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TI on making good use of his prison time
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 11 December 2008
US rapper TI has said that he’s planning to make good use of his time in prison. As previously reported, the hip-hopper is to serve a one year prison sentence starting in March after he pleaded guilty to the 2007 charges of the illegal possession of three machine guns and two silencers.
He told MTV: “Presumably, while I’m there, I’ll be able to strategise my comeback. All those days will be spent speaking to people who are interested in being in the TI business”.
“Preparing myself for the days those doors open, when I put my feet back on the ground of the free world. It’s just months of planning. It’s just a long time to roll the project out. I ain’t gonna just be sitting still doing nothing. The wheels will be turning, just the car ain’t going nowhere”.
In the meantime, he’s getting as much done as possible on his film projects before he has to go to jail. So it’s handy that he doesn’t have to go until March, isn’t it? Why is that? Do ordinary people get to choose when they serve time?
Anyway, here’s what he says about all that: “The film I’m producing over at New Line, ‘For Sale’, we’re trying to put that together, and hopefully we’ll be able to do that before March. We’re getting offers every day, checking on our availability, on whether or not we’ll be able to take advantage of certain opportunities, film-wise”.
