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T.I. has been on record for opposing a Donald Trump presidency since as far back as 2015, and it was made clear during an impromptu interview on Monday [July 25] that he is even more vehemently against the Republican candidate now. TMZ caught up with the Atlanta rapper as he exited LAX airport in Los Angeles, and upon asking whether he thinks Black lives matter to his billionaire nemesis he laughed. "Is that a trick question? Man, absolutely not. I don't believe any lives matter to him except for those who look, act and operate like his."
The relevantly timed inquiry was followed up with a different reporter asking him to speak on Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan, to which Tip spoke history. "You had slavery; when women couldn't vote; Black people weren't considered an entire citizen; segregation; crack epidemic, which was funded and initiated by the Iran Contra scandal," he recounted. "You know, all of these times in America were all sh***y times for us. So whatever he's trying to get back to is some s*** we need to get far away from."
T.I. first dismissed Trump during an interview with DJ Whoo Kid in October, when he credited who at the time was a long-shot candidate in Trump, for his showmanship and record as an entrepreneur, but said he couldn't be completely supportive of him because of his off-putting remarks. Then in March the Grand Hustle chief told fans not to waste their money on any of his music if they are going to support the Republican nominee. In May he would follow up by mocking Trump's premonition that if he wins the GOP nomination, "It's over"; asking: What the f*** is over man? Life as we know it? Freedom and liberty? America's principals and morals?" before reminding fans of where he sees Trump standing. "That should tell ya'll something. Ya'll still f***ing with them man, ya'll on some bulls***. Chains and shackles up next."
The relevantly timed inquiry was followed up with a different reporter asking him to speak on Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan, to which Tip spoke history. "You had slavery; when women couldn't vote; Black people weren't considered an entire citizen; segregation; crack epidemic, which was funded and initiated by the Iran Contra scandal," he recounted. "You know, all of these times in America were all sh***y times for us. So whatever he's trying to get back to is some s*** we need to get far away from."
T.I. first dismissed Trump during an interview with DJ Whoo Kid in October, when he credited who at the time was a long-shot candidate in Trump, for his showmanship and record as an entrepreneur, but said he couldn't be completely supportive of him because of his off-putting remarks. Then in March the Grand Hustle chief told fans not to waste their money on any of his music if they are going to support the Republican nominee. In May he would follow up by mocking Trump's premonition that if he wins the GOP nomination, "It's over"; asking: What the f*** is over man? Life as we know it? Freedom and liberty? America's principals and morals?" before reminding fans of where he sees Trump standing. "That should tell ya'll something. Ya'll still f***ing with them man, ya'll on some bulls***. Chains and shackles up next."