I'm Retiring From Performing, I don't need the money anymore - T.I

 

Rapper T.I. announced that he would be retiring from performing, joking he doesn't need the money anymore after he and wife Tiny were awarded $71 million in their lawsuit against MGA Entertainment.

And for the "Live Your Life" rapper, that means calling it a day on touring. T.I. revealed that his final performance would be at 96.1 The Beat's Jingle Ball concert in Atlanta on Dec. 19 and that he would be retiring after that.

"I appreciate y'all for offering me my last working gig because I do not need the money anymore and I will not be performing," T.I. shared during an interview on the radio station Oct. 10. "I don't want to do it anymore."

The 44-year-old added, "I don't want people to pay me to hop around and sweat for their entertainment anymore."

When host Ferrari Simmons asked if he was still planning to "do anything for the PSC"—also known as the Pimp Squad Click, a rap group which T.I. originally helped found in 2001 alongside Big Kuntry King, Young Dro, Mac Boney, C-Rod and AK—the "Whatever You Like" rapper assured Ferrari he had some ideas in mind.

"Of course," he quipped. "I'm going to answer the phone to tell them that I will not be performing."

Luckily Young Dro—who joined his longtime collaborator for the interview—said he was willing to take on T.I.'s performance commitments, joking "I will be picking up all of Tip's shows that he ain't going to. Doing them all."

T.I.'s retirement from performing comes less than a month after he and wife Tiny were awarded $71 million in a trial against toy giant MGA Entertainment.