VH1 has reportedly pulled the plug on the T.I. & Tiny: Friends & Family Hustle reality show — at least temporarily. According to Deadline, MTV Entertainment has decided to halt production while the media company gathers more information on the recent sexual abuse allegations, which includes trafficking, drugging and coercing women.
“We are aware of the allegations, and while they are not connected to our show, we have reached out to T.I. and Tameka Harris, as well as local and state officials,” an MTV Entertainment spokesperson said in a statement. “Given the serious nature of the allegations, we have decided to suspend production in order to gather more information.”
The move comes only three weeks after the popular series was renewed for a fourth season and just over a week after Tiny’s ex-friend Sabrina Peterson opened the floodgates. In an Instagram post dated January 25, Peterson claimed Tip once held a gun to her head but later admitted the incident happened while she was assaulting Tip’s former female assistant.
Following Peterson’s bombshell, several other women started coming out of the woodwork, accusing Tip and Tiny of various forms of sexual assault. In a statement to HipHopDX, the Harrises vehemently denied the allegations.
“Mr. and Mrs. Harris want to be on record and more importantly want the public to know they emphatically deny in the strongest way possible the egregiously appalling allegations being made against them by Sabrina Peterson,” a spokesperson said to DX. “The Harrises have had difficulty with this woman for well over a decade. They are taking this matter very seriously, and if these allegations don’t end, they will take appropriate legal action.”
T.I. & Tiny 'Emphatically Deny' Allegations Of Drugging, Trafficking & Sexually Abusing Women
Peterson, who once served time in prison for reportedly “slicing and dicing” a friend of hers, currently has six restraining orders against her for stalking out of both DeKalb and Fulton County, Georgia — all from different people.
Meanwhile, at least one person has admitted their story was completely fabricated. An Instagram post shared by @theindustryonblast showed alleged screenshots of someone saying, “Lmaoooo I made it sound so real. Her dumb ass. Like Imagine how many other people are actually doing this. Just hopping on the bandwagon trying to make them look bad. Like I did that just to prove a a point and it worked. She just posting any random ass message she get lol desperate af.”
While Peterson’s credibility had certainly been called into question, it hasn’t stopped high-profile attorney Lisa Bloom from stepping up to represent one of the alleged victims. On January 29, Bloom shared a few of the allegations on her Twitter account with the caption, “Good Lord. So many accusers.” She followed up on Wednesday (February 3) with, “And now I represent one of them.”
Upon learning of VH1’s decision to halt production on T.I. & Tiny, Bloom tweeted, “Definitely the right call. Independently investigate. Reach a conclusion. Hold wrongdoers accountable. Really not that hard.”
While it’s unclear exactly what the Harrises are plotting in terms of legal action, the couple has made it clear they will fight the allegations.
Hahahhahahaaaaa! The downfall of Total Idiot has begun. Karma.
LMAO…yaul some stupid ass people
He would do that.
TI should have stayed away from politics. None of this would be going on if he had stayed away now all of his “friends” including Keisha Lance Bottoms, Killer Mike, etc will throw him under the bus because they’lll be cancelled if they have his back
And he should have kept his opinions to himself. Let’s be honest, TI is racist. That’s where he lost the people
Racist lol get back to jacking it in the basement or shooting up your school incel tf type of weirdos make up this site nowadays
Hahaha. He IS racist. He says there is “systematic racism” in the US. By default he is saying white Americans are racist as a whole with that statement. Yet somehow, he has 3 Grammys, 19 Grammy nominations and has made 50 million dollars in shows and sales. Do you think it was exclusively BLACK PEOPLE who bought his albums and tickets to his shows? He also never claims the cops beat his ass. Last time I checked, they never murdered his loud mouth ass either. He did have 2 felonies when he was caught with machine guns and silencers, yet he only did 2 years. You or I would have done 10 plus. LOL. 2 time from PAYING someone else to buy machine guns and silencers for him? Hahahaha. Yeah. Kind of hard to say he ISN’T racist. A statement like “believe all women, specially Black women” is by definition racist. Switch out black for white on that. See what happens. LOL. Dummy. I’m a Latino by the way.
A dumb ass latino by the way…(@$ !f @nY1 giVe$ @ fUcK)
Great comeback nerd. Hahahaha. Nothing to say about the above listed facts because, well, they’re facts. Hahahaha. Nice L there. The real LOSER.
So correct…dumBass muthafuckas 4real
who doesn’t. you could take any rapper even a rock band there is bound to be something like this which has gone on.
Cancel culture is still here in 2021 all these allegations. They really need a serious punishment for allegations that turn out to be false cause I’m tired of these 20 year old incidents ..if this was the case you would of heard about this during his gun charges they would’ve threw everything at him then. Also why would someone who faced heavy time resort to this and another thing BLACK ppl don’t get down with trafficking women
LOL. There are THOUSANDS of pimps who disagree.
I suspect them hoes liked it. Some even begged for more if we get to know the truth. As we already know, clout chasers won’t stop at nothing just to get they 15 seconds of fame and a stimulus for they thirsty *ss pockets. Let’s look at this way, a lot of them were washed up like used condoms before this story came along.
Yup. He still lost a TV show and will be paying millions in settlements any time some tramp wants to accuse him of anything from here on out, because he is slow. Let me help you gather your thoughts here. What you meant to say was “T.I. is a hypocrite dumbass that was banging a bunch of dumb thots he gave STDs to that couldn’t handle their high, so they claim he drugged them. He was too stupid to realize this would come back to bite him in the ass. Specially with his made up BLM bullshit, when he has been arrested several times, never has complained about the cops roughing him up or killing him, he always says systematic racism is real, yet he did 2 years on some shit anyone of any color does 10 plus on and is worth over 50 mil with all of this “systematic racism” going on.” You’re welcome sport.
Womp womp .
Hahahahahaha. Everyone’s favorite activist/hypocrite/felon just had it happen to him, what he keeps wishing on others. SMH. These morons keep casting the first stone. Shout out to Russel Williams, Afrika Bambataa, Crazy Legs… the list goes on. LOL. Dude. You complain about systematic racism yet that same system gave you 3 Grammys, 19 Grammy nominations and over 50 MILLION dollars. SMH. He did under 5 years as a repeat felon on probation caught with silencers and machine guns and somehow dodged a RICO when hiring someone to acquire those for him. LOL. Sound like the system is REALLY stacked against him. 50 MILLION plus reasons why.
LMAO…damn buddy!! U seem miGhty happy about the allegations against this man…LOL…like u been fasting for this shit huh?(punk ass goofy didnt even mention Tiny)
Yes. Pretty happy. When I hear a guy worth over 50 mil that has won several Grammys complain about how racist this country is, and how wrong the cops are, when he is a 3 time felon, in smart enough to know he is deflecting, stupid or both. LOL. You are a straight idiot. Nothing to add to a comment, just an observation. Yes. It’s obvious I found the karma amazing. Your mom is a punk ass goofy for not having that abortion. Now she has you living in her basement. The world does need fry cooks for Burger King though. You do have a place. Bitch. LOL. He said punk ass Goofy. Are you stealing insults from Cardi B and Will Smith nerd?