T.I. has certainly established himself as a trailblazer in the rap game, but that doesn’t mean all of his children are hip to Hip Hop history.
In a new episode of Complex‘s “GOAT Talk” series, the Atlanta rap legend sat down with his son King Harris to discuss who they consider to be the all-time greats in areas like sports, film and more.
After T.I. read out a question from the pile of cards asking who the G.O.A.T. rapper-turned-actor is, he answered 2Pac — catching his 19-year-old son by surprise.
“2Pac was an actor?! I ain’t know 2Pac was an actor!” King replied in disbelief, prompting his father to angrily point to the door and tell him to “get out.”
“I thought that was a lookalike 2Pac [in Juice],” the teen pleaded, to which Tip replied: “What about when it said Tupac Shakur on the screen? Come on, bruh! What are you talking about? How could you embarrass me like this?!”
King continued to plead his case by pointing out that 2Pac was before his time, but that didn’t seem to win him any leniency from his father.
Things got worse for young Harris when T.I. named Will Smith as another contender for G.O.A.T. rapper-turned-actor, prompting his son to admit that he wasn’t aware that Smith rapped.
After putting his head in his hands, an exasperated Tip was forced to give his son a brief history lesson on The Fresh Prince: “Will Smith won the first Grammy as a rapper! He’s the one that opened the door for rappers to come in and go to the Grammys and stunt, man.”
“I feel like you’re about to tell me Denzel Washington was a rapper,” King replied, getting a laugh out of his otherwise disappointed father.
Watch the clip at the 45-second mark below.
The fun banter between the father-son duo comes just days after T.I. and King appeared to get into an altercation at an Atlanta Falcons game.
The pair were filmed arguing in a luxury suite at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium after King claimed that he had a tough upbringing, which both Tip and his wife Tiny took issue with.
The shouting match eventually turned physical, with the Grand Hustle rapper putting his teen in a headlock while telling him: “You are embarrassing yourself and your family! Boy, you can’t do nothing with me! Ain’t shit you can do with me!”
It appears the pair have since patched things up, with T.I. reaffirming his loyalty to King on Instagram: “Fck what dis internet talkin bout… Da HFamily Tied Like a Knot. We all We Got…4LIFE… Ima RIDE to da heavens or da depths of HELL bout my Jr.& ain’t nothing gon change that.”
