T.I

DJ Whoo Kid, DJ MLK and DJ Skee are teaming up for a mixtape in preparation for South By Southwest. While there hasn’t been an official release date set, the trio released the first single called “Check.” With 1500 Or Nothin’ behind the production, Tip, Problem, Young Dro and Trae Tha Truth tells why they are all about chasing the dollar signs. Listen to it above. ...

DJ Whoo Kid caught up with T.I. in a phone call over the airwaves during Shade 45′s Whoolywood Shuffle. The King of the South spoke at length about the last words he exchanged with the late Doe B the same night he was slain. He also talked about co-producing with Pharrell and featuring Macklemore in the upcoming Paperwork: The Motion Picture. ...

In the midst of all the Super Bowl madness, T.I. (Lukas) and Mekhi Phifer (Dre) began their season-long arc on "House of Lies," Sunday night (Feb. 2). Now in Season 3, this installment will also explore "the notion of what happens when business and loyalty collide," as depicts the business mogul duo, played by T...

Promoter Damon Feldman threw down a challenge, offering George Zimmerman money to step inside the ring in a celebrity boxing match. It was reported today that Game wants to have an opportunity at a chance to fight Zimmerman. Game is a notorious for getting into fist fights, but he's isn't the only one...

2014 comes with a lot of long-awaited projects and artists finally fulfilling promises—Nipsey Hu$$le, ScHoolboy Q, 50 Cent and YG are a few whose albums are finally slated for this year—as well as a number of heavyweights—Rick Ross, Juicy J, Raekwon and T.I.—getting back o...

The Family Hustle will continue, as TI and Tiny have shut down separation rumors. According to TMZ, the VH1 stars settled their differences just a day after their big argument, which was highly publicized after controversy surrounded the couple when both were seen celebrating after the Grammys without the other's company...

T.I. is changing things up for his forthcoming album. Originally set as a follow-up to his 2012 LP called Trouble Man II: He Who Wears The Crown, Tip is postponing that idea entirely for a new one. This year, the Hustle Gang leader plans on releasing Paperwork: The Motion Picture  that will be an entire theatrical experience for listeners. Sin...

With the Grammys coming and going yesterday, the great debate over who would win versus who deserved to win had gotten us all worked up at XXL headquarters. And with good kid, m.A.A.d city—an album we bestowed with a XXL rating—missing out on grabbing any awards, the voices saying "Kendrick got robbed!" were growing. With that ...

If it’s one thing the Grammy Awards are good for other than golden phonographs, it’s the performances—and this Sunday’s awards ceremony will be a night to remember with hip-hop and rap in the forefront. Compton’s golden child of hip-hop Kendrick Lamar and independent prodigies Macklemore & Ryan Lewis will go head-to-head, the two contending in what might be the most controversial and heated d

Bay Area vet E-40 releases the video for his T.I. and Chris Brown assisted single, "Episode" off his latest project, The Block Brochure: Welcome To The Soil 4,5,6. In the Ben Griffin directed spot, 40 shows how quickly the tables can turn in a broken relationship...

Crazy. One word, so many definitions; and in the world of hip-hop’s reality TV, there are so many interpretations. Once you get a camera, a cast of associated persons, and a semi-desperate scramble for a residual check or a cash prize, you’re bound to get a ton of drama. Now that L...

Maino continues to put on for his city, this time grabbing French Montana and T.I. for the rowdy track, "Watch Me Do It." This song lives on the BK rapper's forthcoming project King Of Brooklyn EP which drops February 4. Check out "Watch Me Do It," below...