T.I. recently spoke to TMZ and revealed that he isn’t rocking with the “King of the South” title he once claimed. T.I. has a new album set to drop called ‘Kill The King,’ which he says is his final album and a way to step away from the title. The rapper noted naming his 2006 album “King” was “the beginning of a long road of many challenges, opposition, and adversity.”
While speaking to TMZ, the rapper gave more insight by saying, “Big Boi cautioned me of this back when I was coming onto the scene. Big Boi said, ‘It sounds cool. I like it, but understand when you are a king, you put a big bullseye on your back. You can’t look for no favors. Life is a game of chess, and the name of the game is called Kill The King. That’s what you are setting yourself up for.’ [At the age] I didn’t really think much of it.”
The rapper briefly spoke about the backlash he faced after giving himself the title, saying, “When people heard it, the visceral reaction that they had, that’s what made it more personal for me. When people started telling me ‘You can’t call yourself that.’ I said, ‘Who the f**k are you to tell me what I can and can’t call MYSELF.’ And that’s when I began to feel more ownership; I felt like, ‘Well now, I got to stand on this.’” Watch above.
source: TMZ
