While Rick Ross has been going back and forth with 50 Cent, T.I. refuses to play along in 50 Cents war games. In an interview with XXLmag.com, the Atlanta based rapper addressed an apparent diss from 50s ongoing Officer Ricky cartoon series that poked fun at his October 2007 arrest for weapons possession.
Sidestepping the beef, Tip denied seeing the video that depicted an animated Rick Ross cuffing and then interrogating him. I havent seen it but, we all know dude, he said of 50. We all know his intentions, we all know his motives. Weve seen this too many times before. You know, I play chess, not checkers, you dig? I aint even trippin off of that. At the end of the day, Im more worried or concerned about what a man says to me or what a man does to me, not what he says or does in the eyes of the public.
50 has taken shots at T.I. in the past, notably on the song You So Tough off of G-Units last album, Terminate On Sight. Insinuating that T.I had snitched in order to retain a lighter jail sentence. In the song 50 said:, How do you explain how homey breeeze /They said keep ya mouth shut or you eatin the cheese.
T.I. continues to shrug off any attempts to undermine his rep. Im a real dude, he said, a stand up guy with integrity, respect, morals, standards, [and] principles, and anything outside of that I aint got nothing to do with.
I NEVER fail, i'm just SUCCESSFUL in finding out what doesn't work Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.