T.I. has shared some harsh truths with an aspiring rapper after she ran up on him and tried to audition for a record deal.
The hopeful MC, who goes by the name Trapicana, shared a video on Instagram on Tuesday (April 30) showing her spitting a freestyle for the Atlanta rap legend in a parking lot.
After performing her raps, she asked the Hustle Gang honcho: “How you feel about that?”
An annoyed looking Tip replied in brutally honest fashion: “I don’t.”
After Trapicana told him she’s “trying to be a part of Hustle Gang,” T.I. brushed her off with some advice: “Let me tell you something: stop running up to n-ggas thinking they gonna change your life, man. Ain’t nobody gonna change your life but you.”
Undeterred, she then asked: “So you ain’t gonna change my life, big bro?” to which Tip emphatically replied: “Hell naw! You are.”
After Trapicana continued to plead with him for a deal, the “What You Know” hitmaker said: “I’m helping you by telling you, don’t look for a n-gga like me to change your life when you have everything you need already.”
He added: “If you do what you need to do, I’ll come find you. You don’t got to come find me.”
T.I. isn’t the only Southern rap legend to curve an aspiring rapper.
Last year, Gucci Mane, who typically keeps his ear to the streets looking for new talent, wasn’t trying to hear one rhymer’s audition for his 1017 squad.
Guwop was hosting an album signing event in Atlanta promoting his Breath of Fresh Air project when an unknown artist tried to get his attention by spitting a freestyle — but was quickly shot down.
“Aye, we ain’t doing that. Not right now, not right now,” Gucci snapped, before the volume for his album was then back up and began booming through the store’s speakers.
Occasionally, this method does pay off, though. When Big Sean tracked down Kanye West at a radio station in Detroit 2005, he seized the opportunity to showcase his skills.
“He told me I had 16 bars,” Sean told Billboard in 2017 while reflecting on the fateful day. “I ended up rapping for 10 minutes and it changed my life.”
West later signed Sean to his G.O.O.D. Music imprint, catapulting his career to new heights.
Damm, I never thought I would agree with anything T.I. has to say but his advice is 💯 percent spot on. Carry on!!!
“How you feel about that?” – I don’t. hahahahaa.
“He told me I had 16 bars,” Sean told Billboard in 2017 while reflecting on the fateful day. “I ended up rapping for 10 minutes and it changed my life.”
Fast forward a decade and Sean turned his back on Ye to please the white man and woke mob. And still hasn’t had a hit since I Decided mid ass and nothing before that
lmao
This was a skit. Journalism has truly gone out of the window.
You’re a moron if you’re looking for journalistic standards in a hiphop gossip blog. How fucking stupid are you? Did you think you were reading the Washington Post or some shit? Do you go to Burger King and complain it’s not fine dining?
You are without a doubt an idiot. Lol. I’m a moron for expecting journalists having real integrity about the articles they writing? Lol. This isn’t some random Twitter page, this is a hip hop platform and that’s irresponsible to spread a bad image of a rapper when I’m sure they know it’s a skit. This is a generation of misinformation. I know dickheads like yourself don’t get it but facts still matter.
She was obviously joking… Y’all dumb af.
fuck that bitch then next bus back to california
She was so trash…. She spit the same rhyme twice… no that’s not a freestyle!
She was so trash…. She spit the same rhyme twice… no that’s not a freestyle!