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It looks like T.I. and his wife Tiny have scored another legal win in their battle against Sabrina Peterson, as a judge as moved to dismiss her defamation lawsuit against the couple after years of back-and-forth.
According to Rolling Stone, the judge overseeing Peterson’s case against T.I. and Tiny tossed her case against the Harris’ citing “her inexcusable failure to push the case along.” The ruling comes after Peterson failed multiple times to follow court orders, which instructed her to pay the Harris’ legal fees to the tune of $96,000 after much of her original lawsuit was thrown out years ago. Naturally, a $96,000 bill is nothing to sniff at if you’re not a successful business person or celebrity. Peterson insists she didn’t mean to defy any court orders, but simply couldn’t afford to put up that kind of money.
Unfortunately, for her, her lack of resources has led to a judge tossing out the remainder of her lawsuit. The judge has taken notice of Peterson’s bragging about being a baller on her social media account while ducking paying off her court-ordered debt to the Harris family.
Per Rolling Stone:
“There’s a possibility of you going to jail. Anything you say could be used against you,” Los Angeles County Judge Michael Shultz warned Peterson before she was sworn in to explain herself Monday. Peterson said she understood and told the court that the $96,000 award represented half of her annual income, so the only way she could pay it would be if the Harrises let her pay $1,000 a month under a “payment plan.”
At one point during her testimony, Peterson spoke over the judge, drawing a rebuke. “Ma’am don’t interrupt. I listened to you,” Judge Shultz said. “It’s been 17 months and you haven’t paid a dime,” he said, referring to the October 2023 order from a prior judge granting the fees. The same judge issued a follow-up order last October giving Peterson 90 days to satisfy the debt.
“It’s been almost two years since she has defied the original court’s order, and almost a year since she defied the second court’s order,” T.I. and Tiny’s attorney, Andrew Brettler, argued Monday. “The case should be dismissed, and Ms. Peterson should be held in contempt of court. She has shown nothing but disrespect. … She brags about how much money she has online and that she’s never paying this sum to the Harrises. And she has absolutely no respect for the court’s time or its orders.”
After getting chewed out in court and walking away with a massive L, Peterson was surprisingly relieved as the past few years has seemingly weighed on her even though she was the one who brought the lawsuit against T.I. and his wife. Unfortunately, for her, this might be the beginning of another yearslong court battle.
“I’m relieved it’s finally over,” Peterson told Rolling Stone as she walked out of the courthouse. “It’s fine. I’m tired. This has gone on for four or five years. I’m really tired.” In her purse, Peterson had a large envelope that had been handed to her by a process server minutes before the hearing started. Brettler told the court that Peterson had been served with the dueling defamation lawsuit filed against her by T.I. in federal court.
Looks like T.I. is looking for a little justice of his own and given his Hip-Hop history, we’re not surprised.
What do y’all think about this sudden turn of events? Let us know in the comments section below.
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2025 seems to be a banner year for T.I. and Tiny Harris. A judge has reinstated their original $53 million dollar payout over the OMG Girlz.
As per Newsweek Magazine a magistrate has reconsidered his original ruling regarding their lawsuit against MGA Entertainment. Back in 2024 the celebrity couple filed a complaint against the toy company claiming they violated the intellectual property of their teen girl group the OMG Girlz with the release of L.O.L. Surprise! O.M.G. dolls. In September a jury ruled that 15 of the dolls in the collection did infringe the recording artists’ image and likeliness; including some of their outfits worn at public events.
Last month U.S. District Judge James Selna voided the $53 million payout citing that the jury did not have adequate evidence to review. Nevertheless, on Monday, Feb. 3 Selna reinstated the original ruling stating that both the defendant and plaintiffs agreed to a jury verdict thus T.I. and Tiny are entitled to the total value of the original claim.
Last week the Grand Hustle couple celebrated the opening of their affordable housing community in Northwest Atlanta. Joined by friends, family and local politicians, the Intrada Westside offers 143 affordable housing units and an additional 25 specifically for homeless youth. The property was once a shopping center. You can apply here.
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Young Dro went viral earlier this week after a clip of his surfaced online and almost led to a violent and unnecessary altercation with a friend. During his interview alongside T.I. on The Breakfast Club, Young Dro threatened to lay hands on comedian Kelly KDubb for laughing in the background as he shared his sobriety journey.
T.I. and Young Dro were guests on The Breakfast Club in an episode that aired Monday (October 14) and early on in the conservation, Dro shared some details on where he’s been after slowing down his active mixtape run.
With Dro sharing that he suffered a drug overdose, you can hear Kelly KDubb in the back giggling in the background, which caused others in the room to also snicker. Dro gamely tried to continue his story and even shared that his daughter battled drug addiction, which caused KDubb to laugh again but at this point, Dro had enough.
“Ay you finna get slapped, I mean we cool, but I’ll slap the sh*t out of you,” Dro says to KDubb, who didn’t back down and looked to be ready for action. But before things went incredibly left, T.I. showed exemplary leadership skills and got his crew to settle down and the air was cleared.
Later in the chat, Dro apologized to KDubb, The Breakfast Club, and all involved, proving that he truly is a changed man despite very much being from Bankhead as he reminded his friend. Dro went on to share that he is currently approaching four years of sobriety and seems to be focused on staying on that path.
Despite cooler heads prevailing, some fans online felt that Kelly KDubb’s open disrespect of Young Dro was out of bounds and had some thoughts to share on X. We’ve got those reactions below.
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If you have yet to see T.I. perform in person you might want to catch him before the year ends. He has announced that he will no longer be touring after December.
As reported by TMZ, the Atlanta, Ga., native is stepping down from the stage. On a recent visit to 96.1 The Beat he spoke to the crew at the Rari At 2 show. He discussed a variety of things, but when asked about his upcoming performance at their Jingle Ball he revealed he is retiring from performing after that appearance. “I appreciate y’all for offering me my last working gig because I do not need the money anymore and I will not be performing,” he explained. “I don’t want to do it anymore. I don’t want people to pay me to hop around and sweat for their entertainment anymore.” Young Dro accompanied him and jokingly chimed in saying, “I will be picking up all of Tip’s shows that he ain’t going to. Doing them all.”
Many feel his decision is due to his recent legal win against the MGA Entertainment. He and his wife Tiny Harris alleged the toymaker stole the likeness from their group the OMG Girlz for their “O.M.G.” toy doll line. After a three-week trial a jury found MGA Entertainment guilty of infringement and awarded T.I. and Tiny over $71.4 million dollars in damages. In an exclusive statement to Billboard, their lawyer John Keville detailed why this battle was bigger than the couple. “T.I. and Tiny did what any parent would have done — used their resources to stand up for their kids,” Keville said. “They fought a billion-dollar corporate bully with grace, perseverance, and a determination to stand up for themselves and other creatives.”
You can see T.I. discuss his decision below.
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When it comes parenthood, many fathers and mothers try their best to steer their children clear of the struggles they’ve lived in their own lives as experience provides the best kind of wisdom. So when T.I. and Boosie Badazz saw their own kids acting a fool while shooting their own music video, they put on their dad hats and put them on to game.
This past Tuesday (Sept. 24) a video clip of T.I. and Boosie Badazz chastising their sons on the set of their music video began to go viral as the hustlers turned-rap stars took issue with the kids brandishing firearms in front of the camera. With both men knowing a thing or two about gun charges, they didn’t take too kindly to seeing their sons King Harris and Tootie Raw using actual guns as props for their rap video with Boosie asking “Why y’all gotta have guns?”
After Tip chimed in with “What is it about the guns, man?” he went on to remind his blue-haired son that “The manner in which you portray your lifestyle, the sh*t don’t look legitimate, sir!” It was then that both Boosie and T.I. stated that they couldn’t support the image that the kids were portraying in their music videos before T.I. asked them who would take the fall if police showed up and began asking who the guns belonged to. Reminding them that though having guns are legal, if anyone has drugs on them then that’ll be considered “possession of a firearm in commission of a crime, sir. That is a felony!” T.I. got that parenting thing down pretty good. Just sayin’.
Clearly dismayed with what his son had going on on the set of his music video, T.I. asked, “What y’all don’t make no muthaf*ckin’ love music? Y’all got girls out here. Why you don’t talk about being in love?!”
We’re not gonna lie, that was pretty damn funny.
Boosie meanwhile is still fighting his own gun charges, so we’re sure he doesn’t want to have to share a lawyer with his son anytime soon.
While we don’t know if their kids will take heed to their words of wisdom, we just like to see T.I. and Boosie on the same page when it comes to parenting their kids.
Check out the video of the interaction below, and let us know your thoughts on the situation in the comments section below.
Boosie & T.I. pressing their sons for having guns in their music video 🫡💯
“Why y’all don’t make love music”
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Rapper T.I. and his wife, Tameka “Tiny” Harris, secured a massive $71 million payout in their lawsuit against the maker of the popular L.O.L. Surprise! Dolls.
Spotted on TMZ Hip Hop, the “U Don’t Know Me” crafter and his wife got richer after a jury sided with them in their lawsuit against toy company MGA Entertainment following a week-long trial.
According to the lawsuit, the couple claims MGA Entertainment violated the intellectual property rights of their now-defunct girl group, OMG Girlz, which also featured Tiny’s oldest daughter, Zonnique Pullins.
Per TMZ Hip Hop:
The jurors reportedly agreed that “L.O.L. Surprise! O.M.G. dolls” infringed on the trade dress and misappropriated the name, image, and likeness of the all-female group that T.I. and Tiny formed in 2009.
At trial, T.I. and Tiny zeroed in on 7 dolls MGA promoted that they argued had the identical appearance of their OMG Girlz during “very specific public events,” including the image and likeness of Tiny’s oldest daughter, Zonnique Pullins.
Following the decision, Tiny, along with OMG Girlz members Bahja “Beauty” Rodriguez, Breaunna “Babydoll” Womack, and her daughter Zonnique “Star” Pullins, celebrated the massive legal victory that earned them $17,872,359 in real damages and $53,616,759 in punitive damages.
The victory doesn’t necessarily end the beef with MGA. According to Forbes, the company can still appeal the decision.
So, this victory could be short-lived, with all parties heading back to court.
It’s also a big win for the couple who found themselves as the subject of a sexual assault lawsuit earlier this year.
$71 million is a lot of money. We are curious about what the couple does with it, barring MGA not appealing the decision.
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T.I. was arrested at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta on Sunday night (August 4). However, although there was a warrant out for the arrest of a Clifford Smith, it was not for the Clifford Harris we all know as the famed Atlanta rapper.
Chalk up to a case of mistaken identity.
TMZ reports that the warrant was actually for a Clifford Harris out of Baltimore. Suspect Harris is wanted to charges that include “violent behavior toward a woman, stalking, and possibly involving a gun.”
Reportedly T.I. was transported to Clayton County Jail, and a hearing for his extradition was automatically triggered since it was an out of state warrant. However, the rapper’s attorney, Steve Sadow, says he was able to get Tip released a couple of hours after his arrest. The extradition order was dismissed by the judge.
It seems like the cops didn’t bother to look too closely at the warrant’s details. The wanted man in question reported ways 205 pounds. As for T.I., he clocks in at around 165, and that’s probably soaking wet, respectfully.
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Hip-Hop in this new generation isn’t exactly known for being a music genre filled with lyricist loungers like it once was in its heyday. While it still continues to strive regardless of the alleged lack of skill or content, older heads still feel a ways about how far its fallen off in regards to lyricism and rhyme schemes.
Recently T.I. touched on the subject while sitting down with Shaquille O’Neal for his podcast, The Big Podcast With Shaq and when the subject came to this new generation of rappers in the Hip-Hop game, Tip came up with a metaphor that Shaquille could relate to.
“This generation reminds me of every other generation. You got some people who are exceptionally dope, and some people who are just alright, na’mean? But it’s a lot more of it to choose from now… I feel that, actually, what they’ve done with music is equivalent to if they were to open up the doors of the arena and say, ‘Anybody think you can play basketball, come on in! Come on out the stands out here to the floor. Here go you a jersey, man. Get in the game.’”
Shaq chimed in saying he doesn’t like that this new crop of rappers (and NBA players) “don’t respect” the OG’s of the game that “paved the way for them.”
Continuing to elaborate on how the game’s changed in this new digital era, T.I. went on to break down how not having to go through labels and retailers affected how this generation goes about their business.
“The thing that happened is, there was what we call a paradigm shift in the industry. It went to a direct to consumer industry. Which means you don’t need a distributor. You don’t have to go through Best Buy or Target or Blockbuster if you that old. You ain’t gotta do that. You can go straight to the consumer. And the consumer more than likely wants to hear something that reminds them of themselves. Sometimes, too much talent intimidates the consumer because ‘I can’t achieve this!… I’d rather hear something that sounds like me or my friends.”
That’s an interesting take. Don’t be surprised if youngn’s take to social media and dunk on these men for being old and out of touch with the game or something. They might even bring up some of their old dirt just because. Social media’s a cold place, b.
Check out the interview below and let us know if you think T.I. is onto something in the comments section.
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King Harris is still standing on business and had time for comedian and social media star Druski.
The son of Atlanta Hip-Hop star T.I. was BIG mad at Druski following some comments the comedian made about him during an interview on The Breakfast Club.
In a now-deleted post shared on Tuesday, Feb 27, King called out Druski, accusing him of being scared of him and saying what he did for clout.
Per XXL:
“Druski yo a$$ trimm,” he captioned the post below. “Let’s the games begin. N***a I just seen u ain’t u ain’t say nothing of that. Only thing you said was ‘Here go King standin on business.’ I tell ya the clout is a hell of a drug. And n***a what the hell is look like standing on my luxury a*s car. Not P.”
“Druski, you and your cholesterol need to calm the f**k down,” King snaps in the video below. “You and them wide-body Hellcat hips need to need to calm the f**k down. I can’t believe this n***a just tried to call me p***y in the interview. I just seen him a couple weeks ago.”
“We seen you run from a n***a,” King continues. “We seen you run from Birdman. I ain’t never ran from nobody. It look like you got a p***y and you walk with a strap.”
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King’s response comes after Druski was asked about the altercation with King, and the comedian immediately dismissed T.I.’s son when he was asked if he was more scared of Birdman or King.
“Come one, man. That n***a p***y,” Druski said King Harris? What we talking about, man?…He did pull up on me at the [‘Standin’ on Bihness’] video shoot. We had too much security, though. He tried to do a stare off. The n***a got out his car and just kinda stood on top of the car. And he ’bout to go right back to that nice-a*s house. He don’t know s**t about standing on business.”
Druski said he has no problem with King despite the tension between the two.
We can’t say the same for King.
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High-profile figures in Hip-Hop continue to be hit with sexual assault accusations. In the latest, rapper T.I. and his wife, R&B singer Tiny, have been sued for sexual assault and sexual battery in Los Angeles.
TMZ reports that the couple have been sued by a Jane Doe who claims that she was drugged after meeting in a nightclub. The woman claims her drink was spiked before she was taken to a hotel where they allegedly engaged in a threesome, per her lawsuit.
The Jane Doe claims she was a member of the U.S. Air Force and located in L.A. around 2005 when she met a man named “Caviar,” who allegedly worked for T.I. and Tiny, at a party at the late rapper Coolio’s home. According to the lawsuit, although T.I. and Tiny never made it to the party, Caviar relayed that they should all meet the next day at a nightclub in Los Angeles.
However, the woman claims it was all a setup.
Reports TMZ:
The woman says she ordered 2 Amaretto sours on her own, before Tiny allegedly handed her another drink … one from which she never saw Tiny sip, and which the woman also shared with her friend.
When T.I. decided to leave the club, the woman claims he asked her to ride with Tiny and him … while her friend would ride with “Caviar,” who said they were all going to the same place.
But, that’s not how it played out, allegedly … in the suit, the woman says 2 other women she didn’t know got in an SUV with Tiny, T.I. and herself, and all 5 of them ended up in a hotel room — but Tiny kicked out the other 2 women, because one was flirting too much with T.I.
And then things took an extra sordid turn, allegedly.
Once it was just the 3 of them … she alleges Tiny took her into the bathroom, where she took off both of their clothes and then a naked T.I. joined them and they all got in the shower.
Afterward, she claims she was starting to feel lightheaded and extremely dizzy, and T.I. told her to go to the bed. While he watched some porn, she alleges he handed her massage oil and demanded she give him a rub down. Eventually, Tiny joined them and allegedly pinned the woman on her stomach and began rubbing and grinding her naked body on the plaintiff.
While that was happening, she alleges T.I. penetrated her vagina with his toe, and she told him “no” as she tried to push him away. According to the suit, he got up and said he was going to get a condom — but the plaintiff says she went to the bathroom to vomit. She claims T.I. mockingly laughed at her and said, “Are you alright? Looks like you in last place.”
The plaintiff claim that she woke up the next morning with her vagina in pain. She is suing T.I. & Tiny for sexual battery, assault, negligence and false imprisonment.
The Harris’ vehemently deny the charges.
“On the heels of positivity, negativity always rears its ugly head,” said T.I. and Tiny in a joint statement to TMZ. :This plaintiff has been threatening to file this lawsuit for THREE years. For THREE years, we have emphatically and categorically denied these allegations. For THREE years we have maintained our innocence and refused to pay these extortionate demands for things we didn’t do. For THREE years, we’ve maintained the same position while the claims in this story have changed time and time again. Our position is clear… We are innocent of these fake claims, we will not be shaken down, and we look forward to our day in court.”