March 24, 2023
T.I. Fights Lil’ Flip in Houston – Today in Hip-hop
[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:March 24, 2005: Rappers T.I. and Lil' Flip got into a brawl in the streets of Houston near the Cloverland neighborhood on this day in 2005.Back in 2003, when T.I. started to call himself the "King of the South," Lil' Flip rejected that claim. In 2004, Tip was in jail for violating the terms of his probation. This was a result of a 1998 conviction for violating a state controlled substances act and for giving false information. In the following months, the two Southern rappers traded shots at one another through their mixtapes and various songs.The beef came to a boil when Tip appeared on Houston...