Earlier this week we posted a leaked track from a mixtape featuring rap artist T.I. The track titled “That’s The Way You Want It” seemed to go hard at the mother of T.I.’s oldest sons, Messiah and Domani. But according to T.I.’s close friend Jason Geter, CEO of T.I.’s record label Grand Hustle, that is not the case.
Jason Geter’s Statement:
T.I. Live From Forrest City Facility Mixtape is in no form or fashion affiliated with T.I. or Grand Hustle. T.I. recorded the track “That’s The Way You Want It” as a means of release while dealing with a very public child support case. The song was never intended to be released in any way. T.I. loves and respects his kids and would never do anything intentionally to disrespect the mothers of any of his children. Artists often record music for sheer expression that is never meant for the public. T.I. and Grand Hustle regret that this song was leaked and would like to apologize to all parties involved. The other songs on the mixtape are tracks recorded when T.I. was a teenager.
Source: Sydney Margetson | PR Guru, Atlantic Records
Background info on T.I. and Jason Geter’s friendship:
There was no real template, it was just go hard literally every day. We got an apartment together, me and Tip. Every day our mission was, what are we gonna do, what club we going to? What show we gonna do? Like literally every day that’s what it was. Dedication. A lot of times people never really, really go in hard. We were really doing it full time. Every week, I would go to Barnes & Noble and read Billboard magazine. Sitting with stacks of magazines, highlighting stuff, rip out pages. Not just doing the work but educating ourselves as well. That’s why we knew our value. Source
