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Folks Blast T.I. For Clowning Safaree Over Robbery That Left Him Shaken

Posted byBy Kiersten Willis | Published on: | Updated on June 28, 2018 CommentsComments (0)

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T.I. apparently wasn’t feeling sorry for Safaree Samuels after he tearfully recounted an alleged gunpoint robbery on a radio show recently.

“A couple of hours ago, I just got robbed,” he explains during a Monday, April 2 taping of  “The Angie Martinez Show,” choking back tears. “Two dudes with guns just ran up on me. Made me face down on the floor with a gun to my head. Just took everything.”

The “Love & Hip Hop” star later posted a series of tweets explaining his sadness over the robbery that Billboard magazine reported resulted in $183,000 stolen in money and jewelry.

But one person who wasn’t feeling sympathetic toward the rapper is T.I. He simply wrote in Instagram comments, “Cold world… get a sweater.”

ti cold world The response didn’t sit well with many, however. Folks blasted him left and right for being so heartless.

“T.I. a b—-,” someone tweeted. “How you gone say that to Safaree? Disgusting.”

“Nah T.I. really is a lame tho lmao let Gucci punk him, became a snitch, let Tiny cheat on him 🤢, tried to embarrass a man he call his brother on social media, now tryna clown Safaree lmao who is this n—-.”

“What?! You’re ignorant af 🤨” someone said on Instagram.

“What if it was one of his sons?” another asked.

“Let men be vulnerable!” someone else said. “They are HUMAN. No more toxic masculinity.”

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