T.I. released Da’ Nic EP today (September 11).
The Atlanta rapper had been posting messages on his social media promoting the date 9-11, but did not give a reason for the posts until shortly before midnight last night.
The five-track project enlists Young Thug and Young Dro on the song “Peanut, Butter, Jelly” as the sole features.
The cover art for Da’ Nic lists the rapper, born Clifford Harris Jr., as TIP, his first stage name before going by the moniker T.I. TIP confirmed the name change in an interview with San Francisco radio station 106 KMEL.
“It’s just about time for the fans,” he says. “For the fans that’s been there since [2001’s] I’m Serious and [2003’s) Trap Muzik and the fans who’ve stood by me and stuck with me while I ventured out into doing my ‘Blurred Lines‘ or ‘Why You Wannas’ or ‘Whatever You Like,’ they stuck with me. Now, it’s time to dedicate some attention to them and I think TIP, that’s the move.”
TIP is also preparing his next album, The Dime Trap.
Da’ Nic cover art, tracklist and stream are below:
- Broadcast Live
- Ain’t Gonna See It Coming
- Check, Run It
- Peanut Butter Jelly f. Young Thug and Young Dro
- Project Steps
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Second sign of a rapper falling off is changing his name, first sign is doing a reality show lol
So true
That’s not true. Gucci Mane changed his name to Guwop for a second, yet his career still going strong.. Gucci go hard, so hard he got a movie comin out and all that
peanut butter jelly is a proper banger tho
He’s not changing it, he’s reverting back to his original name. He was TIP before he was TI.
Reach gawd is correct. T.I. first went by Tip but had to change his name because he was on the same label as Q-Tip at the time (Arista), to avoid confusion.
Clifford needs a hit. And I mean an original and respectable SOLO hit to get more attention musically. No young thugs and for god’s sake, no iggy azaleas. Otherwise the dime trap won’t sell more than 50k total.