T.I. has been voicing his thoughts on police brutality and how the American legal system handles the way it dishes out punishments for killing unarmed citizens lately. He elaborated on his views during an interview with DJ Whoo Kid.
The Atlanta native made his political stance very clear at this year’s BET Hip Hop Awards, where he paid homage to the Black Panthers with a performance of his song “We Will Not.”
“It’s the way the travesties are handled because of course in any society you’re going to have legal mishaps,” TIP says. “It’s almost as though no one even considers the thought of accountability. It’s almost like, ‘Yeah, what are you gonna expect? Of course, he’s gonna get off. It’s a black guy and a cop.’ It’s just complete disregard for basic human rights.”
He goes on to say that police officers should be trained better and forced to take accountability for their actions because civilians can’t use fear as an excuse for shootings the way cops have been doing.
He also debunks the idea of “Black on Black” crime.
“If you really, really look at the statistics…you have 85% of Black people who are killed by other Black people but then you have 80% of White people who are killed by other White people,” he says hypothetically. “There’s more of them but you’ve never heard of ‘White on White’ crime. You never heard that.”
His 6-track Us Or Else EP, which was met with high praise when it dropped last month, touches on these impassioned topics. The project features appearances from Killer Mike, Big K.R.I.T., Meek Mill and Quavo from Migos.
At the end of the interview, TIP hilariously shades presidential hopeful Donald Trump by comparing him to George Lucas’ Star Wars character Jabba The Hutt.
Check out T.I.’s full interview on DJ Whoo Kid’s Whoolywood Shuffle below.
White lives don’t matter!
GET OFF MY SITE YOU FACELESS TROLL!
Your life doesn’t!
Check your facts t.i
But black people account for what % of the total crimes being committed?
I wager 75% or more… an a they have a smaller population… look at Chicago or any big city
why doesnt clifford use the same big words in his raps that he does in all his interviews and talks?
Well isn’t selling drugs to your own comity and glorifying that lifestyle not a disregard for basic human rights? TIP the hypocrite.
I think you meant to say (own community) not (own comity) …..I know, it’s not, your fault.
That man has a point though. Selling drugs in your own community to other blacks–Tip is a damn hypocrite and a joke!!!!!
because white people dont sell drugs? also what about the movie blow and scare face are you going to goto johnny deeps house and criticize him?
A black man has a .7% chance of being killed by a white man, odds of being killed by another black man are 700+ times higher, quit your bitching, clean up your own race.
So a cop is an equivalent to a thug? Police shooting is okay because thugs do it too?
Yeah BC the number of people dying from white on white crime is tiny in comparison you shit-tard.
He ain’t nothing but a shoe-shining c00n!
Leave T.i alone…. He’s a Dindu. He Dindu nuffin! He’s a good boy
Am with you
He only talks part of the percentages. White people are 80% more likely to be killed by a black person than vice versa, and black people are responsible for a way higher percentage OVERALL. You can’t talk about the “myth” of black on black crime without talking overall percentages and trends. But what do we know, all we do is read the news and stats. Certainly millionaire rappers know more than experts. Will ONE DAY a black person admit there is such a thing as bad black people?
Didnt this nigga daughter walk into an airport with a loaded gun? They shoulda blasted her on sight.
T.I. is a good puppet. A mere vehicle for inciting race war. #KillWhitey
Fuckin white people always tryna keep a brotha down and shit, mane.
although I can agree with the disregard for human rights.. T.I. is entirely missing the point with black on black crime and reciting those particular statistics
KKK is more harmful to black people than street gangs. They’ve hung people!