T.I. angrily articulated that he felt “accosted and basically exploited” by New Birth Missionary Baptist Church’s repeated calls for money during Kanye West’s Sunday service there recently.
Clifford “Tip” Harris Jr., 38, was speaking on his “ExpediTIously” podcast with fellow rapper and activist Killer Mike about the subject.
The pastor of the megachurch, Jamal Bryant, 48, is being denounced by T.I. for using the surprise appearance of Kanye, 42, as an opportunity for a “money grab.”
“Finessed out some money,” said Killer Mike, 44, while laughing during the “ExpediTIously” podcast.
“Jamal [had] already raised the offering,” said T.I. began. “When we sat down there was a whole new agenda. It was like they rung the red bell at the Player’s Club.”
Tip added that he and his wife, Tamika Harris, 44, only attended the service as a show of support for his friend Kanye. But, the King of the South rapper claims he was targeted to give money which has him feeling some kind of way.
“It’s not that I have [anything] against pastors or against preachers so-to-speak,” T.I. explained. “It’s just I’ve been raised in the trenches, and I was taught to peep game. You ain’t finna run no game on me. I will not be extorted.”
When Bryant learned how Tip felt about the situation, the New Birth pastor responded with a lengthy post underneath Tip’s podcast.
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