While on the Club Shay Shay podcast with Shannon Sharpe, T.I. opened up about his decision to not sign Young Thug and 21 Savage for $1 million, due to what he would have to take from them in return.
T.I. stated, “At this point in my career, I find it honorable to be able to tell new artists when they come up to me, You know, 21 Savage, [Young] Thug. A lot of them come up to me, ‘Aye man, give me a million, Tip. I don’t care what you do, just give me a million and let me handle it from there.’ Like nah, I ain’t gonna do that, because if I give you a million, I gotta take back something that’s gonna be worth way more, and we ain’t gon’ be able to be friends from there. I always tell ’em, man, ‘Don’t worry about the money up front ’cause it’s gon’ come.’”
T.I. also added, “I remember telling that to Slime, I remember telling that to 21. And even Savage, every time he sees me now, he’ll hit me and say, ‘Aye, it came.’ And that puts a smile on my face because I just know how impactful every generation has the opportunity to be even more than the last.”
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