The number one rule of Hustle, above all others, is that under no circumstances do you A.) leave money on the table and/or B.) do anything proactive to your success. As successful as Clifford has been so far, he still seems predisposed to the idiocy of the environment around him. I won’t say “the environment that he used to be in” because it’s obvious it hasn’t changed. That kind of paper demands that you leave the guns, the drugs and (to some extent) the loose women alone. Those are things that can be difficult to trade, especially if you’re getting only more of those because of your status. Man look, when I’m looking at M’s on my statement you’d best believe all the ‘hood politics in the world have nothing to do with me. This should have been clear to Tip a long time ago so the question really is, why is T.I. messing with his money?

Keeping the image he came in with…

There’s a continuity that you as an entertainer is expected to keep up, even in the midst of trying on a new personage. “Being real” means staying true to that and for the most part, I’m all for it. When it comes to the tough guy drug dealer element, I’m cool on it. When you’re not making any money from music, I can almost kind of see it being okay but once you cross that threshold into stardom, the foolishness must cease.

He’s really like that…

Back when he was beefing with Lil’ Flip and then Shawty Lo it came out that we went to a decent school and did fairly well there. That’s not in itself something to celebrate as we all should be… To Read The Rest Visit AmbitionIsSexy.com