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i read somewhere else that the reason he was ‘banned’ from a school was because they wanted him to speak to ‘at risk’ youth & the school didn’t feel the children deserved to be labeled ‘at risk’..

I guess kids aint into Kermit “The Gangsta” Frog nomore! LOL

im lost righteuos indignation

I interviewed T.I. for the newspaper I write for when “ATL” was about to drop; he was as sweet as could be, a real gentleman, and he seemed very determined to stay on the good foot re his music and movie careers. He can overcome this hump if he changes his associates and keeps his focus, I really hope this makes him get a clue. I got you T.I., but don’t do this ig’nant sh!t again!!!

Felons have restrictions.

@ Artscola

That was funny as hell!

TEST

That is exactly who needs to speak with this children. They don’t listen to anything but hip-hop and think that that is the only thing that they can listen too. So if he can go in their and talk to them and break through and get them to listen that is great. I say let him do it. I think they need to round up other men that have been to prison and let them come in their and talk to these young men about what really goes on behind bars. They are not listening to anything else. Let them have a real conversation with these young men. They did their part to distort their view a little so it should be more hip-hop artist that come out and speak about this violence and mentality that they kinda helped create.

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Anyone who raps about selling drugs and murdering fellow human beings should be banned from speaking at schools, churchs, street corners, parks, bathrooms, bedrooms, living rooms, grocery stores, you get the point. The only people he should be talking to are his fellow inmates.

I am sorry these schools feel this way. I think this is the perfet time for the kids to hear that all the stuff being glorified in raps lyrics do have real consequences. I hope the kids can hear the message elsewhere.

Anyone who raps about selling drugs and murdering fellow human beings should be banned from speaking at schools, churchs, street corners, parks, bathrooms, bedrooms, living rooms, grocery stores, you get the point. The only people he should be talking to are his fellow inmates.

Cosign 100%. You can’t tell this kids that all the negative things you rap about and make money off of are all for show. Children follow examples and these artists are not positive examples of today’s youth.

The question is, would T.I. have voluntarily gone into these schools to spread a good word before his 2nd brush with the law?

He had alot to impart being incarcerated before but he never sought to do it, he’s probably only sorry he got caught, and kids don’t need a reluctant role model.

I love me some T.I. but I wouldn’t want him speaking at my kids school. Maybe he should speak to kids a juvenile facilities or places like that. but not at the schools.

CAN WE GET A LISTING OF THE TRIGGER WORDS PLEASE SO I KNOW WHAT NOT TO SAY??

THANK YOU!

GOOD LAWD…T.I. Should NEVER EVER EVER take his shirt off…no wonder they don’t want him…scared he might scare the kids with that corn flake chest.

@I’m just me…

I think ‘*hout-*ut’ is one of them.

They kept blocking my mess yesterday…it got real annoying!

oh well- T.I can come and speak to me any day!!!!

Brother man is fine!!

Thank you Afiya!

And…Righteous Indignation…should have been aborted…IDIOT!

Well, on the news this morning, I only heard that he was banned from 1 particular school, because of the increase in gang activity within the school & that now was not a good time for Clifford 2 speak to the kids because of ocurring incidents. Actually I think it’s not a bad idea for him 2 speak to kids within the public schools. Cause if kids today won’t listen to their own parents and prefer to listening and doing what these rappers speak in their songs, shi*, y not let the person who influence them the most reach out to them.

1st off SMH @ Righteous Idiot I mean indignation. Afiya is rite, u should’ve been aborted or grew up in a nice normal stable environment.

These kids should be allowed to hear what T.I. has to say. Who better 2 talk to these kids but him. I mean sure you can put a stiff, older white guy or black guy on stage, but seriously how many ears will he catch?? NONE

Obviously not…this one wasn’t blocked…IDIOT!!

THESE KIDS TODAY ARE NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO A JACKASS LIKE TI…TI YOU DONT GO IN THE BACK OF A WALMART IN BROAD DAYLIGHT BUYING GUNZ YOU ASSHOLE…THESE LIL BASTARDS NO BETTER THAN THAT!

This is what happens when you do very stupid things. He needs to be speaking to his own kids about what he did.

Seriously i don’t think TI deserve any Chance. call me hater or whatever!

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I totally admire this school system. As a teacher I am tired of these ridiculous rolemodels for children. Just because they listen to hip hop music doesn’t mean these artist are their only hope! They need to understand that he made a really ignorant decision and will and should cost where he stands with that generation.

These schools kill me these days calling themselves trying to protect kids from certain things(which I call life)when in fact the kids know more than they do. TI has experienced this first hand, so who better to speak to the kids than someone who has been there done that and knows the consequences. You can’t always just tell kids NO. Sometimes you have to explain to them why you feel a certain way about something. Because telling them NO is just going to make them more curious and make them want to experince it on their own.

Don’t blame all of this mess on the rappers. They are responsible for some of it for glorifying the foolishness that has too many black men locke up now, but, I would say about 95% of the blame belong to the parent. My parents would never have allowed me to listen to this crapt that is out here. I don’t even think most these parents know what the lyrics are in these songs. And it is obvious that these songs have an impact on our children. They dress like, walk like, try to speak like, and immulate their favorite artist in every way while these parents sit back and let it happen. I blame all of these triflin ass parents because you should have known what your kids were listening to and what they were up to.

This is an interesting topic, and debatable but will always be split down the middle. As a future teacher I take teenagers seriously, and just think of how much more relatable a young teacher is to students. Obviously if the majority of the students listen to hip-hop, than T.I is definitely someone relatable, and they’ll be interested in listening to…

On the flip side, will T.I really preach to these kids about how he’s changed his “ways?” Is he really reformed? Or is this just a way for him to fullfill is requirement to avoid prison?

Mrs. Laadee:

I think you are one of those triflin parents I am speaking about. Are you one of these parents that lets your young son walk around with pants big enough to put two more people in their. Or are you one of these parents that lets her little girl walk around and look like a street walker. Your comment is part of the reason we have all of this foolishness going on. Let the kids hear it they know more about than anybody. These kids don’t know shyt. They know how to have un-protected sex and be the highest reported case of HIV that is what they know. Kids are doing just what kids are suppose to do try and get away with anything and everything they can. It is the parents who have stopped parenting. Check yourselves. If you are a parent with children and you are out 2-5 times a week you are a triflin parent. If you have no idea where your child is from moment to moment you are on of those triflin parents. Get a grip and get a clue and get your children off the streets.

I am in Chicago and our children on the south side have just lost their minds. And I blame it on the parents. If you have to go in their and check their rooms and look to see if you have drugs or guns in your house then do it. If you have to pet your children down do it. If you have to get up off your ass and go and find your kid and bring he/she in the house do it. No one can raise your damn kids but you. Black parents get off your asses and start seeing what your kids are out here doing. I am tired of reading or seeing my young brothers out here dying. Everyday a part of our future is just being chipped away because of triflin ass parents. I agree with Bill Cosby and the only people that didn’t where the people he was talking about.

yeah i understand it T.I didnt want to speak at any ATL schools until it was court ordered! ban his a** for good

bee wrote:

I agree with Bill Cosby and the only people that didn’t where the people he was talking about.

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Co-sign.

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On TI speaking at schools:

The very least rappers can do is to reach out directly to young people and be part of the solution a problem they have contributed to and profitted from– a nation of misguided and disillusioned youth.

TI is very handsome, likable, and he has major mainstream appeal. And he’s not staying in the hip-hop game forever. People want to see him overcome his gangsta facination.

That’s his problem, he’s tormented by his mainstream apeal and feels he’s got something to prove.

A lot of great black people in history have destroyed themselves trying to prove they are not as great as they are in order to “keep it real”.

All goes well with TI’s schools outreach and he gets over feeling he has something to prove, in eight years he’ll be Mayor Harris. Watch (you heard it here first).

Before you go talking anything you need ask yourself what the hell was T.I doing with those weapons, its not like he had one of these guns that you can buy in the gun shop that Dude had guns from the back door, exactly what he needs those weapons for don’t know, does he not live in the plush house in a plush neighbourhood now you want him to teach your kids how not to get in trouble, his a grown ass man making young boy mistakes, he should grow up and act like the man he tries to portray in Hip Hop vs. America.

That’s not someone to have your kids speak too because he keeps making the same mistakes and never learning from them, if kids follow him they will not have the big attorney to get them off the charges… think about. Before you support this fool think first, I wouldn’t want him near my child not even for a second.

No one can raise your damn kids but you. Black parents get off your asses and start seeing what your kids are out here doing. I am tired of reading or seeing my young brothers out here dying

Cosign 110%. Preach on.

@Bee

I think Ms. Ladee was on to something, but you both did state that it’s a good idea to have T.I speak. Let that be the end of that, we don’t know anything about each other to call each other triflin’ parents. And anyway, people enjoy talking about how they will be liberal parents and this and that when they have child…but it’s always different when they actually have one, lol.

committing crimes on one end and then helping the coommunity on another.

I can see the lack of consistency. I agree with the Atlanta schools.

I sure dont want to stand behind a hypocrite!

It’s about time the community starts showing the back of her hands to those “thugs” and gangsta wanna-be’s.

@2oclock demon and Jahpson

Couldn’t have said it better myself

Its kinda of a crazy thing cause TI was going to talk to these kids about violence and guns but when it all over, he will still be rapping about the same thing, money drugs and violence. so maybe it is a good idea not for him to speak unless he can change the content of his lyrics all together. But thats not going to happen. So the question still remains, how do we get a message accross to our youth?

Everyone has something bad to say about rappers and alot of them try to help their communities not all of them but alot of them do. I think it would be a good ideal for him to talk to the youth.

Children follow what you DO not what you SAY, the damage is already done, idiots

LOL dats what his ass gets

If you think about it he is a horrible example of a black man

What is the point for T.I. to talk to the kids anyway? its not like he’s a priest and he wants to do right by speaking to youth groups on his own free will. He’s being forced to go and after its all said and done, T.I. is still going to rap about basically the same things to put food on all his 6 children table and yes his Baby Mother Tiny. Some of us already know how the game works. For him to stay relevant like he was back in ’06 and ’07, hes going to find new people to beef with, rap about bling, cars, and putting people in the “dirt” so his name can be T.I. again. Its ridiculous. Why would the youth take anything he says seriously? “Well yeah guns are bad…” well if they are bad why would have so many in the first place when you are a convicted felon? A 7 time felon at that… The thing kids hate the most is hypocritical people. They don’t like adults preaching to them when those very adults haven’t learned from their mistakes entirely. T.I. is going to preach to them but soon hes off duty, you will see him back at the ATL strip clubs with Tiny like I always use to see them do, and its not because she’s pregnant they’ve stopped, because she was always there with a big belly anyway, but its because they were forced by the courts to stay home.

T.I. should have just been sentenced the right about of time he should have gotten like any other John Smith, and call it a day. He would have served his time and that would have shown me that he wasn’t a fake gangster trying to talk to kids to avoid jail time…

I agree with MissT, the damage is already done so what would be the point? He’s going to have a seminar with children to talk about how hes a 7 time felon, he has a child on the way that he should have been thinking of as well as his other 5 children, when he was actually home ALL day, he sent a YouTube video to show that he put together King’s bike for the first time and that with all the money he has gotten, he couldn’t find a decent bone in his body to not do what he had done. Kids are being murdered everyday by guns. Its a shame. Who knows what son or daughter could have been murdered and buried to the ground by one of his silencers…

Clifford I SEE YOU wuT UP!!!

It doesnt matter if T.I. speaks at a school for one hour (one time a year) and tell kids “dont do drugs and dont shoot guns”. They listen to his album one hour everyday and he gives a totally different message. So what they gonna believe, one hour of lecture or 7 albums and 10 years worth of violent music.

T.I going to schools and talking to kids about guns and drugs, Is like Jeffery Dahmer’s going to Ruth Chris talking about not eating meat.

To the people that are stating, that TI’s actions is a terrible example for black people. I would agree. However, only as a bad example for a person in general, not for being a black man. The fact that TI is black, should not be the issue at hand here.

When a white person snaps, and decides to shoot up an entire school, like so many have. You Don’t hear white people saying. “Oh dear, this is a bad example for white people.” Now do you? No, and the reason for this is, that white people think as individuals. While blacks, continue to think as collective. Look, the truth is that there will always be a f@*k-up or two, in all groups, and races. White people understand this concept very well. That’s why, they as a group do not automatically feel ashamed, or assume any individual responsibility, when one of theirs f@*KS-up. And that is precisely, what blacks have to learn to do. You should never feel ashamed, as an individual for what someone else has done. That shame should fall totally on the shoulders, of the offender for his, or her role in the offence. And should have nothing to do, with race, or group.

Wake up black people. The time has come for us as individuals, to stop trying to carry the weight of the entire black race, on our individual shoulders. For attempting to do so, will surely brake your back. The next time you turn on the news, and hear something negative about someone, doing something wrong. Don’t say to yourself (“I hope he ain’t black.”) Trust me, given the same scenario, the white person is not saying to himself (“I hope he ain’t white.”) E.

@bee

First of all my DAUGHTERS are 7(and she dresses like 7 year old) and 2, so this topic does not affect them one way or another right now. And now that I went back and reread your comments, YOU MUST FU**ING CRAZY b/c we both said the same thing. We both agree that TI should talk to the children b/c he would be able to get through to them. When I said these kids know more than the teachers do, I meant how is Mr.Johnson going to teach about guns when he has

never seen a gun nor ever been in the vacinity of a gun. These kids these days have seen, held, and probably shot guns by the time their in middle school. And I’m in Washington,DC(Murder Capitol of The World)so I know about kids that have lost their minds. I know everything starts at home, but what happens when home is fu**ed up? Sometimes the only guidance these kids have is the teachers at school. Therefore the school system needs to start not only hiring teachers that are qualified education wise, they also need some teachers that are life qaulified as well as educationaly qualified. There are a lot of teachers out here that have not always made the best decisions in life, but have turned their lives around and made something of themselves. They would be the best candidates to teach kids these days. Kids want to hear from adults that have been where they are and have overcome it. When the school system starts hiring these kind of teachers ,that’s when the kids will start listening and actually paying attention.

As much as I am a fan of Tip’s it would be ludicrous for him to speak to kids wholly because he’s not a reformed felon. This nucca ain’t done no time to shed light on sh*t. O because he’s hood he has a license to talk about his life to kids. F*ck outta hear!!! Let him speak to his own about the hardknocks about life, and what he’s been through. It’s his blood that won’t have to worry their daddy is rich. Meanwhile, it ain’t like his voice is going to save a bunch of kids no way. Those kids would be too starstrucked by his presence if anything before even listening to words he has to say.

He’ll just be confusing kids worst than what they already are today. Not to mention, Tip will only drop another album “paper trail” in a minute. I can’t see why some people don’t see all this doing is in vain. Schools should hire real felons-turned-straight for the job Tip is trying to fill b/c ain’t no way he should be standing in front of kids when he’s about to drop his next glorified “street” album. I loves him to death, but what a joke for poor kids.

it’s sad but i heard what judge mathis said about those pants being low like that and trying to show the other men that you want to come out and play. so now can we say that he is a confused brother don’t know what he wants and sending the wrong signals to men and women.