T.I. deemed unfit to perform at graduation party.
Atlanta rapper T.I. has suffered some fallout from the concert shooting, which took place earlier in the week at Irving Plaza. TMZ reports that the Southern wordsmith was scheduled to perform at a joint graduation party in South Florida, but organizers have now called the concert off and are demanding a refund of the $55,000 deposit they sent the rapper.
According to a legal notice from promoters, “the quality of the Talents services is not satisfactory to our Client.”
Additionally, they found that the concert would not make for “a safe environment for students.”
T.I., who was not involved in the shooting that left one man dead, issued the following statement, yesterday (May 26):
“My heart is heavy today. Our music is intended to save lives, like it has mine and many others. My heartfelt condolences to the family that suffered the loss & my prayers are with all those injured. Respectfully, Tip.”
In the days since the shooting, a number of developments have been made.
On Thursday (May 26), it was reported that Troy Ave was arrested and charged with attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon. Additionally, the man killed in the shooting was revealed to be Troy Ave affiliate, Banga.
There is no word yet on how T.I. plans to respond to the graduation performance cancellation.
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LMAO
Dam..that violence is bad fa bidness. Cost t.i.p some nice money.
That’s bullshit, because the whole reason that they wanted him there in the first place has to do with his music and the nigga raps mostly about gangsta shit.
T.I. had nothing to do with the shooting. It was some local beef, he just happened to be cool with one of the parties involved. I understand the school’s apprehension to have him perform, but he should not give them a dime back
Agreed, 100%.
Only take one dumb ass niggas to do something stupid and he mess it up for everyone else, I hope troy Ave get his ass handed to him in Jail, You can’t do anything with out some dumb fool start acting up.
TIP was responsible for the shooting, was his gun…you heard it here first folks…
why do you scumbags get to live while good people are out here dying? ppl like you shouldn’t be born
why do you scumbags get to live while good people are out here dying. ppl like you shouldn’t be born
If I’m TIP, they can take me to court, but they’re not getting the deposit back.
Like others have commented, this is going to stop some venues from booking hip hop artists. And in this day and age where most of their revenue is made from concerts, that could be extremely painful. Something definitely needs to be done and it needs to come from within. I’ve said it before, one thing that needs to be thrown out of hip-hop is this jealousy factor. Always seems to lead to violence. Hip-hop needs a reawakening. We have chain snatching praised like it’s a great thing. You can’t go to a public place and enjoy the hip-hop culture.
stfu please
stfu please
nah… that deposit has been cashed and not getting that back..smh, TI had nothing to do with that