T.I. is a GRAMMY Award-winning recording artist who has left an indelible mark on the world of music and pop culture. Having sold over 10 million albums in the US alone, T.I. remains an influential figure in the world of music and entertainment. He is the founding executive of Grand Hustle Records and the owner of two successful urban clothing brands, Akoo and Hustle Gang. In 2016, T.I. became an artist-owner of the global streaming service, TIDAL, alongside Jay Z, Beyonce’, Rihanna and others.

T.I. has also become an activist and dominant force in social issues around race relations, civil and human rights. In response to mass inequality and the murders of unarmed Black citizens, T.I. began his Us or Else movement where he penned a thought-provoking series of op-Eds in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Huffington Post, a socially charged album entitled Us or Else: Letter to the System, followed by a provocative short film.