It seems like when a rapper does something bad it’s all over the internet, news, it’s everywhere and it seems like it never goes away. But when they do something good you rarely hear about it. That is why I have to give a big shout out to TI because ever since he step foot out of that court room he has been on a mission to try and save our youth.
According to Necole Bitchie T.I visited a local YMCA in Atlanta and spoke in front of a class of about 20 students as part of a music producer workshop. Although, bloggers and media were not allowed in the building, you know Necole was gonna get in somehow some way ( you go girl). When T.I entered the room, he jumped right into his delivery as if public speaking came as easy as writing rhymes. T.I spoke with passion as he told the kids that they can not believe everything that they see in entertainment because it is far from reality. He compared it to being sold Filas in a Prada box stating “It’s up to you to determine what is real and what is being sold to you that is fake”. He also touched on his recent plea deal stating “People say it’s because I have money. People say it’s because I have good lawyers. What if I have God. This isn’t the worst that I’ve been through. People say I’m turning into a preacher. I’m not a preacher, but I do have a testimony”. He touched a little on gangs and how they don’t make sense before he closed out his message, telling the kids “You can learn two things from me; what to do and what not to do” with hopes that the youth would not only look at the positive things he has done but would also learn from the mistakes he made.
Afterwards the kids had the opportunity to ask T.I questions. One of them was “If you had the choice to do it all over again, would you be an artist or behind the scenes” to which he answered “I would have definitely settled for being a manager or CEO and I wouldn’t have been in the limelight as much”.
He also was asked “When you first started did you do it for the love or the money”.
T.I gave a small chuckle before he answered “When I first started I did the album “I’m Serious” and that was for the love of it. That didn’t work so I came out with the simplest hook I could think of *(starts singing) Money, Hoes, cars and clothes that’s how all my people roll* and that was a hit. So I kept making music like that until people started telling me they wanted the old T.I back, so I went in and started penning some real music”.
Shout out to T.I, I love the way he is reaching out to our youths, I wish more people would step up and do the same.
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