"hood accent"?
hood accent is mispronunciations and lack of annunciations on an extreme level. You did not learn that ish in school!
Then people want him to sound like debo if is going to pronounce words properly.
Thin line between accent/bad english. Real thin....Real Thin....
if you're comfortable sounding stupid all the time...then so be it. But ain't nobody decoding your English....especially if you were born in the US.
T.I. sound like a damn Ivy League graduate the way he takes his time to be heard, his annunciation, and lack of using the word "ummm" in between thoughts.
Then you hear his rap voice...in which he tones down the annunciations and deepens his voice