T.I. is known as the King of the South—but once upon a time, he was just a little kid who wanted to hear dirty words. In this episode, he tells us how he tricked his grandma into buying him the raunchiest, most controversial hip hop album of the 80s. Plus more stories about growing up in Atlanta, falling in love with hip hop, and writing his very first verse.

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