i m doing the best i can right now, you know? i think it brings you closer to god. it brings you closer to god. if you re standing next to someone who s shot and died, the first thing is, why not me? now, of course, someone could say, well, obviously, it wasn t your time. but mentally, you kind of deal with things a lot differently when you ve been placed in certain circumstances. larry: how old are you? 29. larry: we ll be back with t.i. we ll talk about growing up, lots of other things. we ll have twitters. your calls, too. don t go away.
exactly. it s just the way. it s like a common thread. larry: wasn t it hard to adjust to prison, especially when you re famous? yeah, absolutely. i think that it was a lot more difficult for me. i mean, you know, it was just a lot more meticulous. it was just a lot more mental adjusting, you know what i m saying? physically, you know, everybody everybody i approached prison as a normal guy. everybody treated me as a normal guy, as much as they could. larry: but you said, you think you had it worse? i did, because, you know, there were other things that other people would approach staff and say, hey, can i do this? and they may say, sure, no problem. and they d say, with me, can i do this? absolutely not. you know what the rules state. it was a lot tighter, stricter on me. larry: did you have a job in prison? yeah, i had a little gig. larry: what was your job? i had a little gig. i kept the compound clean from
guy as much as you know, as much as they could. larry: but you said you think you had it worse? i did, because, you know, there were other things that other people would approach staff and say, hey, can i do this? they might have been like sure, no problem. but me, can i do this? absolutely not. you know, the rules clearly state. it was a lot tighter, stricter on me. larry: did you have a job in prison? yeah, i had a little gig. larry: what was your job? i had a little gig. i kept the compound clean from about 8:30 to 9:30 in the morning. larry: that was your job? yeah, i just stood and made sure there wasn t no wasn t no filth around the compound. larry: let s take a call for t.i. detroit, hello. caller: hello, t.i., so good to talk to you. i m a big fan of you and lovely toya. yes. actually, you mean tamika. toya s not my significant other. caller: i m sorry, tiny. i m so nervous.
might have gotten worse treatment as far as from the staff, just because i m such a i was such a high-profile inmate that i couldn t i couldn t get anything special. larry: where did you serve your time? forest city, arkansas. larry: why there? ask the b.o.p.? larry: federal prison? yeah. federal prison. larry: what was your sentence? a year and a day. larry: that doesn t sound like a lot for all that you were carrying. well, through the blessings of god and also the unconventional methods of this agreement, based on work that i had been doing in the community prior to my arrest and my conviction, the u.s. attorney in the district that i was arrested in at the time, along with the judge and along with their colleagues, they came up with a special agreement for me to perform x amount of hours to
yeah baby i can treat you so special so nice baby you can go wherever you like i say you can go wherever you like larry: one of his biggest if not one of his biggest hits whatever you like. my guest is t.i. by the way, he has an extraordinary record, live your life recorded with rihanna. we all know rihanna. broke the record for the biggest jump on the billboard charts in history. it went from 80 to 1. yeah. larry: are you friendly with rihanna? yeah, yeah, man i have a lot of respect and admiration for her as an artist. and you know, what she has done for women. larry: what did you make of what happened to her? i mean, it was unfortunate for both parties, man. larry: do you know him? yeah, i do. i do. i think he s paying a huge price for something that he did.