"What Up, What's Haapnin'" is a song by American rapper T.I., released on September 2, 2008, as the fifth single from his sixth studio album ''

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'' (2008). The song, which was produced by high-profile American record producer

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, is a

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directed towards fellow Atlanta-based rapper

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, in response to his multiple accusations that T.I. is not from his hometown of Bankhead.Evan Serpick (May 5, 2008)
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''Rolling Stone''. Accessed May 6, 2008. The song peaked at 84 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and at number 97 on the

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chart, when it first leaked online. The video had made its way to iTunes, BET's 106 & Park, and MTV.

Music video

The

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for this track premiered on Streetcred.com on September 12, 2008. It was officially released for download on iTunes on September 16, 2008. The video, directed by Kai Crawford, was filmed in Shawty Lo’s neighborhood. Towards the end of the video T.I. and others can be seen mocking Lo by doing the dance that accompanied his single " Dey Know".T.I. @ Shawty Lo's house.
Accessed August 25, 2008. The video includes

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s from

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and Future, as well as a relatively unknown

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, who at the time had just signed to T.I.‘s

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label.

Track listing

;Digital single

Other versions

*T.I. feat.

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- "What Up" *T.I. feat.

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- "That Ain't It (Uhh Uhh)"

Chart positions

References

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