What a week, what a week. Amidst openly beefing with the hottest thing to come out of the M.I.A since the rumor about Jackie O beating down Foxy Brown, TI, Ruler of the South, has time to release both an album and movie as well as bicker back and forth with Rick Ross.

Starring in a movie which depicts his native Atlanta, TI has not put his rapping on a back burner, nor has he failed to continue to define his legacy and enhance his hard work. Partnering with Sprint to release tracks from his highly anticipated fourth album King as ring tones before it hits streets on March 28th is a maneuver that has never been known. But as the once Rubber band man explains to Hiphopdx, it is moves like this that make life for the new generations a little bit easier when it comes to making ‘paper’ and put his green in a platinum money clip.

Stylish and suave TI is making serious head way in checking things off in his to do list with confident ease. Whether he truly is the King of the South or as head honchos at Atlantic have deemed him ‘the labels next big superstar,’ TI is in this for the long haul, ya dig?

You have a busy year a head of you?

Yeah I do.

First of all I want to touch upon the album which is dropping on March 28th. You appear to be exceptionally content with this album.

Yeah I just pay attention to what people like about me and I just find ways to get it to them. You know we are putting together a tour right now, we just trying to figure out who we are going to go out on the road with.

You have been recording an album and shooting a movie, did you find it hard adjusting to the scheduling as a movie is structured around a lot more people who have to be taken into consideration?

I mean it was difficult but I made it work. When you find yourself doing a whole lot you think of the sacrifice for being above average, you know average people they work average hours and get average pay. You know if you are going to be above average in your lifestyle then you are going to have to be above average in achieving that lifestyle.

It’s not like you are just a rapper, you have so much going on in your life, and does it become hard juggling all those things?

It’s just like I do a lot of work, but what you are seeing now is the result of work that I have been putting in for the last seven years and the work I am putting in right now I am not going to see results from for the next couple of years. I just keep grinding. Continued on page 2 »