As T.I. continues to build his résumé as a stand-up comic, he seems to be perpetually swept up in viral moments. On Saturday (April 9), T.I. appeared at the April Fools Comedy Jam in Brooklyn at the Barclays Center alongside a heavy-hitting lineup of comedians such as Nick Cannon, HaHa Davis, Eddie Griffin, B. Simone, Michael Blackson and more alongside musical performances by Moneybagg Yo, Lil Kim and DJ Envy.
Multiple clips began circulating on social media in the hours following the event featuring T.I. on the receiving end of hecklers and boos from the crowd as he attempted to show off his comedic chops on stage. In a video trending on Twitter, Tip appears to concede with the crowds roaring disapproval with his joke about bedding the mother of one of his opps and signs off before explaining he has about one last album left in him before calling it quits.
“Well god damn,” T.I. says in the video. “I’m gone tell y’all muthafuckin’ ass like this. You got one more muthafuckin’ album out of me. It’s called ‘Kill The King’ for muthafuckas like you. And I appreciate y’all because you make me the absolute best n-gga. New York has made me the muthafuckin’ best.”
Both Nelly and Tank hopped in the comment section of a post from The Shade Room and expressed their belief T.I. handled the situation like a real professional despite his fairly new status as a stand-up comic.
“Tell me what comedian hasn’t got booed?” Nelly wrote. “Apart of earning ya stripes. that’s a part of entertainment. period. Tank also gave T.I. a vote of confidence while offering a possible hybrid formula for his sets to help successfully win over a crowd.
“Those kinds of crowds wanna hear you do what they know you for,” he wrote. “He has to build a set that involves his music and comedy. He’ll be fine. Speaking from experience.”
Though T.I. has only started seriously pursuing a career in comedy this year, he has already had his skills co-signed by the likes of prominent names, including former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, who attended one of the Atlanta rapper’s stand-up sets at the world-famous Laugh Factory in West Hollywood, California last month.
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T.I. and Michael Blackson spoke on Instagram live following the event and Tip explained how he embraced the experience wholeheartedly with no regrets.
“Man, listen, bro,” T.I. began. “I had the greatest time. I had the best set of my comic career. I enjoyed myself, bro. I love that shit. What I will say is a muthafucka went into some shit thinking it was going to go a certain way, had to make adjustments and then turned that shit around and got the fuck out of there. I love that shit, bro. I love that shit. I’m here for that.”
Watch their conversation in full below.
Hey, T.I. knows this isn’t his bread & butter, but the bravery of him to go out on a limb and try this is phenomenal…big ups to T.I. mayne!
Takes balls to do that 100%
The hymen detective just ain’t funny like that
go woke go broke. will he go broke, no, but no one cares about cliff anymore. whites hate his dumb rants on politics, when he cant even vote. black dont like him cause he looks at his teenage daughters pussy. sorry cliff it aint 2007 no more.
You’re white/young/stupid/need to stop bring on the internet so much while drinking mountain dew in the basement in the dark at 2pm
Right, because whites look at their daughters pussies all the time and nobody cares.
Why does Nelly’s opinion on T.I.’s comedy set even matter? Has Nelly done stand-up before?
Dust yourself off and try again. To the racist asshole, find your own kind. Stop stalking black people. It’s weird.
Should have whipped out his latest album. Crowd would have gone wild with laughter.
MUST BE TOUGH TO BE TRASH AT EVERYTHING YOU DO.
Despite the weirdos in the comments who always try to act like T.I. is not an all-time great rapper with an all-time great catalog to prove it, his hip-hop resume is solidified and no one can take that away. BUT as far as comedy, I think he should learn to make fun of himself and all of his missteps and I don’t think he can humble himself enough to do that. He should be on some shit like “Don’t you hate when you send somebody to the store to get a pistol and they come back with a fully automatic rifle?” He has all the material he needs from all the mistakes he made in his career, but I think his biggest flaw is not being able to be on the end of a joke, even from himself.
Why are you so butt? Let Nz eat and talk their shit.