T.I. Obtained Into An Altercation With The Host At A Comedy Open Mic Evening

In case you didn’t know already, lure rap godfather T.I. has just lately made a pivot to standup comedy. Whereas a few of his preliminary materials has acquired combined reactions on-line, he’s stored at it, refining his materials and accumulating crucial a part of any good standup profession: Expertise. Nevertheless, he could need to additionally develop a thicker pores and skin, judging from a video that just lately surfaced on social media.

Throughout a latest open mic night time in his hometown, Atlanta, T.I. reportedly went from heckling the host to having an outright confrontation along with her on stage when she retaliated by poking at a sore spot for the rapper turned comic. In 2021, T.I. and his spouse Tiny had been accused of a number of cases of sexual assault by a bunch of girls who declare that the couple drugged them on a number of cases in each California and Georgia. As he heckled the host, comedian Lauren Knight, Knight apparently clapped again with a reference to the allegations, prompting T.I.’s outburst on stage.

Later, on Instagram, each events detailed their respective sides of the story. Knight mentioned, “I’m speaking about marriage and sh*t [and] he retains chopping me off, telling me to ‘shut the fuck,’ calling me every kind of bitches—heckling me. So, I’m like, ‘Alright, c’mon. Cease taking part in with me. It’s loopy, such as you maintain going and I can’t say nothing to you.’” She mentioned after T.I. jokingly informed her to take away her wig, she struck again. “I mentioned, ‘Alright, I’ll take my wig off once you converse on the allegations. No person was tight, aside from him. No person referred to as him a rapist. I responded to him telling me — in a room full of individuals — to tear my wig off, and made a joke similar to he did. So if you happen to obtained an issue with it, not mine.”

In the meantime, T.I. addressed the incident in a separate dwell stream during which he defended himself, claiming that he didn’t name Knight any names. Nevertheless, she responded with a video of her personal that appeared to refute his statements.

T.I. beforehand refuted the allegations in opposition to him and his spouse, difficult the accusers to return ahead publicly.