T.I. is the kind of guy who wants everyone to believe that he’s vastly intelligent outside of music, though we have no proof of this — with the exception of an unabashed addiction to his pocket thesaurus. Unfortunately, Tip wasn’t studying his “Word of the Day” booklet when he sat down for an interview with DJ Whoo Kidd, and proceeded to make some pretty ignorant statements.
The foreman of Grand Hustle weighed in on the 2016 election with non-scientific proof as to why a woman can’t be president of the “Free World.” It’s important to note that as a convicted felon, T.I.’s probably can’t even vote, but if he could, he definitely wouldn’t be supporting Hillary Clinton — a woman who has the nerve to believe that she could actually be commander in chief.
After Twitter dragged Tip for his comments, and he countered with an obligatory apology, we decided to do some research to see if he was actually right. Sure women have given birth to every male president that ever lived (a woman gave birth to T.I. as well), but that doesn’t mean a woman can actually run a country.
With so much emotion pumping through a woman’s veins at any given moment, and her inability to make nothing but rash decisions (typically through tears, because all women do is cry) how on earth could she lead a nation?
Hip-Hop Wired set out to answer this burning question, and what we found was mind-boggling. Oddly enough, there are several woman who held presidential office in countries all over the world.
Meanwhile, T.I. is the same person who caped harder for Iggy Azalea than his own wife, so we shouldn’t expect much from him in the area of good decision-making. Be that as it may, Tip is also father to two daughters, and an obvious ladies man because he has five biological children with three different women. With so much estrogen circling around him, it’s important for his daughters to know that regardless of the sexist limitations laid out by their own father, they have career options outside of the entertainment industry. Furthermore, women are not emotional and unintelligent objects looking for male guidance, as T.I. would have you believe. And for his youngest daughter, who has yet to choose a career path, she can be whatever she wants — maybe even president.
Hit the flip for 12 women presidents T.I. didn’t know existed.
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Ellen Jonhson Sirleaf
Current president of Liberia elected in 2005. Sirleaf made history in 2006 when she was sworn in as Africa’s first elected female head of state, and the world’s first elected Black female president.
Joyce Banda
Joyce Banda became the first female president of Malawi in 2012, following the death of president Bingu wa Mutharika. The educator and women’s right activist, held office from 2012- 2014.
Isabel Martínez de Perón
In 1974, Isabel Martínez de Perón went from Vice President and First Lady of Argentina, to the country’s first female president after her husband’s death. She held office until 1976.
Vigdis Finnbogadottir
Vigdis Finnbogadottir was the first woman to become president in Iceland and Europe. She was president of Iceland from 1980—1996.
**Editor’s note: How could a woman actually be qualified to run an entire country for 16 full years? Pure craziness.
Corazon Aquino
As president of the Philippines from 1986—1992, Corazon Aquino was the first woman to hold the position in her country, and Asia as a whole. She passed away in 2009 at the age of 76.
Violeta Chamorro
Violeta Chamorro was president of Nicaragua from 1990—1997. She stands as the country’s first and only female president, and is best known for bringing and end to the Contra War against the Nicaraguan government.
Chandrika Kumaratunga
Chandrika Kumaratunga became president of Sri Lanka in 1994 and survived several assassination attempts during her tenure, which ended in 2005. The now 70-year-old ex-president comes from a long like of politicians, as her mother and father both served as Prime Ministers of Shri Lanka.
Janet Jagan
Janet Jagan was the first woman to become prime minister of Guyana, before becoming the country’s first female president . She held office from 1997- 1999.
Mireya Moscoso
President of Panama from 1999- 2004. Mireya Moscoso narrowly defeated candidate Martín Torrijos making her the first woman to become president in the country.
Gloria Macapagal—Arroyo
Gloria Macapagla became the second female president of the Philippines after Corazon Aquino. She held office from 2001-2010.
Megawati Sukarnoputri
Megawati Sukarnoputri was president of Indonesia from 2001— 2004. In addition, Sukarnoputri was leader of the one of the country’s largest political parties. Her father, Sukarno, was Indonesia’s first president.
Michelle Bachelet
Michelle Bachelet became the first woman to hold presidential office in Chile . She held the position from 2006— 2010, and became president of the country a second time in 2014.
