As part of his recent plea bargain, T.I. will spend at least 1,000 hours of 2008 speaking to youth groups about how you shouldn't take drugs, roll with gangs, or have your bodyguard buy illegal fire-arms outside a shopping center for your private stockpile. Requests for such speaking engagements are already starting to roll in. "The idea really is he can get through to kids and fans like nobody else can," Steve Sadow, T.I.'s lawyer says. "Why not take advantage of what may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?" That's a lot of hours, though; he might show up at the same place twice. And what kind of messages can these audiences expect? Judging from his lyrics, he may already have some of his speeches ready to roll.
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