EXCLUSIVE: Last week, actor and rapper Tip “TI” Harris and his wife, Tameka “Tiny” Harris, stars of the successful VH1 reality show TI and Tiny: Friends & Family Hustle, faced a range of sexual abuse charges, including trafficking, drugs and coercion of women. The pair denied “in the strongest possible way the blatantly shocking accusations”, threatening possible legal action against the accuser.
With the subject still ongoing, filming in TI and Tiny: Friends & Family Hustle was put on hold. The show was recording its fourth season in Atlanta since December.
“We are aware of the allegations and, although they are not connected to our program, we have contacted TI and Tameka Harris, as well as local and state officials,” an MTV Entertainment spokesman said in a statement to Deadline. “Given the seriousness of the complaints, we decided to suspend production for more information.”
According to sources, the decision to pause production was made mutually by MTV Entertainment, TI and Tameka Harris. I heard that plans previously announced for the fourth season premiere in the spring are also on hold.
TI and Tiny: Friends & Family Hustle comes from 51 Minds Entertainment. Its fourth season chronicles TI and Tiny living the pandemic thinking with their family, becoming grandparents, celebrating their 10th birthday and embarking on philanthropic ventures, TI reaching 40, releasing his latest album and becoming a teacher at Clark Atlanta University, giving a course in “Business of Trap Music”, as well as executive production of a new Tiny talk show.