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New artist, Prince Jamir, shows his love to AKOO Clothing at his album’s release event at the Trump Towers recently. Prince Jamir has just released his debut album titled “My Offering” on Celestial Art Music Label. Lesson learned, people: love AKOO and AKOO loves you back. Here he’s shown wearing the never been seen before AKOO Herringbone Blazer and we gotta say he looks HOT!
Cute guy, cool swagger, great songs too. Check his work at his MySpace and share your thoughts right here: is he fit to be a King Of Oneself? TI must be so proud seeing a young artist on the rise loving AKOO.
Images via AKOOClothingBrand and Prince Jamir’s MySpace
Here’s a rare AKOO moment, taken last year, near the election. Sisters Vanessa and Angela Simmons asked us for their respect in voting and they looked so excited about the fabulous t-shirts!
And although it’s been so LONG since the election, you’ll be happy to know that the AKOO Respect My Vote T-shirt is still up for grabs for only $8.99! We’re seeing this t-shirt as a historic relic that’s a must buy!
Now this is a sentence from DJ Drama about TI that makes fans everywhere wonder: will TI really come home sooner than his supposedly 366 days sentence?
In an interview with Mr. Peter Parker show, DJ Drama revealed that TI will come home ’sooner than later’. Here’s the interview:
DJ Drama stated:
“Nah, I haven’t talked to Tip directly. But I was up at the office the other day and he’s good. There were some rumors going on about some sickness or something that happened at the prison but all that’s false, I know he’s good. He’s getting all the letters people are writing him and everything. Tiny has been up there multiple times even though he says he don’t want nobody to come up and see him. I’m curious though, I definitely wanna know his reaction to the Michael Jackson situation, him passing and even in general you know. You think about all of the people locked up feeling the same way. Tip is good. He’ll be home sooner than later. You know what I mean, get right back to work.”
That’s a pretty bold statement as TI is due to be released in 2010.
Anyway, while waiting for TI’s official release from prison, there’s a good news. TI’s AKOO Clothing Line is on a major discount at DrJays. Here are some of the newest AKOO items on discount:
TI might be away in jail right now, but before he hit the clinker, he participated in a photoshoot for The Source Magazine Power 30 Issue that will hit the newsstands June 16, 2009. Here’s your TI fix of the day.
Tell us what more do you want to see from TI? We’ll dig our archives we’ll search high and low to get your needs. Submit your requests in the comments area and we’ll see if we can find what you’re looking for!
While TI is spending his days at the Arkansas Federal Prison, his fiancé, Tameka “Tiny” Cottle is getting busy with her own gigs and one of them is starring in the BET reality television show with Antonia “Toya” Carter. So if you wanna get a taste of Tiny’s or Toya’s life, be sure to watch out for the show about the “Hot Moms of ATL”.
Before you forget who Tiny is (aside of TI’s longtime fiancé and the mother of his children), we’re gonna refresh your memory. Tameka “Tiny” Cottle is a 90’s singer with the group, Xscape. While Toya, is the ex-wife of rapper Lil Wayne and the mother of his daughter. Talk about the ladies of hip hop royalties.
As we quote from the press release:
“Each episode will give the audience an inside look into Tiny and Toya’s lives. They take us on an exciting rollercoaster ride in search of independence and a quest to set the record straight. We watch them flip the script and create new business ventures of their own. They will be faced with real choices that will potentially change their lives and the lives of those around them forever. We learn why this magnetic and mesmerizing duo won the hearts of T.I. and Lil Wayne, as they win over ours.”
You can see the show’s preview on June 15 and a sneak peek on June 28. The show will premier on BET, June 30 at 10 p.m. We’ll keep you posted. TI looked so hot in that top picture that we think sweaters are in again. So here, we feature the AKOO classic Mascot Sweater.
By now you probably realize how we always associate AKOO Clothing with its owner, TI (who wears them a lot, of course). Well turns out that other celebs -that includes athletes- are also donning AKOO and looking fly. PressPass.TV followed Ian Johnson of Minnesota Vikings and his wife, Chrissy, whom he proposed to after the Broncos’ 43-42 overtime victory in the Fiesta Bowl in 2006, going around New York City a few months back. They stopped at the AKOO office and Ian actually got some free AKOO stuff.
In TI news: We are dreading every single day towards TI’s incarceration. But guess what, the King of the South is asking for his ‘check-in’ date to be postponed. TI is supposed to report by noon Tuesday to the Federal Correction Institution at Forrest City, Arkansas. According to reports, TI asked a court to let him remain free while he looks for a placement in a minimum-security prison near Atlanta. Tip claims that his criminal history was miscalculated by prison officials, due to the fact that his lawyer called a 2003 ’scuffle’ with a mall cop. In the pre-sentencing report, it says that Tip has a “serious history of violence”. So when will the prison date be? The delay is said to be two weeks, but hey, anything can happen. We haven’t really heard about the exact date yet, but we do know that Tip is appearing in yet another farewell concert and after party this Sunday, May 24th, 2009 at Velvet Room, Atlanta.
As we told you earlier, TI headed down to Miami last weekend to attend his farewell party. We got scoop on the invitation, and now we bring you the real deal. Here’s a **super secret** video from the party, courtesy of Gyant.
And here are some pictures from the intimate affair from Sandra Rose.
Looks like everybody obeyed the dress code! Must be a real fun party, although Tip doesn’t seem too thrilled among the bikini-clad girls. Maybe he’s thinkin’ about Tiny, who looked fab, by the way. All the white attires reminded us that TI’s clothing line, AKOO, also carries some real fly white shirts for men. So make sure you stick to the dress code whenever a white party invitation comes up, with this AKOO Rosebud Long Sleeve Woven Shirt.
Prior to entering the clinker, TI shares his thoughts and message to his fans out there. This is his blog post via GlobalGrind.com.
In a few weeks, I will begin a one-year prison sentence for being in the possession of illegal firearms. Where I come from, having a gun is just part of everyday life. But, through this painful process of going to court and being convicted, I realized that I had to make a change. I made some bad decisions. I broke the law and will accept my punishment. With deep reflection about where my life was headed, I have begun the process of redemption, and decided that before I go to prison, I want to speak to young people about responsibility as a lifestyle. I hope that through my mistakes, young people can begin to learn, as I did, that we have to put our guns down and start to give our guns back. It pains me inside to hear about so many of our people dying because of gun violence. Just in the past weeks, a 13-year old boy was shot in the head in Harlem, a 17 and 19-year old were murdered in a double homicide in Queens and a 15 year old was chased, beaten, shot and burned in Chicago.
We will gather today in Harlem, with many mentors and supporters by my side, including Rev. Al Sharpton, Russell Simmons, Kevin Liles, Political Swagger, Mobile Regime and the C.H.A.N.G.E. Initiative to share the message that now is the time. Now is the time to speak out against gun violence. Now is the time to take responsibility for our actions. Now is the time to make our communities safer. Now is the time to support good legislation, like the S.N.U.G. bill in NY. Now is the time to give back our guns. Now is the time for me to lead by example.
We can and we will do better.
-T.I.
We’re so touched on how heartfelt the message is. You know, sometimes we think Tip can’t possibly be that deep because he looks too cool. But lesson learned: you can’t judge a book by its cover. Speaking of cool, check his swagger at the Cleveland Cavaliers and Atlanta Hawks Playoff Game 4 at Philips Arena.
It’s a new never-seen-before AKOO shirt. But it does look a lot like the AKOO Salute Woven Shirt. We think AKOO should definitely produce more short-sleeve shirts.
Our man TI will re-release his album “Paper Trail” with additional new tracks before the year’s end. The rapper claimed that he’s still in the process of picking out songs.
“I’m still in the process of picking the songs, but I’m also still recording. I’m able to record any time, through the best of times and through the worst of times, I’m still able to record. It may change the sort of song you do, but you never can tell. You never know until that moment gets there.”
The project is already confirmed by a rep from Atlantic Records, but no date has been set for it. Guess we’ll just have to wait. Meanwhile, check out this pic of Tip we found in our archive.
TI and DJ Drama
TI posed with DJ Drama, wearing a yet to be available AKOO Polo shirt. You can coppy his swag by copping this AKOO The Natural Polo while waiting for the one Tip’s wearing to drop.
It will only be a month away before our guy T.I. also known by his real name Clifford Harris is sent to prison from his federal gun charges a year ago. And he is indeed asking for someone else’s help and this someone is nothing more than our very own Martha Stewart whom T.I. also just found out that she also served the same sentence as she had. Martha Stewart served five months in prison in 2004 for insider trading.
“Martha, if you can give me some pointers on how to pass my time in prison, I am open,” T.I. told Extra. The “Whatever You Like” and “Live Your Life” hitmaker also adds, “It didn’t hurt Martha Stewart much. We have the same exact sentence, if I’m not mistaken. She’s still doing pretty well for herself… I imagine my musical career would be as good or better than it was when I left.”
After being addressed as to how he felt about his one year sentence in jail, T.I. said that the person he feared the most is God and no one else and that he is ready to put everything behind once he gets out. He also mentioned that he issue has indeed put a significant concern in his mind but as he said, “Nothing that time can’t heal.”
Rapper and actor T.I. will be set to perform a line of concerts before his big day on March 27. Be sure to catch him and several more appearances of his concerts as he tries to take one last bow before he closes the door on this issue and opens up a new and better T.I.
