{"id":3397,"date":"2026-03-09T19:01:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T19:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/t-i-teases-major-guest-lineup-for-kill-the-king-including-a-dr-dre-appearance\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T19:01:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T19:01:58","slug":"t-i-teases-major-guest-lineup-for-kill-the-king-including-a-dr-dre-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/t-i-teases-major-guest-lineup-for-kill-the-king-including-a-dr-dre-appearance\/","title":{"rendered":"T.I. Teases Major Guest Lineup For \u201cKill The King,\u201d Including A Dr. Dre Appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>T.I. says his forthcoming album, <em>Kill the King<\/em>, will feature a collaboration that connects him with one of hip-hop\u2019s most influential producers. The Atlanta rapper recently confirmed that Dr. Dre contributed a track to the project, bringing together an unexpected lineup that also includes Anderson .Paak and a singer known as Stallone. According to T.I., the record came together through a straightforward exchange that evolved into a full collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Dre blessed me with a record,\u201d T.I. said while discussing the project. \u201cIt happens to have Anderson .Paak on it and a young lady by the name of Stallone. It\u2019s a dope record. It\u2019s called \u2018Where I\u2019m From.\u2019 Dope record.\u201d The rapper described the process as collaborative but efficient, beginning when Dre shared the track and invited him to contribute.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe sent it to me, and I went to the house, and I laid it,\u201d T.I. explained. \u201cAnd then I laid another verse, and I went back.\u201d For him, revisiting a song multiple times is part of the process of refining it. \u201cIt\u2019s always for the best outcome, for the betterment of the record,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m always for someone who I know is dedicated to making the absolute best sh*t we can make.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-t-i-s-kill-the-king-could-mark-the-end-of-an-era\">Why T.I.\u2019s <em>Kill the King<\/em>  Could Mark the End of an Era <\/h2>\n<p>The album itself has been in progress for several years, though a release date has not yet been announced. Earlier this year, T.I. offered a first glimpse of the project with the single \u201cLet \u2019Em Know.\u201d Around the same time, he suggested that <em>Kill the King<\/em> may mark a turning point in his career, describing it as the final album he plans to release before stepping back from music.<\/p>\n<p>The title of the project carries a deeper personal meaning for the rapper. T.I. has long been associated with the phrase \u201cKing of the South,\u201d a nickname that became central to his public identity. Over time, however, he began to reconsider the weight that label carried.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the name, he recalled advice he once received from the OutKast rapper Big Boi. \u201cBig Boi said, \u2018It sounds cool. I like it, but understand when you are king you put a big bullseye on your back.\u2019\u201d The message stuck with him. \u201cLife is a game of chess,\u201d he remembered Big Boi saying. \u201cAnd the name of the game is called Kill The King.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>T.I. says his forthcoming album, Kill the King, will feature a collaboration that connects him with one of hip-hop\u2019s most&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14044,"featured_media":3685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[10,9],"class_list":["post-3397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-rss","tag-culture","tag-hip-hop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14044"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}