Comedy is for everybody and no one should be gatekept from it by some invincible force. Y'all are starting to sound like Joe Rogan and all his fascist minions pretending like they're some type of comedy royalty.
Literally every tribe in the planet has had comedy as a cultural artform for thousands of years. Fukk all this 'genuine commitment to the artform'. TIP can and should do whatever he wants.
Would you say the same about Hip-hop?
I'm fine with gatekeeping. TI is going to make his money regardless so it doesn't matter but there shouldn't be a problem with standup comedians having issues with celebrities parlaying their fame into standup comedy.
The crowd wasn't earned. There there because of who you are.
Much like hip-hop, it doesn't matter because he will make his money and the percentage of people who actually care about the gatekeeping shyt is small.
Nobody is stopping him from making money, but the criticism is valid and he isn't the first celebrity turned standup comedian to get this critique.
I don't follow Joe Rogan but if he did call out TI he's a hypocrite because a failing UFC fighter turned into a failed standup comedian all thanks to Joe.