Rapper T.I. and wife Tiny‘s son King Harris was arrested he revealed on social media, amidst backlash from fans on Instagram, who called out the teen for “trying to be gangsta.”
On Wednesday evening, a mugshot began circulating online of King Harris, 18, with his companion in a followup video revealing they received a violation for not wearing a seatbelt, according to AllHipHop.
Harris, who apparently has already been released from custody, posted a video on IG after his arrest saying “everybody that say n***** tryna be gangsta. I ain’t ask for the police to pull me over, y’all b******* a** n*****.”
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“I Ain’t Ask For The Police To Pull Me Over,” Son Of T.I And Tiny Says After Arrest
“Everybody that say n***** tryna be gangsta. I ain’t ask for the police to pull me over, y’all b******* a** n*****,” Harris wrote on IG after his arrest. “I’m bacc. F*** 12!! A lil minor set bacc fa a major come bacc,” he followed up in a separate Instagram post, accompanied by a photo of him putting up a middle finger.
The son of hip hop and reality TV royalty Tip Harris (T.I.) and Tameka Harris shot back at critics and seemed to brush the arrest aside in a separate ID post: “I’m bacc. F*** 12!! A lil minor set bacc (for) a major come bacc,” he stated, accompanied by a photo of him putting up a middle finger.
Commenters Call Out “Privileged” Son Of Hip Hop And Reality TV Royalty For “Trying To Be Gangsta”
Commenters did not hesitate to call Harris out for his “privileged” upbringing, with one user telling the teen “bro, chill, you’re PRIVILEGED. (Not) that there’s anything wrong with that.”
“You’re PRIVILEGED bro chill, it’s nothing wrong with that,” one user wrote. “Boy, you is a suburban kid,” a second opined.
Another commenter noted “he wanna be “gangsta” so bad.” A third wrote “boy, you is a suburban kid.”
“He wanna be “gangsta” so bad 😂” one person said of Harris. “He a privilege kid that wanna be hard & know he can get away because he got money behind him,” another commenter wrote.
A different commenter added that the teen “knows he can get away because he got money behind him.”
King Harris Comes From Money, Parents’ Net Worths Show
Harris father has a net worth of $50 million, according to AfroTech, and Tiny holds up pretty well herself with an estimated net worth between $3 million and $5 million, per Celebrity Net Worth.
The teen has previously appeared on his parent’s VH1 reality series “T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle,” and has over 750,000 followers on his the_next_king10 Instagram account.
He has also released music under the rap name Kid Saiyan.
While there is still no word yet on why King was arrested, he has reportedly already bonded out. The teen just celebrated his 18th birthday last week on August 25.
