After a group of black patrons was denied service at the Atlanta restaurant Houston’s, a video of the incident went viral.
T.I. was one of the first to respond and he thoroughly documented his actions on social media over the weekend.
The Atlanta rap titan first shared a post on Instagram calling for a boycott against Houston’s Lenox location for “recent acts of racial profiling.”
He then uploaded video of himself and a group of protesters in front of the establishment.
“We’re closing Houston’s down for the moment,” T.I. said in a video uploaded on Saturday (October 7). “Indefinitely. When they figure out how to treat us, they can open back up.”
The Us Or Else rapper also shared a screen capture of a 2015 news story about Houston’s parent company being hit with a discrimination lawsuit. He then uploaded a photo of a sign in front of Houston’s that read: “Sorry! We are now closed on Sundays.”
“This is nothing new,” he wrote in the caption. “Just wanna show support to all the people who’ve ever felt profiled or discriminated against at this establishment. WE WILL NOT accept this in our city. You may not care for US personally… BUT U WILL RESPECT THE POWER OF OUR DOLLAR!!!!”
The Instagram account for Houston’s seems to have pulled a post-and-delete with its statement on the matter, although it was captured by Baller Alert. It touched primarily on the restaurant’s seating policy and claimed the restaurant was unable to seat large groups.
Did the restaurant racially profile or is it alleged? Make up your mind Danielle-chan
this dude Ti got nerve to even call someone else a racist …when his bitch ass aint nothing but a racist piece of shit. ti u a bitch cry baby ass. snitch ass bitch
In 2017 everybody has to be a victim of something.. Overly sensitive babies these days. Watch the video, nothing racist to see. Stop being racially insecure & protesting because it’s the trendy thing to do these days. By the way, fix your first sentence in this article, “After a group of black patrons was denied service….” ‘Was’?? Terrible..
Its the “Oppression Olympics”…to get the gold star, you need to be a black, transgender, and a feminist. This is coming from a straight black man from Atlanta…Im considered the white man of the black race..
I read, speak affluently, quit drinking years ago, don’t blaze, read my kids to sleep, don’t rock baggy wear nor draw attention to myself in public. Open doors for others, say thank you and please, laugh at jokes and don’t listen to loud music, and have my ish together. Can’t stand the n word. Trust me, I’m the white man of the black race. It’s tough out here.
Can’t believe this is the same dude who gave us Rubber Band Man and Bring Em Out. Can’t remember the last time I saw TI in the news for the music, just virtue signaling about Trump and now some bunk restaurant. Virtue signaling for the same woman who called y’all Super Predators smf, get back to RAP!
Hip hop should protest this lame for not releasing a hot album in 10 + years. Dude really has that much free time he can stand outside a closed restaurant ??
Its cause they stop serving black eyed peas
“T.I. and his business partner at the center of a new lawsuit.
Shady pay practices and lack of communication are among the claims being made by 12 employees at T.I.’s Scales 925 restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia.
According to Fortune, T.I. and his business partner, Charles Hughes are named in a new lawsuit filed by employees at Scales 925. The employees claim the pair have violated the Fair Labor Standards Act.
…
Additionally, employees were allegedly not paid overtime and were “coerced” into working off the clock. When approached about the restaurant’s shady pay practices, Hughes is said to have ignored employees.
The 12, Scales 925 employees are suing for backpay.
Scales 925 opened well over a year ago, and in that time the restaurant hasn’t faced the best of fortunes. Last October, a man was shot outside of the restaurant.” — HHDX ’16
… TI be like: Do as I say and not as I do.
And be sure to document it all on social media by being a part of this race bait trending so you look all good for the sheep man you aint been shit for 6+ years irrelevant pathetic ass bitch the reality tv sell out of yours and your families lifes not bring you outa tax debt? Swear mans worse than a THOT
it’s to the point that this shit is just performance art.. I find it hard to believe that half of the people that are acting so outraged even believe their own words
We need to boycott this violent racist misogynist criminal T.I.. Why is the T.I. spokesperson for racial equality? Stop buying the music, stop attending the concerts, stop giving this racist criminal a platform to speak…
Awunyi perhaps .sfebe?
I want my baby back baby back
How can a man so devoid of morals really try to annoint himself a leader on this issue? People like TI have torn the black community down for years, now we are just supposed to believe hes an activist because he says hes one? Foh.
He has always been one, just because he used to make music that would sale doesn’t mean he wasn’t an activist.
T.I. = The Informant. He’s a certified snitch
Tripple salute to T.I…all you hating ass mfs broke and stay hating on dude for what cause he man enough to stand up for us. Yall lame as fk
he wants to promote that shitty álbum he is about to drop with Young gay
What kind of stupid person opens a restaurant that refuses to serve Black people in Atlanta of all places?
Fuck hiphopdx now go ahead and delete that
this guy really needs to get the Rodney King treatment maybe that would shut his black mouth up
How bout I give ya mom the Mandingo treatment u racist bitch I bet u really a pussy who wouldn’t say that shit to anyone face coward nobody should get the Rodney king treatment u asshole I hope somebody catch u and whip ya fuckin ass u lil hoe
You can’t force a place to do business with you, they won’t take your money? Fine, take your money to somewhere that treats you right. Super simple, no need to whine about it.
its bigger than that
But according to “true africans” white people are just stunted outcasted dwarfs though? So arent we the inequal ones? But yet we run the world lmao yep stunted dwarf here who earns over $300K+ a year lmao