Tip and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Cottle hosted a luncheon for their foundation “For the Love of Our Fathers,” which raises money for disease research and offers relief to caregivers. Tiny’s father has the disease and T.I. said his father and grandmother also had the disease when they passed.

“It’s very, very personally close to our family,” Tip told the AP. “And while I was, you know, while I was going through my … period of hiatus, Tameka had the idea of … starting this foundation. And I thought it was an outstanding idea.”

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"I think just being firm and being men of our word is what that's about at the end of the day," Ross said last week in L.A. during VMA weekend about supporting Tip. "Once you become an ally and a partner, you anticipate the ups and the downs. You gotta be a soldier. The shoe is gonna be on the other foot, either way it goes, when you getting money in the streets, period. Just being G's, man. It is what it is, man. A lot of times, these situations be blown out of proportion and made into a lot bigger than what they are." - MTV.com