T.I. Speaks On Confronting Kanye West For His Donald Trump Support

They flew them, you know, right to the Philadelphia game, yeah, yeah, man, feel good about the first three in someone's campaign. I see you working my life on that. it was a travesty it was a travesty and I'm talking about it, it really throws mud in the face of what we call American democracy, you know, I'm saying it shows so much prejudice, you know what I mean, such abuse of power and it just reeks of privilege, You know, I'm saying I hate it, I hate it, I hate that it had to happen to him too, what do you think about the concept of free thought?

I appreciate the concept of free thought and you know, even The fact that I feel like, along with chance, they say everyone is black, you don't have to be a Democrat to be conservative either, but I mean, man, look, man. even if you want to be conservative, she will be a man, just be a decent human being, that's all you know, be fair, considerate and considerate of other people who occupy this planet with you. I mean, don't be so cocky. and rude, just arrogant and atrocious with your thoughts thinking that you're the only person that matters or that people like you are the only people that matter on this planet, as if that's just a lame excuse for a human being's horrible waste of space. , You know?

I mean, it doesn't matter, I don't care what your views are, you know, I mean, just be decent and no matter what your views are, there will be people who won't agree with you, I'm sure that part of free thinking it's me. having free thoughts and not agreeing with you yes I feel like you can be free think if you are part of a political party because you are going to have part of their side you will walk the party line no matter which one you are I think both of these dishes , Mena, I think both parties have an issue and, as you know, they have action items and detailed agendas underneath that.

I feel like the thing about Democrats is everyone doing something to help everyone, you know, I mean Republicans. it's making money, making everyone do for themselves, you know, and that's the thing, so if you believe in the principle, if the core of your fundamental principles is, you feel like you know those of us who live above the average we have a responsibility for those who live below average like me and that makes me a democrat, yes, I don't know, we believe in everything that the Democrats say and in some of the things that the Republicans have to promote and that they have a positive effect on my background.

I appreciate it, but The core principles of my core values ​​push me into the Democratic Party now, which I will not do and I don't think we can allow this to continue to happen, we can't continue to do this freely, just push our boat there without holding on. Someone responsible and who takes into account the needs that we have and that we must satisfy so that we can progress in some cases. You know, I could vote for a Democrat for president and a Republican for my city official which I know just depends on the actual situation. principles of the person we absolutely have to get involved in the political process we have to listen we need people to talk because they talk about things that affect you in your daily life if it's Republican, they don't want to know.

Legalize marijuana very good I'm both for Jersey I know you have to go I have a question for you mm-hmm I have two more what rap music Hey listen man let me ask you a question we don't need to ask questions we already know the answer. For you, the word trap had never been combined with the word music to form a phrase before August 19, 2003, no one can show you anyone saying trap music, you could say that people were talking about trap, people were talking about trap Senator, listen, people were playing that. It allows you to play guitar before rock'n'roll, but dad, make it rock'n'roll.

We did it as if it were a roll. I know I have bigger fish to fry. I think my purpose is greater in talking about who created something that I know I created and have known since it transcended. You know what I'm saying, but I'll give you an example and then ask you. One question, okay, what is the number one phone in the world right now? Everybody's fine, the iPhone is now as good as the iPhone and as much as everyone loves it, you can never say that this is the first cell phone, right? You can say that, right? you can't take away from Motorola's flip flow you can't take away from the next big block how much phone man you should pay homage to what created it because the reason the iPhone became the iPhone is because they didn't make it I have to go back and research their technology .

All these other phones before them had done the same thing. Yeah, if I hadn't done what I did, at least it was taking you a lot longer. You know, I want to be with you. and it wouldn't be the same, just wind, I think you made it into a genre, it was just, I mean, I didn't create anything that happened after that, it's in that period um and that's it, but I will say it's interesting because I find that there is a common type of people who have this argument, you know, saying that it is a common type like three that unites them.

Everyone remembers cable, yes you have some cats that like Avon Barksdale better. and his methods, you have some cats that like Stringer Bell better, you know, cats that feel like they know Avon Barksdale, you know, I'm saying you grind me good or you understand that you live dirt under your nails, you know the keys with the blood stain, you know that, just keeping it real, you know, those cats tend to go that way with each other and the cats that feel that we have a high level of success that allows us to diversify our portfolio and we don't have to , you know, subjecting ourselves to inconveniences like life in prison or coffin, you know, and we take this year and we develop it and we grow it and we take it to some men and those people are wrong on my side, so Never convince a dear von

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er Bock that the Bell stringer is more effective, that's like a principle within you, so that's what you had, you didn't have what you had, but thanks to the effects and it's that you play them with Doughboy than with the trap of I.

I mean it Amen, I can't do the job I could do. I sound stupid trying to convince people of something so simple, yes, it's like I'm telling you I'm telling you a man, the son is on that side that shines, the sun is shining. that's what illuminates the whole thing and you like the north the more I argue with you about something so obvious the more stupid I give them so I'll let them have it. I've raised the discussion - - yes versus the people, that's the discussion right now. This discussion has already paid off, we pass it with two quick questions.

What is your title with Kitchen Lands Bottoms? Because you want, uh, yeah, Mike and the killer on the transition team and for Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. It is an honor and a privilege to work alongside her. This is my first transition team, but you know, I see how passionate she is and how she finds herself in the needs of certain communities because she comes in, she's a product of the community and I serve on the jobs and opportunities subcommittee and also. the affordable housing subcommittee and I think Mike serves. I know who we served in jobs and opportunities together and I think he may have another one, I don't know which one and a Donald Trump.

What's the matter with him? He comes to Atlanta and says, "I would like to meet with one of the leaders of the black delegate of the black order. I would just like to have a conversation to see if there is something that can be done in the community and could you have the conversation if I could bring Farrakhan? I'm a brain, someone smarter than me. Either it's him or you know someone has to come. Just make sure this goes the way you know me. I won't have anyone there. Hmm, you know someone who probably is. giving all the information. me and what I'm saying so I'll take someone with me and the conversation before anything starts look first of all what's up with the blame, ignoring, spitting on my people let's talk about not We can just move on without doing anything together I can't even look at you on the outside We usually can't if it's not mutual respect then we can't go anywhere and you've already been disrespectful enough from the beginning so , what's going on?

Hmm and hello, he responded that it's going to Depends on how the rest of the meeting goes if he comes in with a hat, you take off your hat, we had to finish something, look, I will, yes, but I'm not going to go alone What I say will happen, someone will happen. to be able to move on, I'm not going to go alone, good day, however you feel, he'll come out and say yes, he told me we were friends and we were going to have chicken wings, but I mean, I think someone would be at the table like that, you know. it's one night, I think even if we spend all this time informing Kanye, you know, and trying to equip him as best we can to make a more rational decision, even if he decides like a man, look man. so what I'm going to do is push him away and another thing I didn't mention um two things two more things I learned that I didn't know before I got there I didn't know the dead man dead the people find out about running for president yeah, oh-ho, that's that dead Bankhead, everyone forgot, serious man, but before I knew he was very serious, cut before that with Kanye 2020, man, Kanye 2020, enemy, he says, the team, who or what team listens.

I'm a voter and a friend I'm not in politics I'm not trying to be in politics man I'm in the for-profit business you understand I'm not trying to be in politics I'm not interested I think I could get it more done in you know, restricted , you know, I'm saying I don't want to be subject to the money restrictions of bureaucracy and actually do it, it's already been done 20/20, go write again, yeah, yeah, it fits a truckload. I'm going to listen to myself until the end, well, I'll listen to my old man, wait and see that way, he saw, that didn't look good, maybe you'll do it now, what's the other thing you said, he said it was two things, oh, and how much, how affected. he still is because of the death of his mother absolutely he is extremely still he is affected but he doesn't show it he doesn't show it yes, I mean, but and I think the other thing is that he had been a hermit for so long and he walked away from me .

I guess there is so much normal social interaction. I guess I feel like you know he's happy to be like you know talking like what's up man listen man. I've talked to Kanye probably four times in 14 years and I talk to him maybe. every day since I've been alive every day hey man unless you know he's getting close you know who we are yeah I'm the Brotherhood I can't do that if someone needs my help and they're worth helping and they've proven it . that they are willing to do, you know the work to help themselves, I can't turn my back on it, we know you talk someone out of a damn building, no, yeah, but I mean, even if you decide where you want to go if you want to sit . at a table we need someone to sit at their table, I mean, we don't represent ourselves, we don't represent ourselves, black people, let's represent ourselves, you know, they can't make us do it, so we want to do good, they have to bring. back to the front line you knew it saying what you say now by doing it bed to count hey take the bag take the bag too fast zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero uh yeah, counting this, though the idea is right Oh, smooth, it's the Breakfast Club good morning.