Let 'Em Know
by T.I.

Album: Kill The King (2026)
Charted: 33
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Songfacts®:

  • "Let 'Em Know" is a hard-charging victory-lap where T.I. reasserts himself as "King of the South," using his rise from Westside Atlanta to global success as proof that he's still a dominant force heading into his Kill The King album.
  • Built around Pharrell Williams' bouncy production, "Let 'Em Know" is pure king-talk: T.I. uses the record to remind both haters and a younger generation of rappers that he's still operating at a high level.

    My foot up in the gas
    I'm blowin' money fast
    I'm on these haters' ass,
    I know these n---as mad
    Better let 'em know


    The hook ties speed, risk and extravagant spending into a single flex, casting T.I. as someone who's been living in the fast lane for decades and refuses to slow down.
  • The track is built from Pharrell's programmed drums, bass and synths in his trademark percussive style. It reconnects a partnership that runs from early 2000s cuts like "I'm Serious" through the conceptual Pharrell-steered Paperwork era and the worldwide success of "Blurred Lines."
  • Speaking to Effective Immediately about the Kill The King album rollout, T.I. described "Let 'Em Know" as part of a deliberately reflective final album run. At this stage of his career he is less concerned with competing against newer rappers and more focused on surpassing his own past achievements.
  • The visual and personal symbolism surrounding the song reinforced its throwback-meets-reinvention tone. In the buildup to the album, T.I. cut off the long dreadlocks he had worn in recent years, returning to a close-cropped fade closely associated with his Trap Muzik and King eras, the period that produced defining tracks like "What You Know" and "Rubber Band Man." The haircut was interpreted as a signal that the hungrier, mid-2000s version of T.I. had returned.
  • "Let 'Em Know" debuted at #83 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated February 7, 2026, becoming T.I.'s 58th chart appearance. It also ended a six-year absence from the Hot 100 following 2020's "Pardon" featuring Lil Baby. Perhaps more symbolically, it was his first solo entry on the chart in 14 years, dating back to "Go Get It" in 2012.

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