So if you have been keeping up with the current events of TI, the judge finally gave TI his sentencing to a year in prison today. HOWEVER, due to previously agreed-upon commitments, he will not enter prison before May 19. What a break! So, he has about an extra month left of freedom... I don't know what the restrictions are up until then, but that's a lil' more time he can spend with his family.
TI also delivered an inspiring 10 minute speech to the judge that outlined his past, present and future, while stating that he is committed to turning his mistakes into positive results. Later, T.I. held a press conference where he thanked his family and all of his fans and supporters.Here is a quick clip of what went down.
I apologize for the me not posting, then posting up lil' stuff, just teasing y'all.. It's the weekend... I'm going all out...
LUPE FIASCO - Press Conference At North Texas The Story SO.... Yesterday, Lupe came through to North Texas... He was scheduled for 2:30 pm... I got there around 2... it was ALREADY crowded... Meanwhile, they played Superstar, the instrumental and Dumb It Down until he got there. Got there around 3:10 (guess he got caught in traffic)...
The Arrival So anyway, when he was coming to through the Student Union, they started playing "Kick Push"... and he started performing to it on his way to the conference table... Everybody in the room got hyped... It was CRAZY! The people in the room went from loud to CRUNK in 5seconds...
The Press Conference So they present him and begin asking him questions... Without going through ALL the questions they asked him, he talked about how his mom was a gourmet chef, (his favorite meal to cook is eggs. :-p), his father was an African musician, the origin of the name, "Lupe Fiasco", howJay-Z invited Lupe into his home to have a meeting about signing him (he declined the offer), how he liked Jay-Z's gold Monopoly set and he should have the CRS (Child Rebel Soldiers) album, a trio of Kanye West, Pharrell and himself coming out late 2008.
Shout-Outs So after the questions, they went right into the autograph session... Shout outs to my boy, Attah, who actually asked him a couple of questions, Dilly for notifying me about the event, Mike Smith, a rep from Atlantic Records who helped sponsor the program, and my homegirl, D for taking these pictures... She got up close and personal to dude... For those of you who live in the DFW, check out her Myspace page. She does EXCELLENT quality photos.
The Autograph Session Thanks to some luck and some inside information, I was able to be one of the first people to get an autograph from homie. So I walk up to him in line, with my poster out (forgot to bring my "Food & Liquor" CD. :-/) and I shook Lupe's hand and said "What's good?"I was like, "I hope you're album does good, man. I'm tired of good rappers selling 100,000 copies, then just fall off. " He laughed it off, and was "Nah, man. It's a good album... You gonna like it." I hope so...
So let's go Cop That Album December 18th. The Cool
