Jennifer Lopez Details the Studio Session That Landed T.I. on Her 'A.K.A.' Album

Jennifer Lopez is gearing up to release her 10th studio album A.K.A. next week with a slew of special guests including T.I., Iggy Azalea, Pitbull, Rick Ross and more. While we're pretty certain anyone would be dying to get on the momentous record, none proved their enthusiasm more than Tip.

"We were in the last moments of putting the album together," J.Lo recalls of a 2:00 a.m. session recording the song "A.K.A." that double as the album's title. "I had just decided to name the album A.K.A., we're listening to the song, we had a bridge on it already and I was like, 'This needs something. It's going to define a lot of what the album is...' In my mind I was like, 'What about T.I.?' It just came to me."

Fatefully, the "First Love" singer had just shot a video with the rapper's piano player (likely referring to the "Emotions" visual) who told J.Lo & Co. that the Grand Hustle honco was in a studio around the corner.