T.I.已经离开了Atlantic Records唱片，现在他是自由人，许多唱片公司都想签下Tip，包括之前报道的Universal和Sony, Dr.Dre代表的Interscope, Jay-Z的Roc Nation等。

现在Tip发话了，如果要签他，先拿出$5000万-6000万美元，合约3亿-3.5亿多元，再坐下来谈。

Tip说他现在已经独立了：

“I am currently a free agent,..Everything’s coming out my pockets. Y’all do me all the favors you want to. [laughs] There’s nothing wrong with a helping hand. [laughs] You know what the problem is, nobody wants to pay fair market value. I done went into all the distribution houses, the Sony’s, the Universal’s and the Warner’s of the world and it’s across the board. The consensus is pretty much unanimous, they want to be in business, they just don’t want to pay to be in business. And so I’ma tell you like this — you might be able to catch you knows who’s out of you knows where but you ain’t gonna be able to get no ‘King’ on your roster, man or anything less than eight-figures. I’m just gonna tell everybody, let that be a message to you. I can nickel and dime myself to where I’m going. …

T.I.举办他的Hustle Gang的Mixtape G.D.O.D.发布Party (视频)

Tip说：他旗下有8个业务，书，演唱会，唱片，电影，电视节目，服装和时尚，科技。要全拿下8个业务，要花5-6千万美元，如果想要1-2个业务，拿出1200或1500万美元，我们再坐下来谈。

You got the recording industry, publishing, you got touring, you got merch, you got film, you got television, you got fashion, you know what I’m saying? Technology. That’s eight areas of business, right now currently, that I’m generating streams of revenue from. If you feel like you want to participate in all eight of those things, it’s going to cost you about 50, 60 million [dollars]. But if you only want one or two of those things, then come to the table with 12 or 15 [million dollars], we can talk about that too.”

T.I.的Hustle Gang联合Mixtape G.D.O.D.发布 (20首歌曲下载)

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