T.I. and Kodak Black have been going back-and-forth on social media over the past week. It all started when Kodak Black decided to hop on Instagram Live and make comments on how he was going to give Lauren London a year to grieve before shooting his shot. He ended up (kinda) apologizing for his comments but T.I. was still livid that Kodak would make light out of Nipsey Hussle's death. Now, it looks like T.I. 's gone to the booth to address his feud with the Florida rapper. T.I. 's clapback game is on point, as we've seen time and time again in the past. This time, the ATL rapper took to Instagram Live to preview a new song he's been working on. On the track, the rapper seemingly addresses his feud with Kodak Black. "I'm conditioned to see the vision, you/ I don't care if you eight or under twenty-two/ All that back and forth, what you trying to get into?/ I said what I said and I meant it to," he raps on the track. Following his rift with Kodak, the rapper went on to take down a Kodak Black exhibit from the Trap Music Museum in Atlanta. Although Kodak insisted that he didn't give the museum permission to even include him in the exhibit, T.I. explained that he's only going after Kodak Black in such a way because he sees himself in Kodak Black.<doc-sep>Kodak Black is stirring up more controversy with his latest comments. After saying he would romantically pursue Lauren London following Nipsey Hussle’s death, T.I. called him out and told him to apologize. “You out of pocket, ni**a. Fix that shit…quickly, expeditiously,” said Tip. As a result of his disrespectful remarks, his exhibit was removed from T.I.’s Trap Music Museum in Atlanta, prompting Kodak to lash out at the museum. “Fuck that pussy ass museum,” he said. “I ain’t give you permission to put me up anyway.” Now, Kodak is going even further, claiming that T.I. only targeted him because he himself was interested in pursuing Nipsey’s late girlfriend, who is grieving the loss of the 33-year-old rapper. “Dude just wants first dibs on her,” Kodak said repeatedly during an Instagram livestream. “Eat a baby dick,” he added. Following the backlash from his earlier comments, others including The Game also put Kodak on blast for “disrespecting” Nipsey’s legacy, while Power 106 banned Kodak’s music from their radio station. “We stand with the family of Nipsey Hussle and are appalled by the disrespectful and poor comments made by Kodak Black,” tweeted Power 106 DJ Justin Credible. “With that, Power 106 will not support Kodak Black’s music.” REAL 92.3 personality Big Boy also slammed Kodak for his comments, saying that the disrespect won’t be tolerated. “I’m not here for the blatant disrespect and fake ass apologies,” said the radio host. “To disrespect the King Nipsey and The Queen Lauren, is where I draw the line.” Kodak eventually issued an apology over his inflammatory comments, but stopped short of admitting fault. “If I disrespected you Lauren London, in any shape or form, I’m sorry,” he said on Instagram Live. “Even though I didn’t. And rest in peace to [Nipsey].”<doc-sep>T.I. wants the world to know why he continues to take aim at Kodak Black. And, no, it's not because he wants "first dibs" on Lauren London, as Kodak has claimed. First, a bit of background information: Shortly after Nipsey Hussle was fatally shot in South Los Angeles, Kodak Black was filmed making insensitive remarks about London—the late rapper's longtime girlfriend. The "Zeze" rapper said the actress was "finna be a whole widow" and that he would gladly step up to "be the best man I can be for her." "I'll give her a whole year," he said in the footage. "She might need a whole year to be crying and sh** for [Nipsey]." T.I. immediately blasted Kodak for the comments, and issued a stern warning. "Hey, Kodak Black: You outta pocket, n***a. Fix that shit—quickly, expeditiously," Tip said in an Instagram video. "[...] If I see you, I’ma say it to your face. You outta pocket, n***a. Get your motherf***in' self together." Though Kodak went on to issue a half-assed apology to London, he suggested T.I. 's outrage was rooted in competition. The 21-year-old claimed T.I. was only criticizing him because he wanted to get to London first. On Tuesday night, the ATL rapper hit up Instagram Live to explain why he's been going so hard on Kodak in wake of the controversial comments. In a nutshell, T.I. believes Nipsey would do the same for him. "I see myself in this. And I only wanna handle him the way I feel that he would handle me," T.I. said. "That’s it … If a motherf***a were to speak out and say something out of line about my old lady after my untimely demise, I feel like he ain’t just gonna speak up, he gonna pull up." He continued: "I owe [Nipsey] that same respect. I owe him that exact same respect, so I'ma go hard."<doc-sep>T.I. 's stance hasn't changed one bit. The veteran ATL rapper all but pledged his dedication to seeing this Kodak Black feud to the bitter end. He made those feelings known in the following Instagram Live session, where he showed some level of compassion for Kodak Black, but felt it was still his duty to play the surrogate father role he never had in his early 20s. In case you were living under a rock for the past 5 or 6 days, T.I. and Kodak Black have no deep-seated history of turmoil between them. Their feud came to a head a few hours after Kodak made those ill-conceived remarks towards "widow" Lauren London. Paras Griffin/Getty Images To be fair, T.I. wasn't the only public figure to call for Kodak's head in the aftermath of his IG Live session. The remarks cost him a Los Angeles-area boycott of his music, and several other broken bridges, too many to list at once. But when it comes to social commentary, no one has a wider audience than T.I, not even Michael Rapaport who probably comes in a close 4th or 5th in the race. Within a few days, Kodak Black and TIP had already tossed the potato back and forth to no end, leading up to this very moment. In T.I's latest retort, he insists that he "sees himself in this," while assuming a preacher's tongue that he likely picked up after pushing up on the local pastor's wife. "I want to handle him the way he would handle me... and I owe him that same respect, so I'ma go hard," he opined in deference to his old lady, a nod to Tiny Harris and in this instance, Nipsey Hussle's loving relationship with Lauren London.<doc-sep>
Kodak Black sparked a lot of outrage when he said he was going to romantically pursue Lauren London, the girlfriend of the recently deceased Nipsey Hussle. "Hey, Kodak Black: You outta pocket, n***a. Fix that shit—quickly, expeditiously," T.I. said in response to Kodak's insensitive comments. Later, artwork of Kodak was taken down from Tip's Trap Music Museum in Atlanta. Kodak replied by dissing the museum, and now he's said that T.I. had his own interests when it came to dissing Kodak for speaking on Nip's girlfriend. "Dude just wants first dibs on her," Kodak said of T.I. 's reaction to his comments on Lauren London. He repeated himself numerous times during the stream, insisting that T.I. only said what he did because he is interested in Lauren himself. Due to the quality of the video it's difficult to make out the rest of what he says, but he does repeat his favorite insult once again. "Eat a baby dick," he tells Tip. When Kodak first learned that artwork depicting him had been removed from the Trap Museum, he responded, "Fuck that p***y ass museum, bitch. I ain't give y'all permission to put me up there anyway." In response to Kodak's comments about Lauren London, Real 92.3's Big Boy and Power 106 both banned the rapper's music from their stations until he properly apologizes. He previously attempted to say sorry to Lauren, but insisted that he didn't do anything wrong while he apologized. "If I disrespected you Lauren London in any shape or form, I am sorry.... Even though I didn't," he said. Related links: More from Complex