"What Up, What's Haapnin'" is a song by American rapper

T.I. Clifford Joseph Harris Jr. (born September 25, 1980), known professionally as T.I. or Tip, is an American rapper and singer raised in Atlanta, Georgia. Harris is credited as a pioneer of the hip hop subgenre trap music, along with fellow Georgi ...

, 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

Shawty Lo Carlos Rico Walker (March 22, 1976 – September 21, 2016), better known as Shawty Lo, was an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. He initially came to prominence as a founding member of the Southern hip hop group D4L, and in 2000 founded D ...

, in response to his multiple accusations that T.I. is not from his hometown of Bankhead.Evan Serpick (May 5, 2008)
T.I. Talks Going to Jail, Previews Tracks From New Album
''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

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, 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.

Young Jeezy Jay Wayne Jenkins (born September 28, 1977), known by his stage name Jeezy (or Young Jeezy), is an American rapper. He is credited, alongside fellow Georgia-based rappers T.I. and Gucci Mane, with pioneering the hip hop subgenre trap music fo ...

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

Chart positions

References

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