T.I. recently spoke to Hip-Hop Wired and had to lay down the law of the land fresh off of the success of his latest album, Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head.  Has the success of the album as well as the show, The Family Hustle, re-established Tip as the Kang? Well according to him, the crown never went anywhere.

"I mean, I don't even think it's about re-establishing myself as the King of the South," says T.I. "To be honest with you, the fact is "The King Of The South" was a position created by T.I. If T.I. brought this title into fruition only T.I. can give that position away.  If there was a predecessor before who was the King of the South before T.I. and had made that statement and justified it, and I came along and earned that title and it had been passed from someone, fine. But that title was created by T.I," the Kang proclaims.

Although the incredibly confident mogul/rapper knows he's back on top now, he knows that his crown was up for grabs at one point. The fact is, to him, nobody took it.