T.I. Was Pissed At Security, Had Shoving Match BEFORE Mayweather Brawl At Nicki Minaj's Party

Hours before his Fatburger brawl with Floyd Mayweather, "Family Hustle" star T.I. was involved in a shoving match with hotel security at the ARIA.  Watch the video inside...

Now we know why T.I. was possibly already "amped" up when he bumped into Floyd Mayweather at Fatburger.  A newly released tape shows that T.I. got into a shoving match outside of Nicki Minaj's pool party at Liquid moments before the Mayweather brawl.  So it seems he was already amped before the Mayweather foolery.

TMZ reports that the conflict with ARIA security was a "misunderstanding" because the doormen didn't recognize Tip.  But....once he was "recognized", he went into the party.

We can't fathom or why security couldn't recognize Tip.  During the entire altercation, you hear fans screaming things like, "What they doing to him?", "Always fighting T.I." and "That's my man!"

Y'all know how the masses do.  But clearly, the dude must be TIP!

Dude has been fighting A LOT lately.  What's really going on?