Rapper T.I. Defends Why He Wouldn’t Vote for a Woman President
Dylan Petit-Jaques
Staff Writer
35-year-old Atlanta based hip-hop artist T.I. says he would not cast his ballot for Hilary Clinton in next November’s election.
In an interview with DJ Whoo Kid, the Grand Hustle CEO stated: “Not to be sexist but, I can’t vote for the leader of the free world to be a woman . . . I just know that women make rash decisions emotionally. They make very permanent, cemented decisions – and then later, it’s kind of like it didn’t happen, or they didn’t mean for it to happen. And I sure would hate to just set off a nuke . . . I think you might be able to the Lochness Monster elected before you could [get a woman elected].”
In the same interview, T.I. also expressed his confidence in Donald Trump succeeding as president due to his success in the business world. However, the rapper says he would never cast his ballot for the Billionaire Businessman.
“His racist remarks and all of his off-color statements and all that s**t, it makes it impossible to be completely supportive of him,” said T.I. “But just knowing what he’s done for business for himself, if he intends to do that for America, it would be beneficial. But I can’t cash no vote for him.”
The rapper received negative attention for his inappropriate comments, including backlash from Oprah Winfrey and even his wife Tameka Cottle, commonly know as “Tiny” in the reality TV realms.
When approached by TMZ, billionaire business mogul Oprah Winfrey said,
“Nobody said that, in this day and age…. Well you know what I say to that… Honey Child shut your mouth!”
Tameka “Tiny” Cottle expressed to TMZ that her spouse is “sometimes” sexist.
“I think it was not tasteful. I definitely think I’m not disrespected (by his comments) because I know the man he is,” said Cottle. “He just lives, you know, in the old men take care of woman, chivalry type thing.”
Since then, the famous rapper issued his apology on Twitter: “My comments about women running for president were unequivocally insensitive and wrong. I sincerely apologize to everyone I offended.”
