T.I. Receives Atlanta Award For Community Efforts & Philanthropy

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T.I.: A Night Celebrating 20 Years Of Trap Muzik With The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
ATLANTA, GEORGIA - DECEMBER 28: T.I. attends a night celebrating 20 years of Trap Muzik with The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at Atlanta Symphony Hall on December 28, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Nykieria Chaney/Getty Images)
The Phoenix Award is considered the city's "highest honor," and the trap pioneer expressed gratitude for this recognition.

T.I. just received the city of Atlanta's "highest honor" for his community-based, philanthropic, and humanitarian endeavors: the Phoenix Award. Moreover, he celebrated alongside Mayor Andre Dickens, former Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Senator Raphael Warnock, and Phillana Williams, who presented this to him onstage. This was on Friday (December 29), and followed the trap pioneer's second show at the Atlanta Symphony Hall to commemorate Trap Muzik's 20-year anniversary. In addition to his extracurricular work, this award also points to his indelible musical contributions and what he represents for the city and the culture. In a statement to HipHopDX, Tip expressed gratitude for this achievement and called to his roots and main motivators in his career.

"Humbly honored for us to have received this highest honor by Mayor Andre Dickens and the City of Atlanta," T.I. expressed. "Dis is for Trap Muzik, 20 years later. Happy to have shared this illustrious moment wit my wife and the rest of my family, along wit da people in da City." While the Harris family is dealing with some legal trouble and sexual assault accusations at press time, it's heartening to see they were able to bask in this occasion and enjoy it.

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Furthermore, this accolade arrives just as T.I.'s kids are forming their own career paths and following in his magnanimous footsteps. For example, his daughter Heiress recently had her radio debut, which he was of course very proud of and ecstatic to shout out and praise. In fact, the father-daughter duo recently performed one of his hits, "Live Your Life," which was a nice full-circle moment to witness amid a creative surge. Hopefully there's more to come in that regard down the road, because it's always very interesting for us as fans to see these peeks into their dynamics through their art and expression.

Meanwhile, that bond isn't perfect, but neither is any family unit's, especially one so overtaken by media coverage and social media scrutiny. All we know for sure is that the 43-year-old should be lauded for his work, a journey that's far from over yet. We're sure that 2024 will hold more great things and hopefully some clarifying accountability when it comes to his and Tiny's accusations. For more news and the latest updates on T.I., check back in with HNHH.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.
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