It looks like rapper T.I. and comedian Lauren Knight haven’t buried the hatchet in new details. After reports of their hostile exchange during Open Mic Night at Our Bar ATL, it seemed the two were cool until Knight posted to Instagram about what happened after.
As previously reported, comedian Lauren Knight brought up the recent sexual allegations of Tip and his wife Tiny, and T.I. wasn’t having it.
Though it seemed the two left off on okay terms, Knight said that she didn’t believe the allegations in the first place. On Tuesday night, she addressed it all on Instagram, and T.I. responded.
In the video, she says that T.I. showed up for the show when it was nearly over, delivering a 30-minute set. After his set, she returned to host, and that’s when T.I. kept heckling her.
“I’m talking about marriage and shit [and] he keeps cutting me off, telling me to ‘shut the fuck,’ calling me all kinds of bitches—heckling me,” she claimed. “So, I’m like, ‘Alright, c’mon. Stop playing with me. It’s crazy like you keep going, and I can’t say nothing to you.”
Once he kept asking her to take her wig off, she decided to fire back by bringing up the sexual abuse allegations.
“I said, ‘Alright, I’ll take my wig off when you speak on the allegations. Nobody was tight except for him. Nobody called him a rapist. I responded to him telling me—in a room full of people—to rip my wig off and made a joke just like he did. So if you gotta problem with it, not mine.”
T.I. responded, insisting he never called her a b*tch and said he would give a million dollars if she did. And she provided proof that he did.Â
“See, it went from something simple that should’ve got squashed and settled to this man using his platform to lie on me to justify some bullshit. Everybody is tripping. I just wanna do comedy. @troubleman31 run me my million,” she captioned the post. “We ended on a positive note now you lying and saying shit to weaponize your fan base and THAT I’m not here for. Idgaf about how y’all feel I’m here for the truth. I’m getting death threats and harassed cause a n***a wanna lie. That’s lame as hell. This shit is aggy and most importantly I have no reason to lie.”
Though T.I. didn’t address whether or not he called her a b*tch after she presented the receipts, he did try to smooth it over by promoting her work.Â
“I’ve said from my entrance into the world of comedy that I intend to use my light to shine on others,” he wrote in his caption. “To bring awareness to those who also have love and respect for the art form. In the spirit of that…Everyone I’d like to introduce you to @sheslaurenk she’s a young up & coming comic on the scene in Atlanta check her out. She’s a young black women fighting to use her voice for laughter & I understand that may take us down dark roads at times but there’s always an opportunity to find a beacon of light & produce a positive outcome. As i say all the time…all ships rise with the high tide.”
He concluded, “May she use whatever fame & notoriety she receives for good,” he concluded. “I wish you the best & hope you bring the world more joy & laughter with the light you receive. I’ve done my part here…moving on. Love & Respect.”
