ("What You Know", "You know Who" and "I'm Talking To You"). However in an interview with a popular online hip-hop website on March 24, 2006 stated T.I. said he and Lil' Flip have no beef.
Some of his hit singles are; "24's", "Rubber Band Man", "Let's Get Away", "Bring Em Out", "U Don't Know Me", "What You Know" and "Why You Wanna".
Atlanta's V-103 FM honored T.I. with the 2005 "Lisa Lopes Award" for groundbreaking achievements in music and community service.
T.I. has stepped up his community involvement, taking the lead on several initiatives to help the victims devastated by Hurricane Katrina, including personally donating $50,000 to the relief effort while leading an on-air Labor Day pledge drive on Atlanta's V-103 FM.
In 2005 he launched his own film production company called "Grand Hustle Films".
He is the leader of a rap group known as P$C (Pimp Squad Click).
His original stage name "T.I.P." stems from his childhood nickname "Tip".
T.I. guest hosted MTV's "Direct Effect" on March 8, 2006.
Ludacris took T.I.'s spot in a Young Buck single called "Stomp."
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