November 18th, 2008
T.I. Is Expected to Testify at His Best Friend’s Murder Trial
35-year-old Hosea Thomas is accused of killing Philant Johnson in May of 2006.
The incident apparently started with a fight at a Roselawn club where T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, performed. The fight spilled onto I-75.Prosecutors say Thomas and his brother, Padron Thomas, started shooting at the van in which T.I. and his entourage were riding. When the gun battle ended at the Seymour Avenue exit, Johnson was dead and four others in the vehicle were hurt. T.I. was not hit.
Source: Local 12
I got a feeling some people will bring up, “snitchin,” but this has nothing to do with snitchin. T.I. references what took place that night on his latest album, unfortunate for a life to be lost over some minor club beef.
Suggestion Box
November 18th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
FIRRRRRRRSSSSSTTTTT BIIITTTTTTCCCCCCCHHHEEESSS!!!!!!!!
November 18th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
taking the stand and pointing a nigga out isnt snitching??? lol nigel and u wonder why nobody respects you on your own blog
and if you listen to the song “dead and gone” t.i. said it himself if he didnt punch one of the dudes in the face that probably wouldnt have happened…
with that said you punch a nigga in the face…he shoots at you…your homie dies…then you go to court and tell on him…AND THATS NOT SNITCHING????
LMAOOO THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END….
November 18th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
and he should. he’s not in the streets no more u guys.. he’s a regular citizen.. we got to get out of this mindstate we’re in… but this is not a pass 4 all the you-know-who’s to start snitchen
November 18th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
TI IS A DISGRACE TO HIS BOY AND HIS FAMILY
YOU WAIT UNTIL YOUR JAMMED UP BY THE FEDS FOR BUYING ARMY WEAPONS AND FACING 10 YEARS, TO START TELLING ON THE PEOPLE WHO KILLED YOUR MAN. YOU DON’T CARE ABOUT YOUR MAN AND WHO KILLED HIM. YOU ONLY CARE ABOUT GETTING OFF YOUR CASE. IF TI REALLY CARED ABOUT HIS BOY, THEN THE NEXT DAY AFTER THE SHOOTING HE WOULD HAVE WENT AND TOLD THE COPS WHO DID IT.
IF RIGHT AFTER HIS FRIEND GOT KILLED, TI WENT TO THE POLICE TO DO THIS, IT WOULDN’T BE A BIG DEAL. BUT NO, THIS PIECE OF SHIT, ONLY TALKS WHEN HE GOT CAUGHT WITH THEM GUNS.
IF IT WASN’T FOR TI GETTING POPPED BY THE FEDS, HE WOULD HAVE NEVER DONE THIS. SO THAT MEANS HE DON’T CARE FOR HIS MURDERED FRIEND, HE ONLY CARES ABOUT GETTING HIMSELF OUT OF TROUBLE.
YOUR A FUCKIN DISGRACE TO YOUR PHILANT JOHNSON AND HIS FAMILY.
YOUR A SNITCH AND WORSE THAN A SNITCH
November 18th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Co-sign Bk’s Finest.
I couldn’t have said it better myself.
November 18th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
CO SIGN BK FINEST…THATS EXACTLY WHAT THE SITUATION IS!!!
November 18th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
TI is a fuckin snitch…no way around that… and cosign what that nigga BK Finest said too..
November 18th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
you pussy niggas. aint in these streets anyway, so ya opinion on TiP is irrelevant.
November 18th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
fuck all of yall above me T.I.haters!!!!get ya money T.I.king bitches
November 18th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Yall some idiots. Punching someone in the face does not equate to getting shot! I knock you out and you go get a gun???????? In my era, yous a bitch. What would happen is niggas would take your gun just for doing that shit.
November 18th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
i like t.i but he has done alot of suspect things in the past few years!like crime stoppers thing and getting only a year for them guns!i think the real king of the south young jezzy,t.i is the king of snitching now!
November 18th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Cosign BK Finest…TI is showing his true self with this one
November 18th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
bk finest that’s ignorant as hell…how do know he didn’t go to the cops the next day…he’s only testifying now because this is the trial…sometimes murder cases take up to a year or more after the incident before they even go to trial…man you are dumb as hell and looking for any excuse to call him a snitch
November 18th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Im Sorry But That Nigga Is A Hypocrit!!!!!
Its the right thing to do true, but he’s the one rapping about ‘fuck snitches’ and all that bullshit!
November 18th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
but the thing is ti started it at the nightclub with those niggas. he said he hit one of them. and it was a biog club fight. and he thought he could just write those dudes off because he is a supersatr butt hey felt they had been tried so they came back busting. so it really started with him. on 400 Degreez Juvenile said” if you made the beef nigga then why is you scared, if you mind yo fucking business then yo life would be spared” which means dont start shit wont be shit. so this in my book is snitching!
November 18th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Nigel just ban ignorant niggas off yo blog…these cats starting to get worse than them lames on worldstarhiphop…or just dont put up nomore TI shit that got to do with real life situations, you see niggas cant comprehend shit!
November 18th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
#12 because if you paid attention to the headlines mysteriously after ti got locked up on his charges they all of a sudden found philant’s killer the next week. that is a hell of a coincidence
November 18th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
you gotta do what you gotta do right TI?ok then go jump off a bridge.i cant believe rappers aint saying shit about this except for shawty lo,50 and mysonne.blatant snitching at its finest right here.
November 18th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
ur feeling is right……He a SNITCh!
November 18th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Ya’ll are a bunch of bitchass. HR AINT NEVER SNITCH DUMBASS!!!! GET SHITTY LO DICK OUTTA YA MOUTH. IF YA FAMILY OR BEST FRIEND GET SHOT YOU AINT GONNA CALL DA POPO?!? DAT AINT SNITCHING DUMBASS!!! ITS DOING THE RIGHT THING!!!! WHY DONT YA’LL DUMBASSES GET YA EDUCATION BEFORE YOU START TALKING SHIT DUMBFUCKS!!!
November 18th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
When u niggaz read tha title y’all couldn’t wait to say he snitchin’ what you stupid ass niggaz who never been locked up don’t realize is tha Murder case is a dam state case it has nothin’ to do with his federal charges u niggaz act like T.I. knew them niggaz by name and knew where to find them and furthermore if T.I. really a snitch then it will come out in the trial that he a informant(cooperating witness).And then the whole world will know if he snitched or not!!!!But if he did snitch it’s public record now in his Fed case!!!!
November 18th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
YEA AND THATS ALSO TRUE THEY DIDNT FIND THE KILLERS TILL T.I. GOT LOCKED UP..WHICH WAS ATLEAST A YEAR AFTER IT HAPPENED.. I WONDER WHY??
November 18th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
REALTALK YOUR A FUCKIN LAMEEEE!!!!!!.
IF YOU THINK THATS NOT SNITCHIN WHAT THE FU@K IS. T.I IS SO FUCKIN OVERRATED ITS CRAZY. BITCH A NIGGA.
November 18th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
real talk if my best friend got killed ima give that muthafuka up….fuk that pussys these days usin guns and shit fuk that u take a muthafukas life that happens to be my friend ur gone homie thats fuked up i would never take no mans life for stupid shit..fuck that….to make it clear stop the guns and fist up if u have a problem
November 18th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
ti y snitch handle it n the street bitch u kno who killed ya so called best friend or bodygaurd n u aint do nothn to him or his people I SMELL PUSSYYYYYY
November 18th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
to BK’S FINEST: IF UR HOMIE GETS MURDERED & YOU OR SOMEBODY U HIRE TO RETALIATE DOESN’T GET THE JOB DONE, THEN COPS FIND THE KILLER, EXPLAIN WHAT THE FUCK ELSE CAN U DO BUT TESTIFY STUPID PRICK. IF PHILANT’S FAMILY IS AN HONORABLE ONE THEN THEY RESPECT THE FACT THAT T.I CARES ENOUGH TO DO THAT. IF THEY (GRAND HUSTLE) COULDN’T TOUCH THOSE FOOLS BY NOW, THEY NEVER WILL.
November 18th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
I guess this is one reason why Tip needed all them guns.
that story sounds like a scene out of a damn movie…gunfight on I-75, WTF???
November 18th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Quit all that snitch labelin. You dudes are some lames if you think that T.I. is a snitch for testifying for his friend getting murdered. After your closest partner gets killed…who the fuck is gonna go right to the Police??? None of ya’ll would so shut the fuck up. All types of shit is gonna be goin through your mind…we human beings at the end of the day. Wise the fuck up man.
November 18th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
well i aim not a thug and i have nevr proclaimed to be a thug so those codes and rules dont apply to me. ti on the other hand raps about the life he supposedly leads. than his “life” is put in question and he has to really live his words and all of a sudden he changes up and i’m a hater because i held another man to his word? dont talk that shit if you dont live it. but me if that happen i would do the same thing. but if you asked ti 2 years ago he would say he would never say anything to anybody. and that is the difference
November 19th, 2008 at 12:08 am
All you people who think T.I. “snitched” are FUCKING IDIOTS!….First of all do y’all really think the feds give a fuck about T.I.’s friend??…enough to give T.I. a deal??….T.I. is the “big fish” in all of this and they already got him. They have NO reason to strike up a deal for this other dude who most of us don’t even know the name of.
I don’t give a fuck what y’all niggas say on these blogs…Every single person should WANT to go to the police if they know who killed their friend or family member (especially if they died in your arms)….
I thought the whole point of the “no snitchin” thing was because you were supposed to handle the situation on your own…Ok fine… but T.I. is in an entirely different world than what he used to live in when he was selling drugs and going to jail the first couple times…How can you expect someone making millions of dollars a year, known throughout the world to be able to take matters into his own hands…The ONLY way for his friend to get justice is to go to the police otherwise that shit would just come back on him….And he got A LOT more to lose than the rest of us combined.
November 19th, 2008 at 12:52 am
who ever says this is not snitching doesnt know what snitching is. ti is a snitch
November 19th, 2008 at 8:52 am
ALL you niggas is fake if you would let ur man get killed, get burners to get back at the niggas who killed him, then U get caught and get in trouble for them and then have a chance to bring the niggas to justice since U can’t do it urself and don’t
November 19th, 2008 at 9:33 am
ummmm….u guys r silly….he was a primary witness in this case….he has to testify or he would get some time for doin dumb shit like saying “i dont know what happend that night i wasn’t there”…thats the movie shit that got lil kim dumb ass locked up….all TI is going to do is tell what story of what happend that night….he does not know who pulled the trigger that killed his friend there is no way he can know who pulled the trigger….and for those of u saying ti didnt care about his boy…what do u think all those gunz was for????? “You aint ready…you dont know…what we carry…what we tote…youll get buried…on da low…on da real this aint what you want my nigga…”" yeeeaaahhh TI fuck these hatin ass niggaz they dont know shit about shit they jus internet bloggin..
November 19th, 2008 at 9:52 am
i keep telling yall stay away from dat man
November 19th, 2008 at 10:27 am
If thats his boy, he owes it to his boys family. It comes down to whats more important, your reputation or your best friend.
Every nigga on the web live by the code: As long as its not happening to me keep tellin them what I would do.
November 19th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Man yall cats are dumb bruh…its not snitchin, i dont care what none of yall fake internet blog site dudes say…why are yall even on here commenting on TI? shouldnt yall be putting in work somewhere robbin and killin people in yall community, ya know keepin it straight hood!!…all the hood niggas i know could careless about TI and a blog site…yall are lame!!
November 19th, 2008 at 11:20 am
And can somebody tell me on what song on all of TI albums did he say “If my best friend get killed, and die in my arms in ohio, im not gonna tell the police if asked to testify on the events that occured…imma what a year and half buy some guns in Atl though,just because im gettin death threats…oh and if I get caught, im not gonna even testify in court if the police do their job and find the guys that killed my potna, because thats not G, thats snitchin and you know i gotta please the hood and keep it real and not look out for the people I employ or my family that really care about me”….what track was that own folks…Im Serious, Trap Musik…I got those I aint hear him say that though…somebody tell me where i can hear TIP spit that shit
November 19th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Aye yall, TIP’s been my favorite rapper since he put out Dope Boy’s. Yeah What he’s doing is kinda going against what his words have said before in his earlier CD’s. But the real talk is that he’s out of that. And he only says these words to sell and make money. I came from the hood and thanks to basketball im in a good school and working my way up. And his way of making it up is music. So you cant say shit unless your really in his position where you have so much to lose over something so small. (the gun charges not the murder)
November 19th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
u guys are funny. rappers are just actors, u take this shit way to literal. hes doing what he has to do to make money and stay out of prison. unlike most of you he has a real job! with a real family he has to take care of. hes not gunna let his family grow up without a father wen he can prevent it. why dont you guys stop worrying about other peoples lives and take care of your own. thats the problem with the U.S.A, celebrities are more important to you guys than your own lives. just live your own life and better yourself.
November 19th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
yall niggas trippin wit that snitchin shit, if u seen yo best friend die in front of u, and u knew who did it, u wouldnt tell? so u just gon let ur friend die, and the murderer get a pass? smh, in certain situations u shouldnt snitch, but not this one.
November 19th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
THE POINT OF THE MATTER IS THAT TI IS GANGSTA ON RECORD SO U HAVE TO KEEP THAT IMAGE AND THATS WHERE HE FUCKED UP.
November 19th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
#40 IN TI’S CASE NO U DONT GO TO THE POLICE YOU GET REVENGE.BECAUSE THATS HOWSTREET CATS HANDLE THOSE SITUATIONS
November 19th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
aiyo Vest so the last time ya friend got popped…you rode on dem fools that murked him right?!?…man all street dudes cant be that dumb i refuse to believe that they would let any of you clowns on this blog site be the hood spokesperson…maybe its a up north thing…but down south cats will ride for they potna that got murked but they have nothing to lose, if they really in the hood like that….news flash clifford harris is not, if he knew these dudes why he just didnt put a hit out and be down with it…its freakin cincinatti, dudes coulda been got hit!
November 19th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
How can T.I. look his friend’s family in the face and say (i can’t testify cause everybody gone say i’m snitchin’)How he gone be able to call that man a friend after that and why do he need 2 be so loyal 2 tha niggaz that killed his friend what if that was your brother or mother or sister and every nigga sayin’ he snitched i bet they never been 2 prison b4 cause common sense tell u tha feds don’t care about a dan stae case how many times people we knew got killed in tha hood and tha Feds investigate uhh…..Never!!!!
November 19th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
LOLOLOL… and 50 is accused of being a snitch for the song Ghetto Quran… TI is the real snitch, he went and got all them guns becuase he thought them niggas was gonna come afer him, he gets smacked the Feds and them dudes who killed his boy gets caught a week later, coincidence, i think not. TI looking worse then RAWSE.
November 20th, 2008 at 12:03 am
Let’s be real saying T.I. snitched is saying he knew tha Killer or Killers personally ,If that’s tha case u niggaz in fantasy land this man got all thoses businesses he got Grand Hustle he got shows, concerts ,clothes etc. and after all that he got a family how was he gone find tha time to ride to Cincinnati 4 some niggaz come u dumb muthafuckaz he a dam millionaire ,That 3 million he paid in bond money could have easily went into a Cincinnati goon’s wallet 4 a hit and them niggaz could have been knocked off just that easy!!
November 20th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
There is a major difference between Witness and Snitch. Witnesses tells what they witness with no expectation of leniency or other favors.
December 16th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
“you aint ready, you dont know, what we carry, IN OUR COAT, you’ll get buried, on the low
March 28th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Y’ALL AINT DOIN NOTHIN FOR YOUR HOOD AND YOU WANNA COME OUT YOUR MOUTH ABOUT A DUDE WHO IS DOIN SOMETHING TO STOP THE VIOLENCE??!? It’s GOTTA start somewhere! If everybody takes the attitude that “I’m not tellin the police NOTHIN” then HOW is the streets EVER gonna get better? Everybody’s quick to complain about the streets and how they aint have opportunitys in life but when somebody steps up to change the situation, he’s wrong. If half the people had the COURAGE T.I. has to stand up in court and say “There he is, the m%%@# F%$### that shot my friend” Then maybe things would turnaround. Stop being part of the problem and try to be part of the solution.