T.I. x Grand Hustle.
Dayam T.I. looks like a midget (no offense) next to Phoenix Suns superstar Amare Stoudmire and WNBA star Lisa Leslie. Amare and company came together this past weekend to celebrate the new business collaboration between T.I.’s label Grand Hustle and Amare’s label Hypocalypto Entertainment.

Under the new business deal, Amare will develop artists under the Hypocalypto name but all promotions, distribution and management will be through T.I. and Grand Hustle. This seems like a much better deal for Amare as past NBA stars have struggled to find a legit place in hip-hop. From Shaq, A.I., Ron Artest even Tony Parker…none have been able to secure a power house industry partner like T.I.

Although T.I. is due to serve his time in the slammer soon, he has been aggresively expanding his Grand Hustle empire. He secured a long term film production deal with Sony Screen Gems, has a MTV reality TV show and now a new partner to expand the record label with. Amare’s artist named Juice will be the first artist under the new collaboration. Via: Sohh

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