After more than twenty years at the center of Southern hip hop,\u00a0T.I. is preparing to close the book on his recording career. The Atlanta artist has positioned\u00a0Kill The King\u00a0as his final studio album, framing the project as a carefully considered conclusion rather than a sudden farewell.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, he released \u201cLet Em Know,\u201d a new single produced by Pharrell, which sets the tone for the album. The track serves as an announcement of intent, signaling that this chapter has been approaching for some time.<\/p>\n
While attending the Grammy Awards alongside his wife, Tiny, T.I. addressed the decision directly. \u201cIt\u2019s a blessing, man. \u2018Let Em Know,\u2019 produced by Pharrell, is my first single off of my final album. It\u2019s time for me to be done. They should know it; I\u2019ve stated it before,\u201d he said. He explained that his focus has shifted toward family and other creative pursuits, describing the album as a form of closure rather than an exit driven by burnout.<\/p>\n
Although a release date has not been revealed,\u00a0Kill The King\u00a0has been in development for several years. In a 2023 interview with our friends at TMZ, T.I. reflected on the legacy of the \u201cKing of the South\u201d title that has followed him for much of his career. \u201cI feel like the King of the South moniker can be quite egotistical. It\u2019s a persona that often precedes me,\u201d he said. He also referenced advice from Big Boi, adding, \u201cwhen you take on the title of king, you effectively put a target on your back. It\u2019s a game of chess, and \u2018Kill The King\u2019 is what you risk setting yourself up for.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After more than twenty years at the center of Southern hip hop,\u00a0T.I. is preparing to close the book…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-264434","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}