TI confirms retirement from performance after last show: ‘I don’t need the money anymore’

T.I announced his retirement from live performances, but not before performing one last show before ending his illustrious hip-hop career.

In an interview with Atlanta’s 96.1 The Beat and hosts Ferrari Simmons and BT, the Dead And Gone star revealed that his upcoming show at the upcoming Jingle Ball festival will be his final farewell.

The rapper will headline the December 19 show in Atlanta with Sexyy Red, T-Pain, Saweetie, The Kid Laroi, Khalid and Tinashe.

“I appreciate you all for offering me my last work gig because I don’t need the money anymore and I won’t be performing,” the About The Money star, 44, said while sitting down with Young Dro, as reported Through Billboard.

“I don’t want to do it anymore,” he said of the radio station’s holiday concert. “I don’t want people paying me to prance around and sweat for their entertainment anymore.”

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Youg Dro (born D’Juan Montrel Hart) then joked about taking on the shows that T.I. (born Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.) turns down.

“I’m going to pick up all of Tip’s shows that he’s not going to. We do them all,” said the 44-year-old rapper, who is signed to TI’s Grand Hustle Records, as everyone laughed.

Ferrari then asked if he was going to ‘do’ anything for a future show, to which Tip replied: ‘Of course I’m going to pick up the phone and tell them I won’t be performing.’

Tip further revealed that as he prepares for retirement, he will actually perform again, but ultimately it will only be on his terms.

As of now, TI’s final performance will be on December 19 at the 93.1 The Beat’s Jingle Ball show in Atlanta, which will also feature Tinashe, Sexyy Red, T-Pain, Saweetie, Khalid and The Kid LAROI.

Last year he said he would hang up the mic for good after the release of his twelfth and final double album, which is still pending.

It’s time to evolve beyond my career as a rapper,” he said on the radio We in Miami podcast in 2023. ‘It will be a double album, so there will be Kill The King and Kiss The King.

The revelation about the rapist comes after he and his wife Tiny won a $71 million lawsuit after claiming toymaker MGA stole the design of a line of “OMG” toy dolls from their real-life teen pop group OMG Girlz.

“I appreciate all of you for offering me my last working gig because I don’t need the money anymore and I won’t be performing,” the About The Money star said as he sat down next to Young Dro. ‘I don’t want people paying me to prance around and sweat for their entertainment’

The now defunct pop group was founded by Tiny and consisted of her daughter Zonnique ‘Star’ Pullins.

So far, there has been no official word on whether the lawsuit victory played a role in the decision to no longer perform.

Harris is credited as one of the pioneers of the hip-hop subgenre of trap music, along with fellow Georgia rappers Jeezy and Gucci Mane.

The three-time Grammy winner is set to retire from performing after his holiday show at the 96.1 The Beat’s Jingle Ball festival in Atlanta on December 19.

After signing a recording contract with LaFace Records, an imprint of Arista Records, in 1999, the rapper released his debut studio album, I’m Serious (2001), but it received a lukewarm reception from fans and critics alike.

Undeterred, the Atlanta, Georgia native made the move to Atlantic Records, where he quickly achieved his mainstream breakthrough with his second release, Trap Muzik (2003), which peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 chart and spawned the Billboard Hot 100 . -top 40 hit singles Rubber Band Man and Let’s Get Away featuring Jazze Pha.

In total, TI has released twelve solo studio albums since 2001, along with two collaborative records with P$C and Bankroll Mafia.

According to Sony Music GermanyTI sold more than 14,000,000 albums worldwide during his career.