So on Thursday, T.I. hears on the radio that there is a man about to commit suicide by jumping off a 22-story building somewhere in Atlanta. Like, he’s literally standing on the edge of the building as T.I. is hearing this. So what does T.I. do? He goes and talks the man out of it. Well done, T.I. I honestly didn’t think you had it in you. Then on Friday, he releases a new single “Get Back Up” with Chris Brown, which can be heard every 45 minutes on Kiss 108 FM starting in…let’s give it two weeks.
But guess what also happens on Friday? Some judge is like, “Ho-hum, back in the slammer for 11 months!” Yikes. Talk about killing his buzz, judge. I guess T.I. was arrested last month for drug possession, and given his prior record, the judge had no sympathy. Understandable.
But honestly, T.I. you have nobody to blame but yourself here. You got out of your halfway house in March, meaning you had 6 months to build up some good publicity before you inevitably got caught again. Seriously, all you had to do was make one song with Alicia Keys and you were probably good to go. That’s it. America loves Alicia Keys. They think she’s classy and shit. I guarantee that would have worked, Instead, what do you do? You release a song with Chris Brown on the day of your sentencing? Are you freaking kidding me, guy? I know you’ve been locked up for a while, but newsflash: the only person this country hates more than Chris Brown is LeBron. It really must tell you something when you save a man’s life the day before your sentencing and you still get hosed like that.
