Independence • T.I. • R&B MONEY Podcast • Ep.177

Added: 2026-05-24

[00:00:00]I just didn't want to be put in the same position again. So, I felt like for me to get my financial independence, that was the only way that I could in good conscience find myself remaining in this situation, which is what I told him. But when it came out, it just said, "Man, I tell you what, give me 2 million, man, and you can just let me go." [laughter] Yeah. Those were the actual words.

[00:00:24]>> [laughter] >> That's exactly what I said. I said it like that, you know. And what was the response?

[00:00:28]>> Cuz I heard I heard these stories about Ice-T walking with the grenade and putting it on the head. Do you need to pull the pin of the grenade to see if they work? You know what I'm saying? I heard and read all these stories, you know, about Master P when he walked in did his deal and all that. So, I walked in with that energy, you know what [music] I'm saying? What was the response?

[00:00:49]He said, "Well, I'll tell you what." He said, "But let me listen let let me have lunch and think about it."

[00:00:53]It's very LA. So, so I'm thinking >> [laughter] >> So, I'm thinking, "Okay, great. We're having lunch." He said, "No, no, no, no.

[00:01:00]I'm going to have lunch.

[00:01:02]>> [laughter] >> AND THEN YOU GUYS GO HAVE LUNCH.

[00:01:06]And I'll say, "Okay, pizza it is." And >> [music] >> I start spending that money before he even got back. I started spending >> You just knew it was You knew that 2 million was coming. Okay. All right. All right. I started spending the money in my head already.

[00:01:20]I'm going to get that '96 Impala.

[00:01:23]And I had to Man, my aspirations had to shot up. I'm going to get the bends now.

[00:01:28]>> Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I had to shot past that.

[00:01:33]So, we come back. I think it could I think it might have been Mark Pitts that was there.

[00:01:38]And and when when we got off the elevator, he was like, "Yep.

[00:01:43]>> [snorts] >> Man, y'all going to be happy."

[00:01:47]I'm like, "Yeah."

[00:01:50]And so, we go in and and we sit down. LA LA said, "Well, I'm going to give you what you want."

[00:01:56]And was like He said, "I'm letting you go."

[00:02:00]>> [laughter] >> I was I was like, "Okay.

[00:02:07]Well, thanks."

[00:02:09]Yeah, so that how that happened.

[00:02:11]>> [music] >> But, that was the best gift Yes. Yes. You know, [music] to be a free agent at that time Cuz you got heat, too. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. To be a free agent at that moment in my life, man, it gave me so much value. You know what I mean?

[00:02:29]And so much leverage in my next negotiation.