T.I.’s penance: MTV series
Thursday, May 29th, 2008Before he goes to prison next year, MTV is going to shadow Atlanta rapper T.I. as he performs the 1,000 hours of community service required by his agreement to plead guilty after he was arrested in Midtown for having unregistered machine guns and silencers and possession of firearms by a convicted felon.
T.I. is scheduled to begin his prison term next spring.
According to this story in Variety, the original concept for the show was for T.I. to do a Messianic-style gig where he’d go around to people in trouble, intervene and save them. Instead the show will follow him as he speaks to kids about his own problems with the law.
“Hopefully the mistakes I’ve made will be a lesson to today’s youth and they won’t go down that same path,” T.I. told the magazine.
Not to be cynical, but the cameras will also follow him into the studio as he records his upcoming album and what better PR is there for a new CD than a reality show on MTV? No word on whether T.I. or MTV will donate the proceeds from the show to a charity that helps kids.
Bold move to help the world? Or bold move to make a buck off his conviction?
