Almost 20 years after teaming up with Lil Wayne, Trick Daddy and Lil Jon on Urban Legend‘s “Stand Up,” T.I. is trying his hand at a different kind of stand-up.
On Thursday (January 20), footage circulated online showing the Grand Hustle general putting his mic skills to the test at a comedy club. In the two-minute clip, Tip stands on stage and delivers a stand-up routine touching on infidelity.
“If you ever get into the area of cheating, that’s no man’s land,” the Atlanta rapper — who has been married to his wife Tameka “Tiny” Harris for 12 years — joked. “Can you be in a committed relationship and still have a friend from the opposite sex? Now, if you fucking, it don’t count!
“The ladies like, ‘Yes it do, it still count!’ See, y’all muthafuckas ain’t shit, man. Ladies cheat! They ain’t better than us, so don’t get into the game because the shit is gonna be fucked up for you.”
T.I.’s stand-up comedy set got laughs from the crowd, which included his wife, but some of the reactions on social media weren’t as enthusiastic.
“(Throws tomatoes) boooooooooo! Get off the stage!” one user commented on The Jasmine Brand‘s Instagram post, while another wrote, “How is this stand up. Sound like a relationship seminar.”
While it remains to be seen whether T.I. has a future in comedy, it wouldn’t be his only creative pursuit outside of rap. The 41-year-old boasts an acting résumé that includes roles in ATL, American Gangster and Takers, as well as his VH1 reality series T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle.
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Despite his various ventures, rest assured T.I.’s heart is still in Hip Hop as the self-proclaimed King of the South recently reasserted his place at the top of the game next to JAY-Z, Nas, Lil Wayne, Kanye West and Pusha T.
“When it comes to getting behind that muthafucking mic, n-gga, putting some shit to music, ain’t nobody fucking with me, n-gga. None of ’em,” he declared in an Instagram video. “You ain’t never heard of me on no record with nobody and they dusted me, n-gga.”
Perfect, his whole rap career was stand-up comedy so it wasn’t a difficult transition for him.
You don’t even believe that. Lol clown
Yes I do, b.a.n like you should be used to your lives being jokes too. Birds of a feather right, go ahead and fly away b***** and STFU.
Someone doesn’t like hearing the truth… wait…Tiny…is that you?
Aww, he defending his hero. How sweet, but you do realize that he’s a snitch. Why you think he was able to slang drugs in the area he was in for so long without getting caught. How do you think he got such a reduced sentence for those guns he got caught with,I know people who’ve gotten the same charges and have got sentenced to anywhere from 5-15 years. Why you think his name is T.I cuz it stands for The Informant and he also goes by Tip cuz he be telling so much. Guess you’re a coward too so it probably makes logical sense to look up to him.
Only joke here is you, buddy.
TIP is hilarious. Great commitment to the craft by growing that hilarious hair.
I crank up lyrical flows…spit, spat. What’s that? The pattern records, don’t touch the DATs.
I always dreamt of doing stand up, but then I realized I’m not that funny, some folks don’t have these self realizations, and some folks have been told by yes men for decades that their shit dont stink, but salute TI for jumpin out there, he’s braver than me
At least he doesn’t rap till that.
I thought him talking about the existence of systematic racism in America, when he’s worth over $50 million and convicted felon, was already his attempt at stand up comedy. I mean, he is a clown and all.
This extra pretentious mofo right here…