In the December 2010 / January 2011 issue of Vibe magazine T.I holds down one of the covers (Keri Hilson holds the other ) in a intimate interview with Erick Parker titled Mercy Me and it got me thinking...Does he deserve mercy from the fans this time around? We've all followed and watched T. I go down this horrible path of destruction, in and out of prison, and now drug abuse. Has the the King lost it?
In the interview T.I opens up to Parker about unfair punishment by the judge, his drug addiction to Oxycontin and Hydrocodone, feeling like dying, and comparisons to Tupac!
Read the exerts below:
On the officer stating the smell of weed is what alluded them to search the vehicle that fateful night he and wife Tiny were pulled over:
"I don't smoke weed. I don't allow anybody to smoke weed in my car. I don't see how he could have. I'm not going to point the finger and call him a liar. It doesn't benefit my situation much to stand on soapbox and say, "He's a liar, he's a liar," But there were no ashes in the ashtray. There is no weed in my system."
On how he got a drug habit:
"I had a lot of work done to my teeth. Oral surgery, extractions, six, seven, eight root canal. Between January and February. Of course for the pain they game me Oxycontin and Hydrocodone. And mind you, October 13Th, 2007, I had cut off everything - weed, alcohol. Then I get these pills and I start taking them for the pain at first. And them I'm like, Wait - this shit makes me feel good. And it's legal. After the pain went away I kept taking it. I had like five, six perscriptions. So I had like 80 pills. Everybody else might drink or smoke a blunt, I took a pain pill. Times when I had 18-20 hour days, I'd take a pain pill. It takes the edge off. You're really not stressed or worried about the problems of the day."
On feeling like dying:
"I felt like dying but I ain't never considered killing myself. I felt like it would be easier to die than to go through whatever it is that I go through. I never considered killing myself. But I've definitely gotten tired."
On the decision to finally marry the mother of his children, Tiny, after years together:
"I could have had it either way. I was happy as we was, but I understand that as a woman it's a sense of entitlement, security, an accolade women treasure. Knowing how much it meant to her - sure. I don't have any objections. I'm not going nowhere. If that's what I can do for you, let's do it. I'm riding with you, you rode with me. Let's go. If you ask yourself what does a woman have to do to assure you that she is down for you, everything you could possibly answer she has already done."
On his comparisons to Tupac:
"I was out for nine months without trouble... In those nine months, I got [sentenced to] another 11 months. When Pac got out, he was out for nine months, but after those nine months her died. There is some light at the end of that tunnel. I might not feel like living all the time, but I damns sure don't feel like dying. I might want to press pause, fast forward, or rewind. But I damn sure don't want to die."
After reading this interview I got a better understanding of T.I and what he and his family is going through. As a women in a family where all the men travel that same path I just pray that he gets the help he needs because he 's in a better position to help than most. It doesn't matter how many times we mess up, it's what we do to redeem ourselves.
So I ask does the King deserve mercy from fans?
Let me know your comments.
T.I's No Mercy album will be available to purchase December 7th . However it is available to preview on amazon.com right now. Click below the pic to listen.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004EBM4X2?ie=UTF8&tag=dindada-20
*exerts in this post were from the December 2010 / January 2011 Vibe magazine interview "Mercy Me" by Erick Parker.
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