T.I. Creates Theme Song For Nike ‘Battlegrounds’ Series

September 17th, 2005 | By Administrator

T.I., Hip-Hop’s self-proclaimed “King of the South,” has been tapped to create the theme song for the MTV2 and Nike basketball series ?Nike Battlegrounds: King of the Court.???

The Grand Hustle recording star recently recorded “Battlegrounds: King of the Court,” which will serve as the Nike Battlegrounds theme song. T.I. is also set to perform the theme song during the season finale as the worlds of music and basketball collide.

“Nike Battlegrounds: King of the Court” which airs on MTV2 is a weekly, popular basketball series that searches for the best hometown basketball players in Chicago and New York, creating two teams that will have an eventual face-off in the series finale in the ultimate showdown.

With hosting duties provided by NBA superstar LeBron James, ?Battlegrounds??? documents the lifestyle and stories behind some of the country’s most competitive and passionate basketball players and their raw, competitive desire to be the king of the court.

It has been a fruitful year for T.I. as he continues to make his mark in the Hip-Hop world.

His label imprint, Grand Hustle Entertainment, recently released the sizzling soundtrack to ?Hustle and Flow,??? the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award-winning Hip-Hop drama.

Also, in recent weeks, he personally raised funds for Hurricane Katrina Relief efforts when the platinum artist took to the airwaves on Atlanta’s V-103 FM for more than seven hours and raised over $263,000, with proceeds going to Mississippi-based producer/rapper David Banner’s Heal the Hood Foundation.

T.I.?s song “Battlegrounds: King of the Court,” can be heard on the series premiere of Nike Battlegrounds which debuts on MTV2 Sunday, September 18th at 8pm ET.

In addition, MTV2.com and MTV Overdrive will have all the Nike Battlegrounds episodes on demand immediately following their premiere on MTV2.